Archbishop Mor Eustathius Matta Roham, Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Jazirah and Euphrates, addresses his Archdiocese from Vienna, Austria, in an Arabic letter dated on the 6th June 2013. To our spiritual sons:  the esteemed priests; the Church council and institutions; and the noble Syriac people of the Archdiocese of Jazirah …

Abdulahad Astepho, the head of ADO in the Syrian National Council, received a Swedish diplomatic delegation on June 8 2013. The Swedish delegation was comprised of Mr. Frank Belfrage who is the Cabinet Secretary in Foreign Affairs and Mr. Håkan Åkesson who is the Swedish ambassador in Turkey. During the …

Johnny Messo, the President of the World Council of Arameans, spoke with Jamil Diarbakerli, the office manager of ADO in Istanbul, on June 2 in order to obtain information regarding the two abducted bishops Yohanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yazigi. Diarbakerli acknowledged the hard work of the Syrian National Council headed …

Vercihan Ziflioğlu / ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News   A fourth person was also kidnapped alongside two Syrian bishops and a driver before being released, a member of the Syrian National Council (SNC) has claimed, adding that the bishops were still alive. “There was a fourth person with the bishops …

Armenier, Assyrer und Pontos-Griechen protestieren gegen antiislamische Kundgebung in München http://www.fair-news.de/pressemitteilung-750017.html   (fair-NEWS) München – Der Gedenktag des armenischen Genozids wird von der Partei "Die Freiheit" für die Verbreitung antiislamischer Propaganda vereinnahmt. Am 24. April 2013 wird wie jedes Jahr überall in Deutschland von vielen Organisationen der Opfer des armenischen …

 BEIRUT | Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:38am EDT (Reuters) – Two Syrian bishops kidnapped by gunmen on Monday are still missing, church sources in Damascus and Aleppo said on Wednesday, contradicting a report that the men had been freed. A source at the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo said the bishops had …

Abdulahad Steifo, a Syriac member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, said the men had been kidnapped on the road to Aleppo from the rebel-held Bab al-Hawa crossing, which is close to the Turkish town of Reyhanli.   They are the most senior Christian clerics caught up directly in the …

(AFP) 2013-04-23  DAMASCUS — The kidnapping of two Syrian bishops, reportedly by Chechen fighters, sparked international concern on Tuesday, as rebels battled regime and Hezbollah forces in Homs province, a watchdog said. In Israel, meanwhile, a senior military intelligence official said President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has used chemical weapons, including …

 Syria’s Christian community is one of the oldest in the world, going back two millennia.   Christians make up about 10% of Syria’s 22 million people   The apostle Paul is said to have been converted on the road to Damascus, while some Christians from the town of Maaloula can …