SYRIA: NINE YEARS OF WAR
Religious sister living in Syria talks about the country’s tragic conditions. March 15 will mark the ninth anniversary of the start of the conflict in Syria. "The situation is terrible," said Sister Maria Lúcia Ferreira, a sister from the Mar Yakub Monastery in Qara, in the Christian region of [...]
Christians could face total eradication from countries such as Iraq and Syria
Middle East Christians are at direct risk of a second genocide which threatens them with wipe-out from the lands of the Bible. Christians could face total eradication from countries such as Iraq and Syria, where they have existed since the time of Christ’s first apostles. Father Andrzej Halemba, head of [...]
The Ghattas Family Celebrates their First Christmas at Home
We are preparing for the arrival of the Lord; Christmas will soon be here. God has been made incarnate and wants to live among us. There is joy in heaven; the angels are singing and rejoicing in the glory of their Lord. The same cannot be said here on Earth. [...]
Thanks God, we are getting back to our home
By: Irmina Nockiewicz Syrian Christians expect a new life in this Advent time, the same, as we do or even more. They look very much forward getting back home. Pontifical Foundation “Aid to the Church in Need” haste to help them with the reconstruction programs, at the same time [...]
Christians are at Risk in the Northern East Syria
«WE ARE THE WEAK LINK BECAUSE WE WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE» Christians are at risk in the Northern East Syria - a priest reported to ACN. "At least three hundred Christians have left the cities of Ras al-Ain, Derbasiyah, Tall Tamr and a part of al-Malikiyah. We fear that [...]
Bishop Hindo to ACN: “I fear a new exodus of Christians”
Syria: Bishop Hindo to ACN: “I fear a new exodus of Christians” “As always, everyone has their own interests, but it is we Christians who will suffer the consequences.” Speaking with profound bitterness, Emeritus Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo, Syrian-Catholic of Hassaké-Nisibis in the Kurdish area of Syria, was commenting to [...]
Today is a Day of Celebration
Today is a day of celebration: Celebrating the inauguration of the newly restored church of Haret Saraya, destroyed by jihadists in 2012 Marmarita/Königstein. – Evening is falling in the Valley of the Christians. From its high vantage point the Crusader fortress, the Crac des Chevaliers, built in the 11th-12th century, looks [...]
In Aleppo, a teenager drew on his faith to make it through the darkest days of the civil war
Piter Essa, 17, graduated from High School in Aleppo, Syria, this spring. Piter, who is Syriac Orthodox, recounts to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) some of his painful experiences of the fighting of the past eight years: “I’ve survived this awful war, and I live my life like [...]