In Myanmar, Christians make up about 8.2 percent of the population. The overwhelming majority of these are Protestants, with Roman Catholics comprising most of the rest; there is, however, a small community of Armenian Orthodox Christians. The Armenian Apostolic Church severed communion with the Holy Mother Church of Constantinople in 451. Here the BBC presents a fascinating look into their community in Myanmar.
“Seven Children Among Nine Killed as Myanmar Military Bombs Church,” Barnabas Aid, November 19, 2024:
Nine people, including seven children, were killed when the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) bombed a church in Kachin State near the border with China on November 15. The Tatmadaw bomb struck the church in Konlaw village next to a camp sheltering people displaced by the fighting. “It hit kids from the camp who were playing in the area at the time, the camp itself, and the church,” local spokesman Naw Bu said. “In just one family, the father, the mother, and all their kids, six people in total, died,” he added, announcing that nine people were killed in the airstrike…. Attacks against the Kachin people and other Christian-majority ethnic groups have increased since the Tatmadaw seized power in the coup of February 2021.
