Resources
UN: Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes
Author: Edith M. Lederer
Publication Date: 2/12/2022
Source: Associated Press
Evidence collected in Iraq strengthens preliminary findings that Islamic State extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Christian community after it seized about a third of the country in 2014, a U.N. investigative team said in a report circulated Thursday.
At Qatar’s Church City, Sunday Comes on Friday
Author: John Branch
Publication Date: 4/12/2022
Source: The New York Times
Behind closed doors on Friday, in small rooms usually used for teaching catechism, the children celebrated Christmas.
There was food, drink and songs. Wreaths and stockings decorated the walls. A few adults wore red Santa hats.
Young Christians from all over Syria hopeful for the future: “I want to stay in my country!”
Publication Date: 14/11/2022
Source: Aid to the Church in Need
Before the war, Syria had a vibrant and stable Christian community, but 12 years of conflict and economic crisis forced many to flee. Those who remained have faced hardship and rising levels of poverty. In the first initiative of its kind, ACN has helped bring together dozens of young Christians who want to make sure they have a future in their country.
Iranian Christians receive asylum in the Netherlands after being detained
Publication Date: 7/11/2022
Source: Christian Network Europe
A Christian family from Iran that spent five weeks in detention and was threatened with deportation to their home country has received asylum now anyways.
Iran: Christian convert released from prison
Publication Date: 18/10/2022
Source: Middle East Concern
Iranian Christians are rejoicing that Naser Navard Goltapeh was released from Evin Prison on 17 October after being pardoned by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamanei.
Archbishop of Aleppo: Health crisis in war-torn Syria dramatic
Author: Lisa Zengarini
Publication Date: 10/11/2022
Source: Vatican News
As the eyes of the world and media continue to focus on the war in Ukraine and the subsequent energy and food crises, during his General Audience on Wednesday Pope Francis once again drew attention also to the many forgotten wars still wreaking death and destruction in many other parts of the globe. Among them, he mentioned the eleven-year conflict in Syria.
Saint Odisho: fourth-century monastery still serves worshippers
Author: Kurmanj Nhili
Publication Date: 20/11/2022
Source: Kurdistan24
Saint Odisho Monastery, dating back to the fourth century, still stands tall serving Christians in the small village of Dere just four kilometers east of the historic town of Amedi in Duhok province.
To get there, one needs to take the road that turns around on the side of the mountain and runs along the cliffs, three km after getting through the Sulav gorge.
Ancient Christian relics found in ruins of Bahrain mosque offer rare glimpse into history
Author: Ramola Talwar Badam
Publication Date: 21/11/2022
Source: The National
On an island in Bahrain, archaeologists and historians are at work uncovering relics that will tell the story of Christian homes in the kingdom before the spread of Islam. A team of Bahraini and British experts carefully sift through sandy stretches between thick stone walls of what may have been a monastery or a bishop’s home dating back to the sixth and eighth century.
