Baghdad, June 30, 2014 (Zenit.org) Thousands of Iraqi Christians have been returning to their homes in the north of the country, days after they fled villages under attack by Sunni Muslim extremists.…
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23 June 2014 The Kyiv Caves Monastery claims that the church has no relation to the events that took place yesterday, on June 22, on its territory. Now on the territory of…
Kiev, June 23, 2014 The Kiev Caves Lavra has commented on the events currently taking place near the monastery walls. As other news sources have reported, there is an “anti-Maidan” group who…
Iraq Christians who might want to return to a semblance of normal life in Mosul still face danger from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants. With the burning of one…
By Judit Neurink 19/6/2014 BARDARASH, Kurdistan Region – There is no place for them in an Islamic state, say Christians who fled Iraq’s second city of Mosul for safer areas controlled by…
Fleeing Christians find shelter in St. Matthew’s Monastery in northern Iraq, a place of refuge since the fourth century June 17, 2014, by Jane Arraf @janearraf Perched on the side of a…
Mosul, Iraq’s second city, is now free of Christians for the first time in 1,800 years By Ed West on Thursday, 12 June 2014 War in Iraq has returned with dramatic speed,…
Islamic extremists have taken over Iraq’s second largest city, forcing over 150,000 people to flee from Mosul. Among the refugees there are roughly 1,000 Christian families who have left their homes and…
Kisha D Dorad ( OCP Delegate of Serbia, Balkans and East European Region), OCP News Service – 28/5/14 Athens: With the blessings of Pope Tawadros II a high level delegation of the…
The Sumela Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Panagia, meaning “All Holy” in Greek) at Melá Mountain near Trabzon, Turkey. The monastery was founded in 386 AD…