February 25, 2014 By Theodore Shoebat A nine year old Christian girl in Jordan was captured by Muslims who brutally raped her for 19 days. She was from Iraq and lived in…
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March 09, 2014 03:45 PM (Last updated: March 09, 2014 05:45 PM) The Daily Star BEIRUT: Thirteen nuns who were kidnapped last year from the historic town of Maaloula in Syria were…
The delegation of the Antiochian Patriarchate has participated in the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches and its preparatory meetings held at the Headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople…
Analysis/comment via Reuters and the Chicago Tribune. The other view is that Patriarch Kirill is not an arm of the Russian state, still less Putin’s regime, but a pre-eminent influential body in national…
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…
Prot. N° 123 /2014D Damascus’ suffering and praying Church begins Great and Holy Lent Monks’ Monday, 3 March 2014 Damascus’ suffering Church celebrated the start of Great and Holy Lent, with the…
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – In Syria, the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches have already begun Lent, the liturgical season during which the Christian, with a journey of conversion, fully lives the mystery…
3rd March 2014 The United States deplores continued threats against Christians and other minorities in Syria, who are increasingly targeted by extremists. Last week in Raqqa, the Islamic State of Iraq and…
By Ayla Jean Yackley MIDYAT, Turkey Fri Feb 28, 2014 (Reuters) – When Louis Bandak fled the violence in Syria, he sought refuge in the country his grandfather was forced to abandon…
A ragtag militia defends the community against Islamists and the Assad government. By Andrew Doran The Christian soldier extends his hand and greets me in Syriac with “shlomo” (peace) as he clutches…