Sitemap
Blog
11/07/2014 - His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with the Grand Mufti of
Syria 10/25/2014 - Patriarch Sako: Pope Francis is Ready to Go to Iraq 10/22/2014 - Terrorism in Mideast has reached 'unimaginable proportions,'
pope says 09/10/2014 - French Muslims support Mideast Christians against ISIL (ISIS - IS) 09/08/2014 - Cardianl Rai: Israel seeks regional divisions to justify
presence 09/05/2014 - Syriac Orthodox Patriarch
meets Hezbollah Representatives 09/04/2014 - Pity the Syrian Children 09/04/2014 - 'You Are In the Heart of the Church', Pope Tells Iraqi
Christians 09/03/2014 - Gaza: “It is like the cities devastated by World War II” 09/02/2014 - ISIS Threatens Orthodox Church in Tripoli, Lebanese Army
Responds 08/31/2014 - Christians in the Middle East 08/31/2014 - Three days of fasting for Christians in Iraq 08/29/2014 - Chaldean Patriarch Sako
softens criticism of US over ISIS 08/25/2014 - Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Town of Mhardeh remains besieged 08/24/2014 - “The events in Iraq are not a clash between Islam and
Christianity” 08/24/2014 - Safe at last, after a century of conflict 08/22/2014 - Patriarch's visit to Kurdish Iraq 08/21/2014 - A reflection on the death of James Foley 08/21/2014 - Iraq’s Christians’ new hope
with Patriarch’s visit 08/20/2014 - Syria shall rise up and shake off the ruin 08/20/2014 - Delegation of Patriarchs Heads to Iraq in Support of
Christians 08/18/2014 - The Patriarchs of the East – “religious extremism is a major
threat for the area and the whole world” 08/18/2014 - Patriarch John X Yazigi calls for boosting national unity
among Syrians 08/17/2014 - Feast of the Dormition brings new hope to old Homs 08/17/2014 - Iraq crisis: How Saudi Arabia helped Isis take over the north of the country 08/08/2014 - The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions 08/08/2014 - Women and Children Enslaved by ISIS 08/07/2014 - The End! 08/06/2014 - Powerful and Passionate Appeal form a Yazidi Women MP in the Iraqi Parliament 08/04/2014 - The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Twal: the truce is not needed if Gaza remains a desperate prison 08/04/2014 - The "Moderates" in Syria 08/04/2014 - Another Minority being Destroyed 08/03/2014 - Orphans from Syria come to Russia for Holidays 08/01/2014 - Syrian Islamists Advance Toward Mhardeh 07/31/2014 - All 45 Christian Institutions in Mosul Destroyed or Occupied By ISIS 07/31/2014 - Gregory III: "Christians and Muslims, we are each other's best guarantors" 07/30/2014 - Orthodox Christian town of Mhardeh under attack 07/29/2014 - The Patriarchate of Antioch's Statement on Gaza and Mosul 07/28/2014 - Gaza Alert! 07/27/2014 - We live in the 21st Century not in the 7th any more! 07/27/2014 - Barbarism Three Times Over 07/24/2014 - Christian leaders express shock at world silence after ISIS expels Iraqi Christians 07/22/2014 - Prayers for peace in the Middle East 07/22/2014 - Gaza News Brief 07/21/2014 - The Muslim who gave up his life for Mosul’s Christians 07/20/2014 - Pleading at the Vatican 07/20/2014 - Putin hopes Orthodox Church will make its contribution to establish peace in Middle East 07/19/2014 - Islamic State (aka ISIL) Expels all Mosul Christians after Setting Ultimatum 07/19/2014 - "I am close to you" 07/18/2014 - A Woman Stoned to Death in Raqqa, Syria 07/18/2014 - Gaza, three missiles close to the Catholic parish 07/17/2014 - ISIS in Mosul, Iraq: No aid to Christians and Shiites 07/15/2014 - The government army towards Aleppo 07/14/2014 - Kidnapped Nuns and Orphans released. 07/13/2014 - Aleppo - A new Documentary about Armenians 07/11/2014 - Phone calls, evacuations: Gaza's Christians work together to stay safe 07/11/2014 - The Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod of Antioch Condemns World’s Silence About Terrorism Against Syria 07/11/2014 - Tomb of the Biblical Prophet Jonah Destroyed 07/09/2014 - We need to help Iraq’s Christians, before it’s too late 07/05/2014 - Syria's Druze reject autonomous statelet despite growing ISIS threats 07/04/2014 - Rev. Ibrahim Nasir The Spiritual Leader of the Arabic Evangelical (Presbyterian) Church in Aleppo Speech 07/04/2014 - Nineveh’s only woman taxi driver killed by ISIS 07/04/2014 - Ramadan Message: British Sunni and Shia imams urge Muslims not