An Assyrian woman attends Mass inside the Ibrahim al-Khalil church in Jaramana, eastern Damascus, Syria, in 2015. ..…

Update of this story Thousands of Christians flocked to Saint Mark's Cathedral Cairo Friday in response to protest organized by Salafi Muslims last in front of the church. ..…

Prior to contacting one of Sister Jacobs through the white pages and getting her hands on some of Sister Jacobs old journals, Holbrook had no idea that Church had established Palestine and Syria before WWII. Church is working to make the histories of women leaders in Church..…

He cited plans by the United States to protect oilfields in Syria as examples of such alleged egocentric behavior.     . The patriarch and other church leaders warned there is little time to prevent the extinction of Christian communities in the Middle East. ..…

White Helmets, ‘Local Councils’ – Is the UK FCO Financing Terrorism in Syria with Taxpayer Funds? ... Desecration of Church Property to Silence Syrian Voices By Vanessa Beeley, October 23, 2017 . . ..…

analysis and in the population, including among anti-war activists. ..…

analysis and in the population, including among anti-war activists. ..…

In one instance, gunmen murdered a 57-year-old evangelist of a Pentecostal church. ... The following day, an unexploded bomb was discovered at Revival Church. . ..…

“We have been experiencing daily attacks by these Fulani herdsmen in our communities, most especially on Sundays during worship hours or Thursdays when church activities are held,” a local Christian said. . ... Syria: On July 11, the Islamic State detonated a car bomb just outside the..…

Likewise, Ibn Taymiyya confirms that “the ulema of the Muslims from all four schools of law—Hanafi, Shafi‘i, Maliki, Hanbali, and others, including al-Thawri, al-Layth, all the way back to the companions and the followers—are all agreed that if the imam destroys every church in lands taken by..…

This seven-day annual festival was originally given to ancient Israel, and continues to be observed by the New Testament church. It has everything to do with ending the war in Syria—and all wars, for that matter. . ..…

Islamic State destroyed at least 28 sites of religious significance in the city including Tomb of Jonah, Iraq's of Assyrian Church of East.. In April, Syria Archbishop Youhanna Boutros Moshe of Mosul told Aid to the Church in Need that there are very clear and concrete signs of..…

'We have been experiencing daily attacks by these Fulani herdsmen in our communities, most especially on Sundays during worship hours or Thursdays when church activities are held,' a local Christian said. . ... Syria: On July 11, the Islamic State detonated a car bomb just outside the..…

Featuring official representatives from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, Iran and Syria . ... Community Church of New York (40 East 35th St, NYC, 10016 . 6:30pm . At this event, representatives of several countries under attack by the US will speak about the challenges their countries..…

“The hospitals are more targeted than the churches but that may be because the amount of hospitals in Syria is more,” he said. ... In the church context, this is very sensitive. For me personally, and to the Syrian minority, [we need] to prevent a threat to the minority [that forces]..…

They worked together for year, and he hired her as adviser, later appointing her to National Security Council as director for multilateral affairs and director for human rights.. ..…

Critics, including church officials and other area Christians, contended that, because the curriculum is not recognized outside this part of Syria, it will hinder students from being able to study at universities in Syria or abroad. In a statement released on August 18, 2018,..…

It was closed when the Roman Empire occupied Syria, converted to a Christian church during the Byzantine era, then became a mosque in the 12th century. ..…

Pope and Putin discuss Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, and the life of the Church Russia.. ..…

Some of the places he visited will be generally familiar to us, but even there, he takes us to places the guidebooks will have missed — the small abbey in France, the forgotten church in Romania. Some places, like pre-Sept. 11 Syria, are still more foreign still and tragically will never..…

Pope and Putin discuss Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, and the life of the Church Russia.. ..…

ZENIT: Father Raimond, what is the situation of the Catholic Church in Syria today, after so many years of war? ... Father Raimond: What we can do today, as Church, is to encourage those that have left to return to Syria. ..…

ISIS is claiming responsibility for Sunday's attacks Sri Lanka, by Trump Administration that it had defeated the group were not true. · Tuesday, April 23, 2019 · No comments. ..…

- The Sri Lankan government has admitted it failed to act on multiple warnings and feared terror group might have been behind the atrocities.. ..…

