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60 Years, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

Persecutions

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Religion and Faith

Some Christians see Turkey’s Hagia Sophia move as attempt to expand Islam

July 29, 2020 12:46 pm
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Nigeria

Nigeria: 350 Christians killed since the start of 2020 and 11,500 Christians killed since 2015

July 28, 2020 11:26 am
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Pakistan

Pakistan: Christians Endure 80 Incidents of Persecution in the First Six Months of 2020

July 27, 2020 12:14 pm
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Religion and Faith

Hagia Sophia and the Turkish Genocide of Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian Christians

July 26, 2020 3:44 pm
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Religion and Faith

Hagia Sophia: Worshippers take part in first Muslim prayers at landmark in 86 years

July 25, 2020 2:09 pm
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Religion and Faith

Today, We Mourn Hagia Sophia

July 24, 2020 1:42 pm
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Nigeria

Nigeria: Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill 11 Christians, over 50 Christians slain since June 12

July 23, 2020 12:54 pm
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Kenya

Kenya: Hard-line Muslims beat unconscious a Christian woman from a Somali family that fled persecution

July 22, 2020 11:59 am
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North Korea

North Korea’s Secret Christians

July 21, 2020 12:44 pm
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Morocco

Morocco cracking down on Christian faith, arresting believers

July 20, 2020 1:41 pm
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China

China: People on Social Welfare Ordered to Worship Chinese Communist Party, Not God

July 19, 2020 4:24 pm
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Religion and Faith

Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou: Erdogan’s Hagia Sophia speech ‘clear signal to Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople’

July 18, 2020 3:33 pm
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Pakistan

Pakistan: Christians forced to remove the cross from a church under construction after threats by local Muslims

July 17, 2020 1:01 pm
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Religion and Faith

Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria: “Turkey adds a big thorn in the peaceful coexistence of peoples and religions”

July 16, 2020 4:28 pm
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Religion and Faith

Turkey to cover Holy Icons in Hagia Sophia with curtains and ‘special technology’

July 15, 2020 1:16 pm
turkey
Religion and Faith

Hagia Sophia: “What’s being performed here is an act of cultural vandalism”

July 14, 2020 2:12 pm
turkey
Religion and Faith

“The decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque will make life more difficult for Christians here”

July 13, 2020 1:09 pm
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Religion and Faith

Hagia Sophia: “By appropriating the building, the defenders of political Islam seem to be trying to ‘erase Turkey’s Christian past'”

July 13, 2020 1:09 pm
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Religion and Faith

Cyprus President: Conversion of Hagia Sophia “historical appropriation and desecration of World Heritage monument”

July 11, 2020 2:54 pm
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Pakistan

Pakistan: Islamic Seminary Declares Construction of New Places of Worship for Non-Muslims is Unlawful

July 10, 2020 12:38 pm
turkey
Religion and Faith

Turkey: Man Breaks Into Armenian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Recites Islamic Call to Prayer

July 9, 2020 12:40 pm
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