Maaloula, SYRIA: Syrian Islamists attack historic Christian village where residents still speak language Jesus - Documentary VIDEO

 

 In a remote village nestled in Syrias picturesque Oalamoun mountains, resides a small Aramaic community. It is one of the last and it is devoted to preserving Aramaic: the language that Jesus spoke.

' Maaloula sisters in Yabrud - Syrian nuns used as human shields'

 Yabrud - Syria

Syrian rebels want to use nuns "kidnapped" from their Maalula convent north of Damascus as "human shields," pro-regime daily Al-Watan said on Wednesday.

'Both Syrian govt & rebels play Christians as political card'

 

Christians of Syria are being used both by the regime and rebels as a political card, which puts them in enormous danger, Reverend Nadim Nassar, an Anglican priest from Syria.

Russia Urges Release of Abducted Orthodox Nuns in Syria

       

Baku -- Russia’s Foreign Ministry and the Russian Orthodox Church have demanded the release of a group of nuns reportedly captured by Islamist rebels at an ancient convent in Syria. The nuns were taken away by armed men who broke into the Greek Orthodox convent of St Thecla on Monday in the village of Maaloula, some 50 kilometers from the Syrian capital Damascus.

Thirty seven thousand women were raped in the suburbs of Damascus only

 

The number of victims during the war in Syria has exceeded 100 thousand people; the number of refugees has exceeded two million people. Statistics usually bypass the number of victims among women. But crimes against women are an essential part of the tragic statistics of this war, participant of the women's movement in Syria Bianca Madia said in an interview with the Voice of Russia.

The number of rapes committed during the last three years is simply enormous. The Human Rights Watch organization (HRW) recently published a report on the living conditions of Syrian women. But there is not one iota of truth in this document; it looks like it was created only to accuse the authorities.

Syria Nun Kidnapping: Greek Orthodox Patriarch Urges Release of Maaloula Sisters

 

Syria's Greek Orthodox patriarch has urged Syrian rebels to release a group of nuns who taken hostage from a convent in the predominantly Christian town of Maaloula.

Globe Trot: Syria’s largest Christian massacre

 

SYRIA: A church leader in Syria described last month’s attack on the village of Saddad as “the greatest massacre of Christians in Syria.” About 3,000 people were held for a week as human shields in the ancient village. Most of them eventually fled, while churches, schools, and homes were looted and destroyed. 

Nuns trapped as al Qaeda-linked rebels seize Christian town in Syria

 

DAMASCUS, Syria –  Nuns were trapped in an ancient pro-government Christian village, the government said Monday, after al Qaeda linked rebels seized large swaths of the area.

Left Alone in Syria - Islamist rebels have kidnapped a group of nuns from the Greek Orthodox monastery

Activists and residents say Syrian rebels have taken control of parts of an ancient Christian town in the rugged Qalamoun region near Damascus. . . .

DAMASCUS: Fear in Syrian capital as mortar shells rain down

  

DAMASCUS, Syria -- They fall randomly, often during rush hour, smashing into schools, businesses, churches and homes in the Syrian capital and leaving a trail of death and terror in their wake.

Russian church warns of genocide against Christians

 

BEIRUT: The Russian Orthodox Church has warned of a “genocide” against Christians and other religious minorities, urging the international community to take action.

Why Won't the West Defend Middle Eastern Christians?

         

Why has the suffering of the Middle Eastern Christian communities not ignited outrage and support from Western Christians? The answer has something to do with Israel and the Second Coming, writes Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch. 

Mount Lebanon Choir: Arab Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy

Hopes over fate of missing Syria bishops - Leading cleric says they are alive and in Turkey

 

Alleged comments by Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun last week over the fate of two Orthodox bishops abducted in the troubled Middle East country earlier this year have raised hopes that the two clerics are still alive.

Muscovite Builds Record-breaking Jesus Statue in Syria

The statue is even taller than the famous Christ the Redeemer in Brazil.

A bronze statue of Jesus Christ, taller than the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, has appeared in war-torn Syria. The statue, entitled "I Have Come to Save the World" was apparently the brainchild of Yury Gavrilov, a 49-year-old Muscovite who runs an organization in London called the St. Paul and St. George Foundation. 

The Holy Cross Monastery in Turkey - PHOTO

To find Catalcam, access Google Maps and in the search engine type "Midyat, Turkey". From the centre of Midyat, follow the main road north (the road goes through stunning Hasankeyf on its way to Batman) for about 6 kms to a junction for Dargecit on the right. Take the road to the right. After about 15 kms you pass beside the pretty village of Izbirak. Continue for another 5 kms and a turning to the left leads to Catalcam, which is about 4 kms from the main road. It is an asphalt road all the way from Midyat to Catalcam. Public transport exists between Midyat and Dargecit and the minibus driver will know where to drop you for Catalcam. It is a relatively easy walk across undulating plateau from the main road to Catalcam, but almost everyone with a motor vehicle will provide you with a lift all or part of the way.


Catalcam is the Turkish name for a village known to Syriac [Assyrian] Christians as Dayro Daslibo. Nowadays, the monastery is, but for one or two nearby buildings, all that remains of the village (although later, when touring the monastery, I was told that Dayro Daslibo is really an abandoned village that exists just over the ridge).

U.S. Orthodox Church - Local kids helping Syrian refugees with care packages

 

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) -- The Syrian Civil war, which has been ongoing for roughly two and a half years, has claimed the lives of more than 100-thousand people.

Arab Christians get satellite network TV coverage in North America

 

There are some four million people calling themselves Arab Americans, and almost two thirds of them in the United States are Christians. That is a lot more than the number of Americans living in, say China or Japan, and both those countries have channels such as CNN International, BBC and CNBC broadcasting.

Prophecy - There will be a great famine

The blessed orthodox bishop of Sisanion and Siatisti, Anthony Kompos (1920 - 2005), a charismatic ascetic of this century prophesied right shortly before his repose what will be the last event/sign before the start of the third World War.

It seems that this holy man has seen 7 years ago the carnage that takes place nowadays in Syria and that there will be a great famine (greater than these days) in Greece.

Check on the news and over the web to see what is happening right now in Syria. It's even worse than last year when the riots against Assad's dictatorship have started.

ISRAEL: Arab Spring Prompts Arab - Israeli Christians to Reevaluate Israel

Today's Israel Hayom has an important article about an Israeli Greek Orthodox priest that every Christian in the West should read.

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