Category Archives: News From Christian World

03 November 2013, Beirut (AP) — In the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions in the country’s … Continue reading →

Sergiyev Posad, October 9, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes the Christian leaders from the Syrian city of Aleppo, who were abducted in spring 2013, could still be alive. “There are indirect indications that they are … Continue reading →

September 30, 2013, Vatican: His Holiness Pope Francis has announced that he will canonize both His Holiness John Paul II and John XXIII, on April 27th, 2014. The date is quite symbolic. It coincides with the Feast Day of Divine … Continue reading →

The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch speaks out against Violence in Syria Youhanna X Yazigi says Christians, Muslim united against violence September 28, 2013, Vatican: The pain and suffering of Christians in Syria was at the heart … Continue reading →

Damascus, September 18, 2013 “I am a Christian, and if you want to kill me for this, I do not object to it” – such were the last words of one of three Christians, killed by extremists after their refusal … Continue reading →

25 September 2013″ Chennai: The Revd Eggoni Pushpalalitha was ordained in 1983 and has most recently been a priest in the Diocese of Nadyal in Andhra Pradesh. Her appointment comes only days after the Church of Ireland elected its first … Continue reading →

23 September 2013 Peshawar: According to the Associated Press, Ahmad Marwat, who branded himself as the spokesperson for a wing of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings outside the Church. “All non-Muslims in Pakistan are our … Continue reading →

22 September 2013 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomb attack on a historic church (All Saints’ Church), in Peshwar, Pakistan killed at least 100 people and wounded over 120 Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on … Continue reading →

(The Church of Saint Nicholas in Batumi) Ian Hamel September 18, 2013 Oumma.com In 1991, 75% of Adjarians in Georgia were Muslims. Today, they have become 75% Orthodox Christians. How can these conversions be explained, which is apparently unique in … Continue reading →

12 September 2013 Georgia, Tbilisi: Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II is concerned about the situation in Syria, which can develop into a full-scale war, he said on Wednesday during a meeting in Tbilisi with the U.S Deputy Assistant Secretary … Continue reading →