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President Abbas attends Christmas Midnight Mass in Bethlehem
Author: M. N.
Publication Date: 25/12/2022
Source: WAFA
President Mahmoud Abbas attended the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass last night in the Church of Saint Catherine adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, celebrated by the Roman Catholic Christian denominations in Palestine.
Occupation: On Christmas, Israel denies Palestinian Christians their rights
Author: Majdi Khaldi
Publication Date: 23/12/2022
Source: Middle East Eye
It is concerning that religious organisations who claim to care about Christianity worldwide remain silent about the present and future of Christianity in Palestine
A tale of two Christmases in crisis-stricken Lebanon
Author: Tarek Ali Ahmad
Publication Date: 24/12/2022
Source: Arab News
- As the wealth gap widens, the rich enjoy lavish Christmas parties while the poor sit in darkness
- The rising poverty rate has forced many of the poorest households to forego traditional festive meal
Lebanese create Christmas holiday spirit defying crippling economic crisis
Author: Najia Houssari
Publication Date: 24/12/2022
Source: Arab News
- UN says some 1.5 million Lebanese live below the poverty line, subsisting on less than $2.15 per day
- Christmas gifts and decorations have become unaffordable for many since the 2019 currency collapse
President Abbas says Palestinians won’t accept continuation of occupation’s practices against Christian presence
Author: M.N.
Publication Date: 24/12/2022
Source: WAFA
President Mahmoud Abbas said tonight the Palestinian people will not accept the continuation of the Israeli occupation’s practices targeting the Christian presence in Palestine.
For Mideast Christians, this is not 'the most wonderful time of the year'
Author: Andrew Bennett, Richard Marceau
Publication Date: 12/12/2022
Source: National Post
The majority of Canadian Christians are about to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who Christians confess to be God incarnate.
At Hannukah, Jewish Canadians are celebrating the Jewish victory over the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE, which could be seen as the first recorded war for religious and national freedom.
But for Christians in the Middle East, this Christmas season is not “the most wonderful time of the year” that Canadians take for granted.
For Palestinians, celebrating Christmas is an act of resistance
Author: Jeff Wright
Publication Date: 24/12/2022
Source: Mondoweiss
This year's annual interfaith Christmas tree lighting in Jerusalem's Old City took place at the Imperial Hotel, a Greek Orthodox property under threat from Israeli settlers. “This simple ceremony of the lighting of a tree shows us the way and shines as a sign of hope in the darkness,” said Patriarch Theophilos III.
Hassaké: Syrian Christians and Christmas in the shadow of a Turkish threat
Publication Date: 16/12/2022
Source: Asia News
The Syrian Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan made a pastoral visit to north-east Syria in recent days. A reality of "sadness, anguish, but also of challenges and hope". War, economic crisis and fears of a Turkish attack have emptied the region. From 100,000 the faithful now number 20,000, with an average income of 30 euros per month. Sanctions and international neglect.
In Gaza, Christian and Muslim Palestinians celebrate Christmas together
Author: Hazem Balousha
Publication Date: 24/12/2022
Source: Arab News
- About 1,300 Christians, both Greek Orthodox and Latin Catholic, live in the Gaza Strip
- Early Christmas mass this year was presided over by Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa
USCIRF warns of threat to Christians in northwestern Syria
Author: Anugrah Kumar
Publication Date: 27/11/2022
Source: The Christian Post
There’s a threat to the property, safety and existence of religious minority groups, including Christians, in northwestern Syria under the de facto governance of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, a former al-Qaeda affiliate and U.S.-designated terrorist group, says the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in a new report.
