Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Dozens Injured during Israeli Raid in Nablus

tomb of Prophet Joseph

Several Palestinians were wounded by gunfire, and numerous others suffered from tear gas inhalation when Israeli forces facilitated the entry of settlers to the tomb of Prophet Joseph (AS), east of Nablus, early Wednesday morning.

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Ukraines Lviv Sets Up Public Nativity Scene With Figures Of Biden, Nationalist Bandera

Ukraines Lviv Sets Up Public Nativity Scene With Figures Of Biden, Nationalist Bandera

Authorities of Ukraine's Lviv region have installed a Christmas nativity scene featuring miniature figures of US President Joe Biden and controversial Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera in the Nahuyevychi State Historical and Cultural Preserve.

Friday, December 2, 2022

UN: Iraq Christians Were Victims of ISIS War Crimes

Iraq Christians Were Victims

Evidence collected in Iraq strengthens preliminary findings that the ISIS terrorists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Christian community after they seized about a third of the country in 2014, a UN investigative team said.

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Christian denominations of Aleppo hold mass for peace – Syrian Arab News Agency

Christian denominations of Aleppo hold mass for peace

SANA-Christian denominations in Aleppo held a mass and prayers for peace at the Greek Catholic cathedral in Farhat Square, led by Bishop George Masri, head of the Greek Catholic denomination in Aleppo.

Saturday, December 25, 2021

Pope Francis delivers Christmas message and blessing | full video

 

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 Pope Francis has warned that the world is becoming so desensitised to crises and suffering that they are now happening while hardly being noticed.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Israel suspends actions that led to closure of Christian holy site

Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Israel on Tuesday suspended tax measures and other actions that led to the rare closure of the church built at what is seen as the holiest site in Christianity, shut down all week in protest.

Sunday, February 25, 2018

L'église du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem fermée pour protester contre des mesures fiscales israéliennes

L'église du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem fermée
Des responsables chrétiens ont pris dimanche la rare décision de fermer l'église du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem, site du tombeau du Christ selon la tradition, pour protester contre des mesures fiscales israéliennes.

Monday, December 25, 2017

Christian denominations in Syria celebrate Christmas

Christian denominations in Syria
Christian denominations in Syria celebrated Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, the messenger of love and peace, on Monday by holding masses and prayers in churches.

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Last Christians of Golan Heights endure

When about a hundred Arab Christians recently attended Mass at the small church at Ain Qiniye in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, it was a turnout not often seen there. Few Christians remain on the Israeli-held part of the strategic plateau northeast of the Sea of Galilee, where Christians believe Jesus walked on water.

Friday, April 14, 2017

Des mesures de vigilance pour les fêtes de Pâques

Les fêtes de Pâques, sommet du calendrier chrétien avec des milliers de messes et offices dans toute la France ce week-end, font comme l'an passé l'objet de mesures de vigilance, sur fond de menace jihadiste persistante et à quelques jours de l'élection présidentielle.

Friday, February 24, 2017

Egypt Christians flee Sinai after a spate of attacks

Suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Coptic Christian man and stabbed his daughter to death inside his home in northern Sinai, the seventh such killing in a month's time in the restive region, officials and a Christian priest said Friday, prompting hundreds of Christians to flee from the area for fear of being targeted next.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Euforia y alegría en la fiesta navideña de liberación en Alepo

Los ciudadanos de la recién liberada ciudad de Alepo se reunieron en el barrio cristiano de Azizia para contemplar la primera decoración del árbol de Navidad desde el año 2012, cuando los grupos terroristas tomaron el control de los barrios del este de la ciudad.

Monday, December 19, 2016

Outrage in Berlin as German-funded school in Turkey ‘bans mention of Christmas’

Berlin says it'd raise a “completely unacceptable” issue with Ankara after reports emerged that teachers at elite gymnasium in Istanbul, co-funded by the German government, were ordered to stop telling students anything about Christmas rites. The school denies the accusation.

Monday, December 12, 2016

Anger in Egypt after deadly Cairo church blast

Anger is growing in the Egyptian capital after an explosion went off near the city's main Coptic Christian cathedral, killing at least 25 worshippers, many of them women and children.