Monthly Archives: February 2011

 NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A leader in the Christian Assyrian Democratic Movement has been appointed as adviser for northern Iraq’s Ninewa Province for Minorities Affairs, a source close to Ninewa’s Province said on Thursday.…

Fatal attacks trigger exodus of Christians from major cities. Dale Gavlak in Amman, Jordan A ringing doorbell at the Baghdad home of an elderly Christian couple seemed…

By Ken Timmerman Christians in Washington, D.C., and Erbil, Iraq, joined hands through the Internet on Monday to celebrate the beginning of a three-day period of repentance and prayer known as the Rogation of the Ninevites.…

Interview Arrested and in prison for their religion: Iran Sara Azadi interviews Rev. Sam Yeghnazar about the imprisonment of Christians in Iran…

The groups will be joined by staff from the Embassy of Iraq and Christians in Iraq via a conference call. Contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Christian Defense Coalition, 540-538-4741…

Iraqi Christians who were wounded in a deadly attack on their church in Baghdad last year made a pilgrimage to the renowned Catholic shrine at Lourdes in France on Friday.…

 By Santa Mikail On Tuesday, February 8, 2011, European Parliamentarian Mario Mauro of the European People’s Party (EPP) group, met with a delegation of the Assyrian…

The Syriac Orthodox Church’s plans to construct a garage edition, renovate the interior and build a new cathedral, classrooms and assembly hall at the former Sisters of Charity Building will come before the Board of Adjustment Thursday night.…

Followers attend a Sunday mass in the Roman Catholic Church, in Baghdad, Iraq, A growing number of displaced Iraqi Christians are seeking refuge in the country’s north as insecurity drives families from their homes,…

The Dec. 15 conference was sponsored by Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, patriarch of the Greek Catholic Melkite Church. The conference was a follow-up to the…

By Jim Bittermann, CNN A woman prays over pictures of the October 31 church victims at the Sayidat al-Nejat church in Baghdad on December 19.STORY HIGHLIGHTS…

Neither the minority rights, nor the freedom of religion, faith and conscience enshrined in Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, conformity to which is an obligation for Turkey, have really come to life.…

by Joseph Bottum Perhaps the situation in Egypt will resolve itself peacefully. Or perhaps we’ll see a long stretch of public unrest before the nation finally stumbles its way into a new form of stable government.…

By Sammy Ketz (AFP) BAGHDAD — Iraq will respect profit-sharing contracts that its Kurdistan region has signed with foreign oil firms, ending a longstanding dispute between the two sides, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday.…

BAGHDAD — An exodus of Christians to the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq’s north has accelerated after a spate of attacks against the minority group, according to the International Organization for Migration.…

The Assyrian community was inspired when it received information in 2009 that the authorities of Yerevan had given а ground area for the monument devoted to victims of the 1915 genocide of the Assyrian Nation,…

“A Collection of Selected Religious, Universal & Common Proverbs and Quotations” by the late Assyrian author Odisho Bar Shamasha (Deacon, Assyrian) Youkhana Odisho is a compilation of carefully selected…

The trial regarding the Sur Municipality’s decision for “Multilingual Municipality Services” resulted in the acquittal of Sur District Mayor DemirbaÅŸ, Diyarbakır Metropolitan Mayor Baydemir and 19 members of the municipality council.…

Here’s the situation they find when they get there. Share by SIMON ROUGHNEEN NEW HOME? Sarmad and Sandra assign donated clothes for refugee families, at the KADER office in Istanbul.…

BAGHDAD, Feb. 2 (UPI) — Iraqi Christians are leaving the country in large numbers following a deadly October attack on a church in Baghdad, advocates say.…