As can be heard, when His Holiness sits to sign the Visitors’ Book, the call to prayer can be heard. Aya Sofya is no longer strictly kept as a Museum in a…
Tag: culture
2014-07-31 (AINA) — The Assyrian population of Hassakah, Syria is leaving the region because of threats from the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS), according to a report by the Adnkronos…
Mar Behnam (St. Behnam) Syriac Catholic monastery inthe Ancient Assyrian town of Nimrod is now occupied by ISIS. Assyrian International News Agency, 2014-07-29 (AINA) — Since taking over Mosul on June 10,…
Romsin McQuade, 30 Jul 2014 Tim Stanley writes: The religious persecution in Iraq has seen one of the most vibrant Middle East Christian communities almost wiped out – forced to convert, driven…
Mark Movsesia, 28 July 2014, First Things On Friday, the media reported that ISIS, the Islamist group that has established a “caliphate” in parts of Syria and Iraq, had destroyed the centuries-old…
Dalia AlAqidi, an Iraqi news anchorwoman and Sunni Muslim, wearing a cross in support of Assyrians/Christians in Mosul, Iraq. 2014-07-29 Beirut (AINA) — An Iraqi news anchorwoman working for the Iraqi…
Sunday 27 July 2014, Paul Vallely, The Independent The former Chief Rabbi is appalled at the lack of protest about the treatment of Christians round the globe, and so should we be…
Promotional video for forthcoming film on the spirituality and life of Orthodox monks in Georgia. Source: DEVOUT, an independent documentary film | Indiegogo
The Divine Liturgy and Theophany, as well as a film on history, religion and culture. Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi – il portale liturgico e culturale dell’Eparchia
The church, surrounded by palm trees, a catholic seminary and a dormitory. One language, one tradition, one Christian religion. This is what one of the most interesting Ukrainian communities in Rome looks…