Antelias – On Monday 6 January His Holiness Aram I celebrated the Holy Liturgy and gave his Christmas message to the faithful at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral. His Holiness stressed the…
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Beirut (AsiaNews) – The abduction of twelve nuns from their convent in Maaloula (Syria) is a sign that “Arab civilisation is in crisis,” said on Monday Bishop Boulos Matar, the Maronite Archbishop…
Exerpt from the Al Monitor article: Most of the displaced Christians fled to safe areas in Damascus, Aleppo and Wadi al-Nasara in the countryside of Homs, as well as to regions on…
(AFP) — After fleeing a rebel assault on the historic Syrian town of Maalula, hundreds of Christian families sheltering in Damascus are preparing for a bleak Christmas away from home. The picturesque…
By Dina al-Shibeeb | Al Arabiya News Wednesday, 25 December 2013 The survival of Aramaic, once the Middle East’s lingua franca, is in jeopardy amid regional turmoil. The United Nations Educational, Scientific…
In spite of the danger, Christian families have sent their children to Church where the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III of Antioch said a prayer and offered gifts to the children. There follows His Beatitude’s…
Mareil Marly (Agenzia Fides) – Among the various organizations working in favor of the battered Syrian people, there is the support of the Pontifical Aid to the Church in Need, actively involved in…
The last decade has been catastrophic for the Middle East’s the 14 million Christians, says William Dalrymple. It won’t be much of a Christmas for the Christians of the Middle East. Wherever…
Statue of Saint Thecla near the Maaloula monastery. Photo: Bernard Gagnon The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary is calling on the council’s 345 member churches and churches around the world…
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – The suburbs of Aleppo, in the hands of rebel forces, have been for days under the bombing of government aviation. According to various sources, the military offensive has…