The Melkite and other Catholic Patriarchs and the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch in attendance The following official translation has been provided by the Patriarchate of Antioch: The Third Ordinary Session of the Holy…
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Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – In recent days, the signals of a possible, forthcoming offensive of the Syrian government seeking to recapture areas held by the rebels in the urban area of Aleppo,…
UNCONFIRMED from the Naharnet Newsdesk 07 June 2014 Two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria in April 2013 are currently in the northern city of Raqqa and held captive by the Islamic State…
03 July 2014 Early Thursday morning – the very morning he would gather with his World Council of Churches (WCC) colleagues to talk about unity among churches and solidarity in conflicts –…
The Russian president is neither a Tsar or a Communist, but his foreign policy shows little difference from either By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith on Tuesday, 1 July 2014 The continuities of history…
Final Statement on the Antiochian Conference, 30 June 2014 See also: The Coming Antiochian Unity Conference: A Ray of Light towards Long-Awaited Hope Patriarch John X Announces Antiochian Unity Conference…
2014-06-29 Homily of H.B. Patriarch John X In the Holy Liturgy celebrated at Balamand on June 29th 2014 on the Feast of the Antiochian See “O Antioch lift up your eyes and…
The Patriarchs of Antioch (l-r): Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan of the Syriac Catholics, Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem of the Syriac Orthodox, Patriarch John X Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox, Patriarch…
06.29.14, Peter Schwartzstein, The Daily Beast Reeling from regional developments and disillusioned with the West, some Iraqi Christians are looking to Russia for support. After a decade of church bombings, targeted killings,…
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – The wave of displaced people who fled from Qaraqosh and other Christian villages in the Nineveh Plain under the military pressure of Sunni insurgents led by Islamists of…