Tag: syria

Damian Thompson on Syria

“Radical Islam revives an ancient hatred – Damian Thompson in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph Is a new and shocking wave of anti-Semitism engulfing the Middle East and the developing world? Consider the following: More…

“Blessed are the peacemakers” – from Patriarch Gregorios III of Antioch

                                                                         Damascus, 3 August 2012 “Blessed are the peacemakers”  With these words Our Lord exalts peace-makers, saying that “they shall be called children of God.” (Matthew 5: 9). Through these same Gospel words,…

APOCALYPSE AND RESURRECTION: News from Damascus

We have just received this email from His Grace Samir Nassar, Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites, circulated by Bishop Nicholas Samra of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton in the USA.  …

Patriarch’s Call to Prayer and Fasting for Peace in Syria

In the ancient Eastern tradition of the Church, after Pentecost in June is observed the Fast (or period of abstinence) of the Twelve Apostles, chief among whom are Peter and Paul, whom…