Update on an earlier post 10 December 2013 Coptic Orthodox Church UK Media and Communications Office His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom…
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The head of Lebanese security also wants information about the two Orthodox bishops abducted last April. Questions are addressed to Al-Jazeera with regards to the source behind the video released days ago…
On 10 December 2013, His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom will testify at a Congressional Hearing in Washington DC on ‘Human Rights Abuses…
BEIRUT: A senior Orthodox Church official has urged Christians to take up arms to defend themselves and their holy places in the wake of the seizure of a group of nuns from…
BEIRUT: The head of Lebanon’s General Security will head Saturday to Qatar seeking the Arab state’s assistance in the case of a group of nuns seized earlier this month in Syria, a…
Al Jazeera broadcasts video in which the religious sisters claim to be “protected” for ” their safety.” Shortly before, the al- Ahrar Brigades Qalamoun , the opposition claimed the kidnapping and demanded…
Just over 30 years ago, I dug the bones and skulls of Armenian genocide victims out of a hillside above the Khabur River in Syria. They were young people – the teeth…
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Christian Egyptian Bishoy Armiya, became known at the time of his conversion from Islam, was arrested in recent days by the national security forces. This was claimed…
BEIRUT: A group calling itself the Free Qalamoun Brigades has claimed to have kidnapped 12 nuns from a convent in Syria and is demanding a hostage-swap for their release. “The nuns are…
BEIRUT: An Armenian church in the city of Raqqa has been taken over by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, according to activists. The Al-Qaeda affiliate has turned…