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November 02, 2012

Russian Orthodox Bishop: Syrian Christians Facing ‘Extermination’

In an interview for Acton’s Religion & Liberty quarterly, the Russian Orthodox bishop in charge of external affairs for the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk, warned that that the situation for the Christian population of Syria has deteriorated to an alarming degree. Continue Reading...

April 03, 2012

Syria: ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in the Cradle of Christianity

This video (loads slowly, allow it to buffer for a few minutes before watching) is a very good 20-minute report on Syrian Christianity that offers a glimpse of what it’s like to have lived for centuries as a religious minority in a land dominated by Islam. Continue Reading...