God is with us; Understand all ye nations and submit yourselves! We, the Patriarchs: John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of…
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Remembering, too, all the victims of persecution. http://youtu.be/5rOtYRs1KwI
The Byzantine Divine Liturgy, in the view of many Western people, is ornate and richly complex. In fact, while the prayers are longer than those in the Latin tradition and an obvious…
08/02/2014 Patriarch of Baghdad, Mosul Christians should be able to stay in Iraq, not forced into exile Mar Sako thanks France and Bahrain for the proposal to facilitate visas for Iraqi Christians,…
France offers Iraq Christians asylum after Mosul threat, BBC 28 July 2014 The French government says it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee by Islamist militants in…
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, The Catholic Herald France has offered asylum to the Iraqi Christians forced to flee from Mosul. The BBC reports this, and so does…
07/29/2014 The Patriarch, together with a delegation of French prelates in Erbil, came to be among the families of Christians expelled by jihadists. “I bring Pope Francis’ solidarity and love,” he said.…
Radio Free Europe — France says it is ready to welcome Christians from northern Iraq who have been told by Islamic extremists ruling the region to either convert to Islam, pay a…
07/26/2014 “Forget us not!” says Mar Louis Sako in a message to Card Barbarin on the occasion of the march of solidarity with Iraqi Christians, held Saturday in Lyon. Baghdad (AsiaNews) –…
The National Assembly of France has accepted the proposal of “Oriental Christians under threat coordination” (CHREDO) to form a research group the state of Oriental Christians. The initiative was put forward by…