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An Iraqi policeman stands guard outside a church in the Baghdad district of Dora. Up to half of Iraq’s Christians have fled the country since 2003. August 20, 2010 BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government is doing all it can to ensure…
Read moreBy Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The United States has a duty to leave behind peace, not chaos, when troops are finally withdrawn from Iraq, said an Iraqi bishop.…
Read moreBy Lisa Millegan Renner lrenner@modbee.com Some of the best of Assyrian classical and pop music combine in the fourth annual Mesopotamian Night concert Saturday at the Gallo Center for the Arts.…
Read moreAnalyst continues to doubt country’s commitment to religious freedom Rome, Italy, Aug 19, 2010 / 07:51 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Last Sunday, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I presided over the first liturgical…
Read moreOur latest podcast on Mideast Youth features an interview with a Christian Iranian activist, Firouz Khanjani, whose brother, a pastor, was arrested twice this year in Iran. In the podcast Firouz describes the persecution Christians suffer in Iran, the…
Read more The Fourth Annual Mesopotamian Night musical event is only two days away. Students and youth are especially encouraged to attend this year and take advantage of the $25 student discount.…
Read moreBy:Robert ewan Bishop Andraos Abouna, auxiliary Catholic Bishop of Baghdad Bishop Andraos Abouna was born on 23rd March 1943 in the village of Bedare, on the outskirts of the northern Iraqi town of Zakho.Born into a disciplined Christian family…
Read moreYEREVAN (News.am)—The Armenian woman Anna Davtyan, who disappeared in Turkey about three weeks ago, has been murdered. The Sabah newspaper reported that 29-year-old Anna Davtyan, a resident of Charentsavan, Armenia, who was five…
Read moreThe Swedish citizens of Turkish origin are seriously concerned over possible victory of the left-wing opposition parties at the forthcoming parliamentary elections, as they advocated for the adoption of the resolution on the Armenian Genocide.…
Read more Jaramanh Clinic Update – The Assyrian Universal Alliance – America’s Youth Chapter sends you this letter in high spirits and faith for the progress of our brothers and sisters in Syria and to give you a glimpse into the current state of the Jaramanah Clinic and our donations through the Transient Benefit.…
Read moreBy Niraj Warikoo Free Press Staff Writer As President Barack Obama comes under fire for supporting the proposed mosque at Ground Zero, his top adviser to the Islamic world defended religious freedom to an audience of Muslim leaders Sunday night in Dearborn.…
Read moreBy: Weekly Staff SUMELA, Turkey—The Greek Orthodox faithful flocked to the cliffside setting of Sumela monastery in northeast Turkey on Aug. 15 after Ankara allowed mass to be celebrated here for the first time in 88 years, reported AFP.…
Read more By Tim Mansel BBC News Although Sweden once led the way in welcoming Iraqi refugees, the authorities are now clamping down and Iraqi asylum seekers are increasingly faced with deportation.…
Read moreWe are very thankful to all the doctors, nurses and staff of the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Sacramento for providing treatment that is considered impossible in her homeland right now for so…
Read moreBy WLADIMIR VAN WILGENBURG Romi Shop sells alcoholic beverages in the Christian neighborhood of Ankawa in Erbil. Photo by Wladimir van Wilgunburg for Rudaw ANKAWA, Iraqi Kurdistan: Officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)…
Read moreassyrian genocide monument okosmos 11.8.2010,15 assyrian-genocide-monument-okosmos-118201015.pdf  …
Read moreSödertälje, Sweden (AINA) — Nearly two hundred Assyrians commemorated Assyrian Martyrs Day at a ceremony at the Saint Jacob of Nisibin Assyrian Orthodox cathedral in Södertälje on Sunday. Several Assyrian associations sponsored the…
Read moreANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News A monument in the Sydney suburb of Fairfield dedicated to the alleged genocide of Syriac people nearly a century ago has been condemned by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.…
Read moreSydney — The Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA.) – Australian Chapter has determined that it must continue to do all that it can to make the Assyrian voice be heard by all democratic governments and international organizations. Since 2003, the…
Read moreResidents shop ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan at a market in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 9. Chaldean Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk, Iraq, has asked Christians to show respect by not eating in public during the Muslim holy month. (CNS photo/Mohammed Ameen, Reuters)…
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