syrian christians

April 1, 2014

WCC congratulates newly elected Syrian patriarch

Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, newly elected patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, has received an affirmation from the World Council of Churches.
March 22, 2014

Joy at the release of kidnapped Syrian nuns

There was delight at the release earlier this month of Greek Orthodox nuns kidnapped by rebels in the Syrian Christian town of Maaloula.
December 21, 2013

WCC renews call to prayer and action for peace in Syria

The WCC is calling on the council's 345 member churches and churches around the world to remember, pray and act for Syria at Christmas.
December 12, 2013

Church leaders appeal for release of nuns seized in Syria

Bishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh of Homs and Hama has repeated an appeal for the release of 12 women religious kidnapped in Syria on 2 December.
December 12, 2013

Save Syria global petition presented to the UN

Open Doors has presented a petition on the situation of Christians in Syria, signed by 309,195 people from 99 different countries, to the United Nations.
December 10, 2013

Petitioning to support Christians in Syria

The announcement of a 22 January 2014 date for the Geneva II talks on the future of Syria is a ray of hope in the darkness that came immediately after an Open Doors Pray for Syria event in Oxford – and gave added impetus to our Save Syria campaign.
August 29, 2013

Christians in Syria concerned about military action, says agency

Open Doors, a charity set up to support Christians facing persecution throughout the world, recently presented a report to Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt at a Parliamentary meeting highlighting the particular vulnerability and targeting of the Christian minority communities within the wider Syria crisis.
February 3, 2013

A political solution is the only way to end the Syria conflict

Syrians can only overcome conflict with a political solution, strong democratic institutions and demilitarisation, says a prominent human rights defender.
June 28, 2012

Conflict in Syria seen to be taking an increasingly sectarian turn

A growing number of people caught up in the escalating violence in Syria appear to be targeted because of their religion, says a UN monitor.
May 17, 2012

Syrian Christians live in uneasy relationship with Bashar Assad

Christians in Syria trace their roots to ancient communities and have survived under many rulers, while enclaves in other Arab nations have withered.