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Christians in the Middle East

Everything concerning the life of Christians in the Middle East: saints, traditions, liturgy, persecution, and current affairs.

IRAQ-CONFLICT-MOSUL-CHRISTIANS

Agnès Pinard Legry

Joseph Yacoub: In Iraq and Syria, “one of the oldest Christian communities is dying”

ARABIC SPEAKING SAINTS

Philip Kosloski

4 Inspiring Arabic-speaking saints

Syrian Christians worshipping – fr

Aymeric Pourbaix

Syria: The heroism of Christians in Aleppo deserves to be supported

CRUCIFIX

J-P Mauro

Sudan government demolishes church just hours after service

Destruction of Christian villages in Nineveh Plains

Aleteia

Francis suffers with the persecuted of the Mideast, crucified like Jesus

OLDEST,CHURCH,ANATOLIA,ARCHAEOLOGY

John Burger

Turkish archaeologists unearth 1,500-year-old church

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Zelda Caldwell

Rome’s Colosseum to be lit red in solidarity with persecuted Christians

SAKO

I.Media

The pope does not forget us, says bishop of the displaced Nineveh Plain Christians

POPE FRANCIS AND ERDOGAN

Ary Waldir Ramos Diaz

The pope’s gift to Erdogan: “the angel of peace that strangles the demon of war”

WADI RUM DESERT

Daniel Esparza

You know the Camino de Compostela, but do you know the Jordan Trail?

MIKE PENCE

John Burger

Funds that Pence promised might finally be flowing to Iraq’s Christians

SYRIA,CHRISTIANS

Aleteia Image Department

Christians return to Raqa, Syria

Monastery St. Catherine Egypt Sinai

John Burger

1,500-year old library in the Sinai desert opens its doors to archaeologists for first time

Monastery of the Martyrs Mar Behnam and Marth Sarah

Maxime Dalle

Iraq’s Mar Behnam monastery: Rebuilding what ISIS could not destroy

Marminna Church in Cairo attack

John Burger

Coptic church and Christian-owned shop attacked in Egypt

IRAQ,CHRISTIANS

Maxime Dalle

In Iraq, parish life is being born again

HEBREW,CATHOLICS,ISRAEL

Alicia Ambrosio

A small group with a huge mission: Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel

IRAQI CHRISTIANS GATHER

John Burger

Coming home from genocide: How to prevent ISIS from rising again

WEB3-VATICAN-POPE-PALESTINE

I.Media

Palestianian religious leaders meet with pope amidst tensions over status of Jerusalem

Kurdish Peshmerga forces help people from Iraq’s Yazidi minority as they arrive at a medical center in the town of Altun Kupri – AFP – fr

John Burger

Christians trying to return home face new obstacle in Kurdish conflict with Iraqi forces

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