Assyrian news

(ADO-World.org) Dayro d-Mor Gabriel (The Monastery of St. Gabriel), founded in 397, is the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world. It is located on the Tur Abdin plateau near Midyat in the Mardin Province in Southeastern Turkey, the motherland of the Syriac people. It is also the seat …

(ADO-World.org) The tumult in Cairo may spell much worse to come for the Copts. Hosni Mubarak can count on at least one loyal supporter. Coptic Christian leader Pope Shenouda wants the anti-Mubarak protesters to stand down. He has two inarguable reasons to stick with the dictator: fear and experience. Even …

(ADO-World.org) Wednesday, February 9, 2011 President Obama had promised to support the demand for a congressional resolution on the Armenian genocide (“Round two,” Geopolitics, Feb. 7). I have great empathy for the Armenians and the genocide they suffered in Asia Minor by the Ottoman Turks. However, I feel strongly that …

By Santa Mikail Brussels – 2011-02-10   On Tuesday, February 8, 2011, European Parliamentarian Mario Mauro of the European People’s Party (EPP) group, met with a delegation of the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO/Mtakasta) which included Mr. Ablahad Astepho (Director of ADO European Branch) and Mr. Georges Chachan (Head of the …

HABBANIYA CECE, Iraq (ADO-World.org) — January 19, 2011 — The last Christian man in town goes to church each morning to clean the building and to remember the past. Romel Hawal, 48, was born in this town in Anbar Province back when most of the population was Christian. Now, he …

(ADO-World.org) January 18, 2011 With attacks against Christians on the rise in majority-Muslim nations in the Middle East, experts say the future of Christianity in the region is gravely threatened. From the most restrictive countries to the more open ones, Christians are facing an uphill battle for survival in a …

BAGHDAD, Iraq (ADO-World.org) — Eight men carrying handguns and steel pipes raided a Christian nongovernmental organization here on Thursday night, grabbing computers, cellphones and documents, and threatening the people inside, according to members of the group. “They came in and said, ‘You are criminals. This is not your country. Leave …

The victim is one of the most famous cardiologists in the region. An armed group shot him at point-blank range, the man is seriously injured. West accused: you can not do anything for Christians because you no longer have Christian roots and are indifferent to religion. Baghdad, Iraq (ADO-World.org) – …

(ADO-World.org) Saturday, 15 January 2011 Facing threats, Christians in the Middle East need not run for cover abroad. They are at home. They are not suffering alone. The poor is the largest minority in Arab society. News of “Muslim terror” against churches and Christians are bound to give the distorted …

ISTANBUL, Turkey (ADO-World.org) – January 15, 201 – Terrorised by mounting extremist attacks, more and more Iraqi Christians are fleeing in panic to neighbouring Muslim-majority Turkey, among them lone minors sent away by desperate parents. In Istanbul, a tiny Chaldean Catholic community has embraced the refugees, serving as their first …