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April 19, 2024
The disturbing treatment of Sulaina Nabirye illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is so often the occasion for persecution of...
April 18, 2024
Most Sudanese Christians are Roman Catholic or Protestant. There is a small number of Greek Orthodox Christians there. Click here for information...
April 17, 2024
The disturbing treatment of Timothy Wambi illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is so often the occasion for persecution of Christians...
April 16, 2024
The U.S. State Department has classified Iran as a “country of particular concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations...
April 15, 2024
The persecution of Christians should be a focus of governments all across the world that have commitments to human rights and religious freedom.  For...
April 14, 2024
The disturbing treatment of Namukuve Sawuya illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is so often the occasion for persecution of...
April 13, 2024
For information about the Orthodox Mission in Pakistan, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in...
April 12, 2024
Many Hindus believe that conversion to Christianity is an attack on their culture and way of life, and an imminent threat to both. For previous...
April 11, 2024
Kenya is 80% Christian, including over 600,000 Orthodox Christians.  The website Orthodox Christian Initiative for Africa offers regular news on the...
April 10, 2024
The U.S. State Department has classified Iran as a “country of particular concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations...
April 9, 2024
For information about the Orthodox Mission in Pakistan, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in...
April 8, 2024
There are about 3,000 Christians in Gaza. About half of them are members of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem. For previous...
April 7, 2024
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
April 6, 2024
For information about the Orthodox Mission in Pakistan, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in...
April 5, 2024
The U.S. State Department has classified Iran as a “country of particular concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations...
April 4, 2024
Orthodox Christianity originally came to regions of modern-day in the second and third centuries. Today, Somalia is under the jurisdiction of the...
April 3, 2024
The persecution of Christians should be a focus of governments all across the world that have commitments to human rights and religious freedom.  For...
April 2, 2024
For information about the Orthodox Mission in Pakistan, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in...
April 1, 2024
For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...
March 31, 2024
Christianity has been a presence in India since the days of St. Thomas the Apostle. The Indian Orthodox Church, or Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church,...