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Christian woman convert begins two-year prison sentence
Publication Date: 16/4/2022
Source: Article 18
A 51-year-old woman Christian convert today began serving a two-year prison sentence in Tehran’s Evin prison for “acting against national security by establishing and leading an Evangelical Christian church”.
About 750 young Christians meet in Homs for the future of the Church and Syria
Publication Date: 29/4/2022
Source: Asia News
An ecumenical meeting is currently under way in Homs, from 28 April to 1 May, bringing together about 750 young Syrian Christians, from different Churches, congregations, and regions.
The event is meant to be a stage in the path of renaissance for the country and its Catholic and other communities. It follows a conference in Damascus in mid-March that that included many Church leaders, a virtual Pentecost of the Syrian Church on a journey of “charity and synodality”.
Syrian Christians: Life Between War and Migration
Author: Vicken Cheterian
Publication Date: 6/4/2022
Source: Agos
The church of the Virgin Martyr Febronia of Nisibis (Nusaybin) of Syrian Orthodox church is located in the village of Himo few kilometres to the west of Qamishli. The church was built in 2004 over a shrine that dates according to tradition from the 4th century. This is the land of early Christianity, and in the villages nearby there was once a thriving Assyrian community. But now there are few left to attend the Sunday mass.
Egyptian Christians alarmed by murder of Alexandria priest
Publication Date: 24/4/2022
Source: Al-Monitor
Egypt's Christians are fearful in the wake of the stabbing death of a priest by a Muslim fundamentalist in the northern coastal city of Alexandria.
Father Arsanios Wadeed of the Virgin Mary and the St. Paul the Apostle churches in Alexandria was attacked by a bearded man April 6 as he was leaving the beach where he had met with some members of his congregation.
The 56-year-old priest, who was known to enjoy cordial relations with Muslims in Alexandria, was bidding farewell to the congregants when the assailant stabbed him in the neck with a knife, according to eyewitnesses.
A Bold Act of Unity for Syrian Christians
Author: Bassam Ishak
Publication Date: 18/4/2022
Source: Syrian Democratic Times
Syriac Christians in Syria made a historic agreement this month. They laid aside their differences and declared a shared agenda of protecting and promoting religious and ethnic pluralism and human rights in Syria. As a persecuted religious and ethnic minority in Syria, they are now uniting around constitutional recognition of universal principles — ethnic and identity rights.
19th century Iraq church holds first Mass since Daesh defeat
Publication Date: 2/5/2022
Source: Arab News
Dozens of faithful celebrated Mass on Saturday at a Mosul church in northern Iraq for the first time since it was restored after its ransacking by Daesh terrorists.
Syrian Greek Orthodox Priest Found Dead in Cathedral
Publication Date: 11/4/2022
Source: Persecution - International Christian Concern
65-year-old George Rafiq Housh, a Syrian priest, was found dead at a Greek Orthodox cathedral in Latakia on April 6. Preliminary news suggested that Housh committed suicide, though the narrative is questioned. St. George’s Cathedral is one of the oldest and largest Greek Orthodox churches in the city.
Church leaders condemn attack during funeral of slain Palestinian journalist
Author: Inés San Martín
Publication Date: 16/5/2022
Source: Crux Now
Jerusalem’s Christian churches came together to condemn the scenes of Israeli police beating mourners during the funeral of a Palestinian-American journalist who was shot and killed in the field, allegedly by Israel Defense Forces (IDF). They called the police violence an attack on religious freedom.
First communions of children, new hope for the Churches of Iraq and Syria
Publication Date: 3/5/2022
Source: Agencia fides
"The land that was attacked a few years ago by the militants of the Islamic State, who wanted to eliminate Christians, today rejoices aloud. Our faith and our Cross have won". Father Karam Shamasha, a Chaldean priest from Mosul, thus expresses his emotion at the spectacle that he has seen happen in the cities of the Nineveh Plain.
Syria: Qamishli's Christians get ready for Easter as they pray for their homeland
Publication Date: 21/4/2022
Source: The New Arab
Christians in Qamishli in the Al-Hasakah province, northeast Syria, celebrated Palm Sunday last week, amid a festive atmosphere as the city's streets filled with the sound of drums and the Qamishli Scouts' brass band marched through the streets, their tunes filling the air.
