The references to martyrdom are in part diplomatic. They are to the mass persecution of ethnic and racial minorities in the dying years of the Ottoman Empire, of whom by far the…
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Christians ‘Crucified Again’ for Refusing Islam By Raymond Ibrahim, Frontpage Magazine, Posted 2014-05-06 17:16 GMT To the awe of its readership, a recent Daily Mail article reports that the “jihadist Islamic State…
Fr Paolo dall’Oglio SJ lived as a Christian and worshipped among Muslims within the indigenous Syriac monastic tradition 26 April 2014, BBC Magazine A Dutch Catholic priest was shot dead in the…
Father Frans van der Lugt was a Jesuit priest who displayed courage, humanity and faith under siege in the Syrian city of Homs. Executed by a single masked gunman, he remained with the people…
Damascus Old City: 60 children injured by shell-fire from criminal armed bands Palm Sunday, 13 April 2014 The Church of Damascus celebrated in joy and hope Jesus Christ’s victory, this Palm Sunday,…
The Blood of the Children Mixed with the Blood of Christ (Damascus, Syria) Holy Tuesday April 15, 2014 witnesses the blood of 55 children mingles with the Blood of Christ on…
Our Church in Damascus celebrated the evening of Palm Sunday liturgy. The arrival at port on the boat of the Church traveling in time to Lent, arriving at Holy Week, a haven…
Stayed With Christians Unable to Evacuate Homs Rome, April 07, 2014 (Zenit.org) A priest helping Christians find shelter in Syria’s Old City of Homs has been murdered. Dutch Jesuit Father Frans van…
By Cheryl K. Chumley The Washington Times, Wednesday, April 2, 2014 A Coptic Christian woman, 25, was pulled from her car and brutally beaten and stabbed to death by a mob of…
Martyrs Père Basilios NASSAR – Grec Orthodoxe, Hama 15/1/12 Père Fady HADDAD – Grec Orthodoxe, Catana- Damascus 25/10/12 Père François MOURAD – Syriaque Catholique, 1/6/2013. Sr Rima NASRI – Congrégation Ste Dorothée…