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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.

IRAQI CHRISTIAN NUN

John Burger

Nun who suffered from ISIS in Iraq refused entry into UK

SYRIA MASS

Aleteia

Knights of Columbus sends $1M to Iraqi, Syrian Christians for Easter

PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS PROTEST

J-P Mauro

Pakistani Christian beaten to death by hospital staff

IRAQ-CONFLICT-MOSUL-CHRISTIANS

Ragheb Elias Karash

Even after ISIS is defeated, Muslim extremists prevent Iraqi Christians from returning to their homes

MASS FOR ARCHBISHOP RAHHO

Paul de Dinechin

10 years after Mosul archbishop was killed, his beatification cause is opened

IRAQ,CHRISTIANS

Paul de Dinechin

Towards a World Day for Eastern Christians

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Aleteia Arabic

This man is trying to help Mideast Christians stay home

red colosseum

Xavier Le Normand / I. Media, exclusively for Aleteia Vatican

The night the Colosseum was covered with the blood of martyrs

red colosseum

Zelda Caldwell

Rome’s Colosseum was lit red in solidarity with persecuted Christians

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

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