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Exterminating Christians in the Middle East – Wall Street Journal

In “Exterminating Christians in the Middle East” (Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2015), Robert Reilly highlights the parallels between Nazi Germany and the similar story “playing out again, as...

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60th Anniversary of the Tragic Persecution of Christians in Turkey

Across the world, Christians are suffering for their faith, and we beseech you to remember the past and get involved.  Inspired by the Christian Rights and Freedom Institute founded by St. Katherine...

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NY Times – When ISIS Rapists Win

Across the world, Christians are suffering for their faith, and we beseech you to remember the past and get involved.  The Orthodox Christian Network features important news on current and historical...

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Aylan Kurdi and Our Failure to Act

There are few photos that capture the human condition. The firefighters raising the American flag over the rubble of the World Trade Center, the man staring down the tanks at Tiananmen Square, man’s...

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Refugees Who Could Be Us – NY Times

“The Syrian civil war has dragged on for four years now, taking almost 200,000 lives, without serious efforts to stop the bombings”, writes Nicholas Kristof in today’s NY Times. Personally, for the...

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Vivid Rainbows Grace New York City Skies Over St. Nicholas on Eve of 911

Today, “a moment of silence was observed at 8:46 a.m., the moment when the first plane struck the North Tower” notes the Wall Street Journal in ‘9/11 Ceremony in New York City Marks 14th Anniversary of...

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Observance for the Pogrom of Constantinople

In Observance of the 60th Anniversary of the tragic persecution of Christians in Turkey, Archbishop Demetrios reminds us: “This month is the sixtieth anniversary of the riots in Constantinople in 1955...

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Christians find refuge from terror in Jordan – Fox News

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com In the Fox News report ‘Crossing Jordan – Escape From Terror’ King Abdullah of Jordan “warns that, “this could well be the beginning of World War Three”....

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Humans of New York Interviews Refugees in Greece

Have you heard of HUMANS of NEW YORK?  It’s a website Brandon Stanton started when he found himself “between jobs.”  With a camera in hand, he set out to interview the people in New York City.  He...

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IOCC Helps Syrian Refugees on Chios

News from our sister ministry, the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC), the official international humanitarian organization of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United...

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WSJ – In Defense of Christendom

Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal wrote an insightful editorial that is well worth reading. Dr. Harry Dimpoulos points to perhaps the main message of the article which deals with the “reasons...

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ISIS Captives Rescued in Iraq

Across the world, many are suffering and still display faith. The Orthodox Christian Network highlights these important news events and reminds us to always pray for peace.  Sixty-nine prisoners were...

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Heavenly Shore

“Through prayers and acts of charity for the departed, Christians demonstrate the relationship between this world and the world to come. The Church in this world and the Church in the next is one and...

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The Spirit of the Martyrs

  On October 26th we celebrated the Great Righteous and Victorious Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh-Streamer. Pemtousia.com has published an excellent summation of the Martyr’s life which is available here:...

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New Threats in Pakistan

In a recent Breitbart news report, Donna Edmunds references new advisories from the Pakistani military to Christians in their country that ISIS affiliates are “publicly announcing that they will start...

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Bishops Speak Out on Violence in Syria

In a new article from the Christian Post, bishops of the Melkite and Syriac churches are quoted voicing the plight of Christians in the Middle East and asking western powers to support the Christians...

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Jerusalem is a People

With ISIS rampaging across the Middle East and civilians fleeing their homes, many worry that soon Christians will be an afterthought in the fabric of Arab countries. The extremists would probably like...

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Syrian refugees take shelter in Orthodox Church on Greek Island

Syrian refugees on Lesbos, shelter in Orthodox Church Thousands upon thousands of refugees, have entered Greece via the Greek Island of Lesbos, which is only 6 miles from the Turkish border. In the...

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Converting to Christianity amid Refugee Crisis; The Gospel advances!

In Northern Iraq, indigenous Christian missionaries saw the gospel advance nearly unopposed, as reported by Iraqi ministry leaders, despite fierce combat in the region with U.S./Iraqi forces and ISIS....

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Christian Rights & Freedom Institute, Kickoff Nov. 19th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 November 2015 ST KATHERINE INAUGURATES CRF INSTITUTE (CRFI) RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUBSCRIPTION SERIES IN NAPLES Registration is open for the Christian Rights & Freedom...

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