to travel to Syria 07/03/2014 - Bombings and raids against churches in Mosul for the release of the nuns and orphans 07/02/2014 - Eastern patriarchs deplore regional violence 07/01/2014 - BBC News Iraqi Christians who refuse to flee amid Isis attacks 06/29/2014 - A call to action on the brutal religious and ethnic cleansing in the Middle East 06/29/2014 - Patriarch urges displaced to return home. 06/28/2014 - Even if we die, we’ll die in our land 06/27/2014 - Syria's Grand Mufti: Erdogan & Davutoglu behind Abduction of Two Aleppo Archbishops 06/27/2014 - Iraq Christians in Danger in Mosul 06/26/2014 - Last stronghold of Iraqi Christians may fall 06/23/2014 - The Crisis in Iraq - The Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul 06/21/2014 - Christians Cry Loud to Stop Terrorism in Syria 06/08/2014 - Invocation for Peace 05/25/2014 - Pope and Patriarch Concerned for Situation of Christians in the Middle East 05/25/2014 - Pope Francis calls for two-state solution, stops at Israeli apartheid wall 05/24/2014 - The Pope has arrived in Jordan 05/24/2014 - Pope Francis begins Middle East visit. Arrival in Jordan 05/24/2014 - Rai in Jordan, says Holy Land is our land 05/24/2014 - East meets West 05/20/2014 - Armenian Catholic Archbishop Marayati: Christians flee from Aleppo, besieged city 05/18/2014 - Mea Culpa - The Touchstone of Reconciliation 05/06/2014 - Melkite Catholic Patriarch at the United Nations 05/05/2014 - Open letter to Patriarch al-Rai: Do not go to the Zionist entity! 05/04/2014 - Syria Patriarch urges Syrians to vote in presidential poll 05/02/2014 - “We are a ruined church” Iraqi Patriarch 04/30/2014 - More Crucifixions in Raqqa 04/30/2014 - Keep The War Away From Us 04/28/2014 - Armenian Catholic Archbishop Marayati: Aleppo again in the grip of war 04/26/2014 - On the Occasion of the Canonisation of Pope John Paul II 04/24/2014 - INTERNATIONAL PEACE PILGRIMAGE TO SYRIA VIA IRAN 04/23/2014 - 99th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide 04/22/2014 - First Anniversary of the Abduction of the Aleppo Archbishops 04/22/2014 - Syria’s President, Vatican’s Ambassador and Syrian Church leaders Easter visit to Maaloula 04/21/2014 - Syrian Patriarch calls for confronting Takfiri mentality 04/20/2014 - Easter Blessings 04/19/2014 - A Message from Soufanieh, Damascus 04/18/2014 - Syria’s Good Friday 04/15/2014 - Rare British Media Acknowledgement that NATO partner Turkey facilitates al-Qaeda 04/14/2014 - Maaloula is Freed Again 04/07/2014 - Terrorists Kill Dutch Priest in Homs 04/03/2014 - Many Syrian Christians do not feel they can trust the U.N. 03/24/2014 - A Mother’s Grief 03/22/2014 - Memory Eternal: His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas 03/20/2014 - Memory Eternal: His Eminence Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) 03/19/2014 - FSA-Nusra Terrorists Deliberately Desecrated the Churches in Yabroud 03/16/2014 - Syrian Voices-3 Years On 03/14/2014 - "We declare our rejection of all forms of extremism, takfirism, murder and extortion" 03/13/2014 - Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you - Luke 6:28 03/11/2014 - The Road to Freedom 03/09/2014 - The Kidnapped Nuns are Free 03/09/2014 - Breaking News: Kidnapped Nuns from Maaloula may be released to day 03/08/2014 - International Womens Day in Syria 03/05/2014 - Great Lent 03/03/2014 - ISIS use social media to live tweet the chopping off of a man’s hand. 02/28/2014 - Syriac Catholic Archbishop Critical of Western position in Syrian Conflict. 02/28/2014 - Palestinian Archbishop likens Syria militants to Israel 02/27/2014 - Syria: ISIS Imposes “Dhimma” Conditions On Christians In Raqqa 02/26/2014 - Hezbollah's Leader to Christians: 'Where are your Churches, Crosses, & Nuns? 02/26/2014 - Lavrov "Russia is seriously concerned with position of Orthodox communities in Syria" 02/23/2014 - One of Syria’s oldest Churches Destroyed 02/23/2014 - Voice from Damascus: 02/20/2014 - Inside Raqqa, the Syrian city ruled by Islamists 02/19/2014 - Russian Church expresses concern over sufferings of Christians in Syria during meeting with representatives of Syrian "opposition" 02/18/2014 - Syrian Christian Leaders Call On U.S. To End Support For Rebels 02/14/2014 - Saidnaya under rebel attack: Christian locals believe they are targets of imminent insurgent