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written by Gregory Pappas A new book is being released in days by Harvard University Press by two leading Israeli genocide scholars about the genocide of Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Christians in Turkey. According to the book description, The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924, the…
Read moreLuke de Pulford An Iranian woman prays on Christmas Suspend your disbelief for a moment, and try to imagine you’re an Iranian, in Iran. You were born into an observant Muslim family and brought up with all the customs of your inherited faith.…
Read moreAssyrian Universal Alliance in Australia meets with the Hon. David Coleman MP Sydney – 22 March 2019 Today Friday 22nd March 2019, a delegation representing the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) and the Assyrian Australian National Federation (AANF) attended a meeting a with the Hon…
Read moreNour Eltigani Saudi Arabia: a country that has been the center of attention for many years because of its oppressive policies towards minorities such as women and foreign workers. However, with the recent introduction of the 2030 reform vision launched by its monarch King Mohammed Bin Salman, it has hit many firsts as…
Read moreIraqi culture officials plan to open four other museums in the southern province Visitors tour the newly opened Sumer gallery in southern Iraq’s Basra museum. AFP Visitors tour the newly opened Sumer gallery in southern Iraq’s Basra museum. AFP Basra Museum opened its doors to the…
Read moreThe Homshetsi, Laz and Syriac are among the peoples fighting to preserve their mother tongue and cultureMetropolitan Saliba Ozmen shows the bible of the Syriac Orthodox Church written in Syriac (MEE/Nimet Kirac) By Nimet Kirac in Artvin and Mardin, Turkey…
Read moreEastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus Catholic prelates in Syria, accompanied by Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, president of Caritas Internationalis, visited the eastern Ghouta region outside of Damascus and saw “unspeakable suffering”.…
Read moreIraqi Chaldean Christian children queue up to receive their First Communion during mass at the Apostles Peter and Paul Chaldean Catholic Church in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on July 13, 2018. (Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images) Read Newsmax: Persecution of Christians Remains Elusive for US Catholics | Newsmax.com Urgent: Do…
Read moreCNS photo/Muhammad Hamed, Reuters A young Syrian refugee holds a watermelon at his shop in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan, June 22, 2018. “A lot of young men left Syria because they didn’t want to fight in the conflict,” Maha Yahya, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center, told Catholic News Service. (CNS…
Read moreBy Mario Schiavone |Christian population in Syria is aging fast The Syrian population lives in an undetermined condition, without “peace or war”. An uncertain and difficult situation, which is becoming unsustainable for the weakest, and which sees an impressive decline in Christians, decreased in some areas by 77 percent compared to the times before the…
Read moreChristchurch. The message reads in part: “Please accept our prayer and condolences in this terrible, painful time. God have mercy on the people and we pray for the injured ones. Your brothers, St. Addai Catholic Church, New Zealand.” CNS photo/courtesy NZ CatholicThe St. Addai Chaldean Catholic community in suburban Auckland felt the impact of…
Read moreBy Eno Adeogun A former ISIS leader has vowed to leave the terrorist organisation after a dream motivated him to convert to Christianity. The man, whose identity has been disguised for his safety, is being called Mohammad and used to be a spiritual leader within ISIS.He shared his…
Read moreBy Eno Adeogun A Catholic charity has raised concerns about the Syrian conflict entering into its ninth year. The UN estimates that the conflict to date has killed over 400,000 people and left 6.1 million people homeless within Syria, with an additional 500,000 fleeing to neighbouring…
Read moreWill the Middle East’s shattered Christian villages, towns and cities somehow retain their religious and cultural heritage – which dates back to the first century? By Lela Gilbert A SECURITY forces member stands atop a church in Bartella. (photo credit: REUTERS)…
Read moreDespite death threats to him and his family, Pastor Abdullah has bravely chosen to stay in Syria and turn his church into a centre of hope for his community. Pastor Abdullah told Open Doors that his parishioners need relief aid, trauma care and assistance to rebuild their homes and their livelihoods.…
Read moreWorld Watch Monitor As the Syrian civil war enters what might be its last year, Christians are trying to rebuild in the face of an uncertain future. The conflict, which grew out of the tiny spark of anti-government graffiti on 15th March…
Read moreBy Robert Edwards yesterday at 11:10 Bashar Warda, the archbishop of Erbil’s Chaldean Catholic Church, speaks to Rudaw at the Cathedral of Mar Yousif, Ankawa, Erbil on March 13, 2019. Photo: Robert Edwards / Rudaw Iraqi Christians were forced to flee their towns and villages across the Nineveh Plains…
Read moreTurkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization allocates $2.75M for restoration Anadolu Agency Photograph: Özgür Ayayd?n Turkey will restore two historical churches that were damaged in PKK attacks four years ago.…
Read moreDAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The Surp Gragos Church was repaired in the late 1990s but was heavily damaged in PKK attacks. Restoration work has begun on an Armenian and a Chaldean church damaged in terror attacks in Diyarbak?r after government allocates TL 15 million for the project…
Read moreBrinkwire BAGHDAD, March 10 (Xinhua) — Iraqi President Barham Salih on Sunday stressed the need to provide a peaceful environment for the displaced Christians to return to their homes in Iraq. A statement by his office said that Salih met with Christian clergyman Patriarch Gorgis…
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