U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly renewed Tuesday her government’s call for the release of the two bishops recently kidnapped by gunmen in Syria, following a meeting with Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East John X. “Connelly condemned in the strongest terms the kidnapping of the patriarch’s brother, Archbishop Metropolitan Paul Yazigi [...]
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Confusion Surrounds Fate of Abducted Bishops
The Greek Orthodox Church denied Tuesday circulating reports that the two archbishops abducted in Aleppo, Syria, had been released. The fate of Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi and Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim remained mired in mystery after the two clergymen were abducted and their driver killed in Aleppo Monday night. The news prompted global [...]
Two Kidnapped Syrian Bishops Freed
A church official said two bishops who were abducted by gunmen while traveling in northern Syria have been released. Greek Orthodox Bishop Tony Yazigi says the kidnapped priests, Bishop Boulos Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Church and Bishop John Ibrahim of the Assyrian Orthodox Church, were released Tuesday and have arrived safely in the city [...]
Assad Welcomes New Patriarch of Antioch
Syrian President Bashar Assad, trying to crush rebels and accused of ordering operations that led to the mass murder of thousands of civilians, including children, had a cordial meeting with new Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X. Yazigi, who replaced Ignatius Hazim as the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. The meeting between [...]
New Greek Orthodox Patriarch Enthroned in Syria
Syria’s Greek Orthodox Church enthroned a new patriarch during a ceremonial mass in Damascus on Sunday amid civil war. John Yazigi, 57, replaces Ignatius Hazim as the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. Hazim died in December. The inauguration ceremony was held at the Holy Cross Church in Damascus with official and [...]
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Syria Ignatius IV Dies
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim died on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at a hospital in Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut, NOW Lebanon reported. On Tuesday, local news editions announced that Hazim was received at the Saint George Hospital in Beirut, after suffering a stroke. Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim, who was born in Hama’s Syria [...]
Greek Orthodox Priest Murdered in Syria
The body of the Greek Orthodox priest Fr. Fadi Jamil Haddad, was found today in the Jaramana neighborhood (north of Damascus ) near the place where he was kidnapped on October 19th, by an unidentified armed group. Father Haddad served the St Elie parish in Qatana, a mixed Christian and Muslim town of 15,000 inhabitants, [...]
Greece Οfficially Closes Embassy in Syrian Capital
The Greek Embassy in Damascus is suspending its operation from Thursday onwards due to the worsening of the security conditions in the war-plagued country. Syria has been in civil war for more than a year now and the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recommended to all Greeks to avoid traveling to Syria for any [...]
Greece to Close Its Embassy in Damascus Due to Upheaval
According to a Greek Foreign Ministry statement, Greece’s Embassy in Damascus, Syria is about to close due to the deteriorating security situation in the country. “The Foreign Ministry is watching developments in Syria, is evaluating the security situation and has decided to close the Greek Embassy in Damascus,” stated the press release of the ministry. [...]
Greek Woman Killed in Crossfire in Aleppo, Syria
Greek Foreign Ministry Spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras denounced bloodshed taking place in Syria, especially after a woman of Greek descent was killed in Aleppo. “A few days ago, Marinet Sehuaro of Greek origin was killed near Aleppo. Mrs. Sehuaro was born in Syria and her deceased husband was a Greek Orthodox priest in the area. The late woman [...]
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