ground invasion, CNN justifies rebel assault 02/14/2014 - You ripped the cross from the nuns' necks-- go ahead and rip it off! 02/14/2014 - Patriarch of Antioch to meet Pope Francis 02/10/2014 - Syria nuns taken from Maaloula in new video: Al-Jazeera 02/06/2014 - Syria’s Valley of the Christians Under Fire 02/03/2014 - Brutal Taliban Style Sharia Imposed in Syrian City by ISIS 01/29/2014 - Fr Georges Massouh: The Lamb Shall Defeat the Beast 01/29/2014 - Al-Qaeda bombing the Cherubim Monastery in Saidnaya 01/29/2014 - Russia is interested in preventing the extinction of the Christian church in Syria 01/28/2014 - Patriarch John X of Antioch visit to Russia 01/27/2014 - The Lie of Geneva 01/27/2014 - Syria's Christians In Deadly Battle With Islamist Persecution 01/27/2014 - Maaloula Nun Captors Seek Release of All Islamist Prisoners in Roumieh 01/23/2014 - Geneva II - World Council of Churches Ecumenical Consultation on Syria 01/23/2014 - Holy See Address to UN Debate on Situation in Middle East 01/22/2014 - “What we are facing is the biggest threat to our survival as Christians in the Middle East” 01/04/2014 - Aleppo Devastated 01/04/2014 - Lebanon Loses 78000 Books To Terrorism: Tripoli’s “Al Sa’eh” Library Burned 01/04/2014 - For Some Syrian Christian Refugees, Christmas a Sorrowful Time 12/30/2013 - Churches built after Islamic Invasion to be confiscated. 12/28/2013 - Syrian Patriarch: Takfiris Target All Syrians 12/28/2013 - President Assad sends a message to Pope Francis 12/28/2013 - Mufti says concerns of Christians justified 12/27/2013 - The Herods of Syria 12/27/2013 - John X Pastoral Letter - Christmas 2013 12/27/2013 - Christmas Day Inter-Faith Prayers for Peace in Syria 12/24/2013 - Wishing for Peace at Christmas in Syria and the World 12/22/2013 - 12 killed in attacks against church in southern Syria 12/21/2013 - Relic hunters: Islamists in Syria earn their daily bread selling Christian trophies 12/20/2013 - Bishop Audo of Aleppo Our Christmas under the bombs 12/19/2013 - Those who do not adapt will be expelled or executed! 12/16/2013 - Archbishop Nassar: Syrian children envy the stable where Jesus was born 12/16/2013 - Kanayé, (Qunaya) another Christian village invaded by jihadists that impose the Islamic law 12/16/2013 - From Disaster to Calamity 12/16/2013 - For Caritas Lebanon, "thousands of Syrian refugees could die from the cold and the snow" 12/11/2013 - Metropolitan Philip declines invitation to Whitehouse because of Syria 12/07/2013 - Priest from Maaloula: "The Rebels are Burning the Town" 12/07/2013 - Prayer vigil at our Lady of Sednaya Convent 12/07/2013 - Syrian Rebels Demand 1,000 Prisoner Releases to Free Kidnapped Nuns 12/04/2013 - Appeals from Rome, Antioch and Jerusalem for the abducted Nuns of Maaloula as terrorists torch the town 12/04/2013 - Syria's Ma'loula Again Besieged: Nuns Kidnapped 12/03/2013 - Pray for the Nuns and People of Maaloula! 11/30/2013 - Pope calls for "a just and lasting solution" to the war in Syria and respect for religious freedom in the Middle East 11/25/2013 - Over 60 Churches and Monasteries Destroyed in Syria 11/24/2013 - Maronite Prelate in Syria: Only Project We Have Is Building a Bigger Cemetery 11/24/2013 - Why attack places of worship, and especially churches? 11/23/2013 - Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross replies to Critics 11/23/2013 - Syrian Religious Leaders Renew Call for Release of two Bishops 11/23/2013 - Putin to discuss Syrian peace process with Pope Francis 11/20/2013 - Russian Orthodox Church participates in international colloquium on Syrian crisis 11/19/2013 - Cardinal ministers to Syrian refugees 11/16/2013 - Situation of Christians in the Middle East is catastrophic 11/12/2013 - Rebels Shell Orthodox Elementary School, 9 Children Killed 11/12/2013 - Just Another Family 11/03/2013 - Archbishop: Plan to Drive Christians out of Mideast is Decades-Old Western Policy 11/01/2013 - Open Letter to the American people from Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate 11/01/2013 - Sad passing of H.E. Archbishop Kassab 10/29/2013 - Update: Syrian Army Frees Christian Town of Sadad 10/28/2013 - We Won't Accept Anything but the Tradition of the Prophet 10/26/2013 - Sadad, another Christian town falls to hand of terror 10/21/2013 - Patriarch Rai: "the hypocritical goal" of the war in Syria: 10/19/2013 - A Defiant Act of Hope and Resistance 10/16/2013 - 50,000 Christians in Syria Request Russian Citizenship 10/16/2013 - Patriarch Yazigi slams reaction of international community to abducted Bishops' dossier 10/01/2013 - Terrorism has no Religion 10/01/2013 - Fr. Thomas Zain, Interviewed on Syria by Hellenic Public Radio. 