The church’s current pastor, Zani Bakr, 34, arrived last year from Afrin, a town in northern Syria. ..…

In spite of this heavy cross, The Church Syria rests on the sacrifices of its martyrs, strengthened and encouraged by the fire of Spirit and the light of Gospel, ... ..…

Armenians Syria's war-torn Aleppo packed their Forty Martyrs Cathedral Saturday for the first mass in the church since its restoration began more than year ago... ... Aram Keshishian, Beirut-based of Armenian church, delivered Armenian.. ..…

Next were Iraq, Syria, China, North Korea, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. . According to Aid to the Church in Need-USA, the survey aimed to measure how aware U.S. ..…

Although Lebanon was once the Arab world’s only Christian majority nation, Christians now represent about 36% of the population and are quickly dwindling, thanks most recently to a large influx of Muslim refugees from Syria . In 2016, eight Islamic State suicide bombers exploded themselves —..…

Although Lebanon was once the Arab world's only Christian majority nation, Christians now represent about 36% of the population and are quickly dwindling, thanks most recently to a large influx of Muslim refugees from Syria . In 2016, eight Islamic State suicide bombers exploded themselves — two in..…

The initial explosion scattered the wooden pews inside the hall and blasted window glass panels, and the second bomb hurled human remains and debris across town square fronting Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, ... ..…

Omar reads Bible at the Church of Brethren Kobani, Syria. In 2014, more brutality, torture and murder... ..…

The alliance emerging Russia, between Putin, Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and Russian Orthodox Kirill I, Russia's concern for the interests of Orthodox Church Syria its hierarchy has close links with Assad regime. ..…

ASIA SYRIA - Assad promises to rebuild the church of Armenian Genocide Deir ez-Zor. ..…

ERBIL Turkey's threats to invade the east of Euphrates is danger to the existence of Christians in the north and east of Syria, the deputy head of Christian party said on Thursday... ..…

Prosecutors say they found documents about Al-Qaeda and IS at his home, and that he had been in touch with a suspected jihadist in Syria about an attack on a church. . ..…

The lit Advent candle Candles for Peace Syria, initiative of Aid to Church in Need. ..…

She was interviewed by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). . Sister Samia is a member of the Sacred Heart Sisters, a congregation founded in Syria and inspired by Ignatian spirituality. ... The Church in Syria is very much alive, despite more than seven years of war. ..…

Egyptian President Al-Sisi We Enabled Building of Churches, Synagogues Egypt All People Have the Right to Worship or Not Worship Syria Should Not Expect Developed Countries to Pay for Its Restoration. ..…

He also wrote letters to Syria to bring back the Marcionites into the Church, and he accomplished this. ..…

The dispute over Ukraine between Russian Orthodox Church and Orthodox Patriarch is widening and nearing the point of complete break.. ..…

Meanwhile organizations such as Open Doors, the Religious Freedom Coalition, and many others including those of church denominations are doing their best to help Christians in Iraq and Syria settle back into something like a normal life. . ..…

study conducted by Aid to Church in Need examined Christians in places like Egypt, Sudan, Syria, and Turkey. ..…

Iraqi forces tank advances towards the village of Abu Shuwayhah, south of Mosul, on November 1, 2016, during the operation to retake Daesh terrorists Iraq Embed.. ..…

Leith Anderson, President, National Association of Evangelicals [corresponding VOLAG-World Relief]: “We are horrified and heartbroken by the terrorist atrocities in Paris, but must not forget that there are thousands more victims of these same terrorists who are fleeing Syria with their families..…

But the effort to link the radically opposed doctrines of al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with white supremacy continues. . So the questions arise: Who burned Bishop Gordon’s church, and where did they get the idea of an Islamic white supremacist danger? ..…

New ominous signs reported on our website about such persecution increasing raise serious questions about the disparate approaches of United Methodist Church's Washington lobby office, General Board of Church and Society, to the persecution of Christians Syria and North Korea.. ..…

The Barnabus Fund has warned if Washington and its allies turn away from atrocities committed against Christians by elements of FSA, the Christian church in Syria, as happened in Iraq, could quickly decline and never recover. . . ..…