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Cross of the Martyrs. Credit: Aaron Groote via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Apr 23, 2017 / 04:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- When it comes to religious persecution, Christians are the most widely targeted community, said a new report released this week.…
Read moreA Syriac Orthodox bishop in Lebanon has expressed confidence that two Orthodox prelates who were kidnapped in Syria in 2013 are still alive, despite a lack of information about their whereabouts. Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim and his Greek Orthodox…
Read moreA museum dedicated to the history and culture of Chaldeans is opening in southeastern Michigan. WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A museum dedicated to the history and culture of Chaldeans is opening in southeastern Michigan.…
Read moreBy Anglican Journal staff New Westminster Bishop Melissa Skelton introduces the Rev. Fr. Ayoob Adwar as a new priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. Photo: Wayne Chose Fr. Ayoob Shawkat Adwar, a priest in the Chaldean Catholic Church, was received as an Anglican priest at a ceremony in Surrey, B.C. March 26.…
Read moreDuring our recent trip to Iraq on 28th , March, 2017 we had the great privilege of touring some of the various Assyrian schools in Nohadra, north of Iraq accompanied by Rabi Fareed Yacoub, Supervisor of the Syriac Language and Chairman of the Curriculum Translation Committee.…
Read moreBy Felix N. Codilla III , Christian Post Contributor The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sent its first batch of deportees to Iraq. The first charter flight to Baghdad since 2010 left the United States on Wednesday, April 19, carrying eight Iraqis illegally staying in the country. They are…
Read moreBy Rudaw Photo: Translation of the Bible into the Sorani dialect of the Kurdish language. Photo: YouVersion ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — For the first time a full translation of the Bible into the Kurdish dialect of Sorani has been published, after only partial translations existed in…
Read moreTony Perkins · It was 5:30 a.m. when Friar Najeeb Michaeel looked out his window and saw what every Iraqi Christian feared: trucks filled with ISIS soldiers. Dozens of families were fleeing when the terrorists cut in front of them and stopped. “I gave everybody the last rites,” the Friar said. “I thought it was…
Read moreDear friends, Hope you are all doing well. The Assyrian Aid Society of America- Santa Clara Chapter is hosting the Annual Board of Directors meeting this year! Every year, the AASA Board members meet to discuss the ongoing efforts of all chapters dedicated to helping Assyrians in need, promoting the Assyrian culture and…
Read moreSet during the last days of the Ottoman Empire (the Armenian, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac and Greek genocide), The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris – a renowned American journalist based in Paris.…
Read moreMen carry a coffin of a victim of the Sunday cathedral bombing after a funeral service held at the Virgin Mary Church, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Egyptians held prayers for 25 Christians killed the day before at a church next to the city’s main Coptic cathedral in what was one of the…
Read moreBy Manuella Lamorena , Christian Post Contributor Bible translators in the Kurdistan area of Northern Iraq have finally completed years of work and successfully finished the first ever Sorani Kurdish version of the Bible. (PHOTO:PIXABAY)…
Read moreby Reuters Image: Ameen Mukdad, a violinist from Mosul who lived under ISIS’s rule for two and a half years where they destroyed his musical instruments, performs in eastern Mosul Ameen Mukdad, a violinist from Mosul, lived under ISIS’s rule for two and a half years. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters…
Read moreA member of the Assyrian Gozarto Protection Forces (GPF), consisting of Sutoro militia, a pro-government Syriac Christian movement, and other Assyrian fighters stands with his weapon wearing a crucifix as they re-group before heading to reinforce pro-government forces on the front line in the battle against the Islamic State (IS) group, in…
Read moreKim Kozlowski , The Detroit News The first U.S. plane since 2010 to deport Iraqi-born residents to their native land left Wednesday — and included at least one Metro Detroit man who went voluntarily, but not one who has been fighting to stay out of the country, officials said.…
Read moreJardine Malado (YouTube/Samaritans Purse)Franklin Graham appears in a screen capture of a video of his tour in northern Iraq. Evangelist Franklin Graham has claimed that there are only about seven families…
Read moreby Catholic News Service Worshippers pray during Easter Mass April 16 in St. George Chaldean Catholic church in Tel Esqof, Iraq. The church was damaged by Islamic State militants. (CNS photo/Marko Djurica, Reuters)…
Read moreThe extremists worked to erase any signs of Christianity from Qaraqosh after they overran the town in 2014 as part of a sweeping offensive that saw them seize around a third of Iraq. (AFP) Qaraqosh is quiet except for a church bell ringing as Iraqi Christians gather for the first…
Read morePhotographs and Text by RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAPRIL 17, 2017 QARAQOSH, Iraq — Islamic State militants overran the Christian town of Qaraqosh nearly three years ago, smashing every crucifix they found and using the walls of churches for target practice. Residents fled by the thousands, and the few who stayed…
Read moreThe world no longer remembers what Syria was like in times of peace. There is no consensus on the number of victims from a war that seems to have no end. Nor is attention being paid to the more than five million people who have been forced to leave the country.…
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