09/29/2013 - Patriarch John X of Antioch Visits Pope Francis 09/26/2013 - Syrian rebel al-Qaeda group desecrate two more Churches 09/26/2013 - Melkite-Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo: here are the figures of the Syrian disaster 09/26/2013 - Remembering Maya Naser 09/25/2013 - An Appeal to Muslim Clerics and Rulers: Save Our Christian Heritage! 09/24/2013 - Fighting traps nuns, orphans in Syria's ancient Maaloula 09/24/2013 - "I had five sons, now I have four": Syria's senior cleric pardons the rebels who killed his son 09/23/2013 - Syrian Christians targeted by outsiders, Syriac Catholic leader says 09/19/2013 - Saudi Arabia to Christians: Shut Up! 09/19/2013 - One nun puts entire US intel community to shame over 'stage-managed' Syria footage 09/18/2013 - A Message to World Christianity 09/16/2013 - The Scurrilous Remarks of John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State 09/14/2013 - Syrian bishop says rebels have not sent one reassuring sign to Christians 09/13/2013 - Qabalan asks U.S. to support political solution in Syria 09/13/2013 - Declaration on the Situation of Christians in the Middle East 09/12/2013 - Do not forget Aleppo 09/11/2013 - Maaloula Update 09/10/2013 - Western backed rebels attack Maaloula 09/10/2013 - Archbishop Hindo writes to Obama: the world does not want war 09/10/2013 - Chaldean Catholic Leader: If Syrian Army Flees Aleppo, Christians ‘Will Be Massacred’ 09/08/2013 - Find a peaceful solution which relies on negotiation and not bombs. 09/07/2013 - Vatican Prayer for Peace in Syria and the World 09/07/2013 - Syriac Orthodox Patriarch supports Pope's Initiative for Syria 09/06/2013 - Footage of chemical attack in Syria is fraud 09/04/2013 - Pope Francis: renewed appeal for peace 09/04/2013 - World famous Palestinian Muslim doctor urges people to join the pope and raise our voices against war . 09/02/2013 - Armenian Catholic Partiarch "regret in hindsight does not help anyone" 09/01/2013 - Pope: a day of prayer for peace in Syria and in the world 08/30/2013 - Patriarch Twal: Attack Syria on What Authority? 08/29/2013 - "It is easy to launch air strikes, difficult to stop the consequences" 08/28/2013 - Gregory III: Democracy is built with peace. U.S. attack is a criminal act 08/27/2013 - Once again the U.S acting as "international executioners," sacrificing Muslims and Christians in Syria 08/27/2013 - Vatican Blasts Possible Armed Intervention in Syria 08/26/2013 - Syrian Bishop Warns Intervention Could Spark 'World War' 08/26/2013 - "We Syrian Christians, sold by the West for oil” 08/26/2013 - We reject any military intervention in Syria 08/24/2013 - Cardinal Rai: Christians always pay the highest price in Mideast conflicts 08/22/2013 - Vatican urges caution over Syria chemical arms claims 08/21/2013 - An Interview with Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross 08/20/2013 - A Tragedy on the Feast of the Dormition 07/30/2013 - JORDAN - Religious proselytism in refugee camps: the Catholic Church stands off 07/23/2013 - The Arab Springtime is a Nightmare for Syrian Christians 07/23/2013 - "Do not tell us that you are keen on the Christian presence in the East, because your own policy contradicts this position." 07/11/2013 - A food embargo in Aleppo: there is "no bread" 07/07/2013 - Mariam 07/03/2013 - Christians in Syria feel threatened 06/25/2013 - Fr Franҫois Mourad killed by Islamist insurgents in al-Ghassaniyah 05/13/2013 - Syrian crisis part of Western geopolitical strategy, says patriarch 05/09/2013 - How the Iraq War Became a War on Christians 04/24/2013 - Remembering the Armenian Genocide 04/13/2013 - In Aleppo Christians fleeing rebel-held areas 03/29/2013 - Christians under attack in Syria 03/26/2013 - Outsiders are killing Syrian People, destroying Churches and mosques - Christian Bishop 02/13/2013 - Kidnappings, rapes, and trafficking of Syrian refugees 01/07/2013 - Christians of the Levant Accuse France of Plotting to Displace Them