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Islamist militiamen in Tahrir al Sham allow Christians to publicly celebrate Mass in the province of Idlib
Publication Date: 8/9/2022
Source: Agencia Fides
Mass was celebrated in a church that had been closed for ten years. This happened in the province of Idlib, in an area still controlled by the anti-Assad Islamist militias. Permission to re-open the Christian place of worship and celebrate the Eucharistic liturgy in a serene and festive atmosphere was the same head of the jihadist faction that, in past years, had seized property and the houses of Christians as "spoils of war".
Idleb Christians Celebrate St. Anna’s Day for First Time in 10 Years
Publication Date: 31/8/2022
Source: The Syrian Observer
Last Sunday, Christians in Idleb governorate celebrated the Feast of Saint Anna in the village of Yacoubiya for the first time since military factions took control of the area.
Activists and residents of Christian villages in Idleb circulated photos and videos of the opening of the Church of St. Anna in the village of Yacoubiya, with residents participating from the villages of Yacoubia, Jadida, and Qunaya.
Kerala’s Syrian Christian history gets a Hungarian saviour—new keyboard, old manuscripts
Author: Zoya Bhatti
Publication Date: 19/8/2022
Source: The Print
István Perczel could well be a modern-day Indiana Jones for Kerala’s elite approximately 60,00,000-strong Syrian Christian community spread across the globe. But instead of engaging in gun fights and discovering lost treasure and ancient cities, The Hungarian scholar of Byzantine history and early Christianity is bringing to life a forgotten body of Malayalam scholarly literature—one that is written in a script based on the Syriac alphabet, an ancient writing system that dates back to the 1st century AD, and shares similarities with Phoenician, Hebrew, Arabic and Sogdian.
Aleppo is facing a ‘bombardment’ of poverty
Publication Date: 18/8/2022
Source: The Catholic Leader
ALEPPO, besieged and destroyed in Syria’s war, is calm now, but 11 years of war and the accompanying economic sanctions have left the city impoverished.
“We don’t have any direct violence, armed groups or bombardments on or around the city since the end of 2017,” Chaldean Catholic Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo told the Catholic News Service during a visit to Lebanon. “Now the problem is the bombardment of poverty.”
Persecuted at Home, Iran's Christian Converts Finding Europe's Doors Closed
Author: Abigail R. Esman
Publication Date: 15/9/2022
Source: Investigative Project on Terrorism
It was Hassan's brother-in-law who inspired him. "He said....there is a treasure, there is a living God, Jesus Christ, and we are his children, and not his slaves," Hassan told the European Court of Human Rights last month. "He said there is a free salvation."
Christians are being jailed in Iran
Author: Steve Dew-Jones
Publication Date: 8/9/2022
Source: The Critic
Iran has long been known as a silencer of dissenting voices, but even by its standards the jailing in mid-August of a 63-year-old man with advanced Parkinson’s disease, and his wife, came as a surprise.
Scores arrested as Iran further cracks down on Christians
Publication Date: 13/9/2022
Source: Asia News
Some 25 people have been convicted this year, compared to 15 for the whole of last. Likewise, 58 people have been arrested in the first half of 2022, against 72 for the whole of 2021. Iranian authorities uses spurious charges to silence minorities, and arrest people on national security and espionage charges. Muslim converts and Farsi speakers are particularly targeted. For Muslims, joining another religion is strictly prohibited.
Texas media outreach shares 'vision of transforming Iran into a Christian nation'
Author: Ian M. Giatti
Publication Date: 31/8/2022
Source: The Christian Post
A Persian-language TV broadcaster from Los Angeles has partnered with a Texas-based ministry to reach Iran with the Gospel.
Iran Alive Ministries (IAM) has officially partnered with Channel One/Kanal Yek TV, landing a primetime slot for the broadcaster's Gospel-centric programming.
