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September 8, 2018
Nicaragua: Christians attacked, detained and killed as “enemies of the regime”
Nicaragua is 50% Roman Catholic and 33% evangelical. Whether Catholic or evangelical, Christians are being targeted by the regime of Marxist...
September 8, 2018
Christians in Egypt Jailed for Worshipping in Unlicensed House
As we reported last week, the Egyptian government is very slow to approve applications for the construction of new churches. This story illustrates...
September 4, 2018
Pakistan: Muslims Beat Group of Christians for Protecting Church Property
“When the Christians complained [to] the police about the attack, the police officials ordered them to keep quiet and avoid mentioning it as a...
September 4, 2018
Video: Nigerian pastor pleads, “Please stand for us. We are dying.”
“Please, I am begging you. Stand for the helpless.” This heartbreaking video demonstrates one of the reasons why the Order began this...
August 31, 2018
Egypt: Muslim mobs force closure of 8 Coptic churches seeking ‘official’ recognition
The Egyptian government is very slow to approve applications for the construction of new churches. This story illustrates why: when such applications...
August 31, 2018
Nigeria: Kidnapped Girl Who Refused To Renounce Her Christian Faith Pleads For Help
“Leah Sharibu was abducted from a hostel with more than 100 other school girls but is allegedly the only one still held by the terrorists...
August 30, 2018
The Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Deplores Russian Hacking of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
NEW YORK, NY (August 30, 2018): The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is distressed by revelation...
August 26, 2018
European Centre for Law and Justice asks UN to “recognize and put an end to the atrocities being carried about against Christians in Nigeria”
On July 1, ChristianPersecution.com posted a report from the UK’s Express saying that 6,000 Christians had been killed in Nigeria in the last...
August 26, 2018
“Turkey’s Christians are facing increasing persecution. We cannot forget them.”
This article states: “There are very few Christians left in Turkey; soon there may be none at all.” That is true. The situation in...
August 23, 2018
ACLJ Returns to UN to Urge International Pressure on Iran to Release Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and Stop Its Violent Persecution of Christians
The order applauds the efforts of the American Center for Law and Justice in this case and urges everyone to sign the petition. The Protestant pastor...
August 23, 2018
Uganda: Church closes after months of Islamist attacks, pastor knocked unconscious
The church in this story is a Protestant church, the Greater Love Church in Namasuba Para Zone, Wakiso District. But it signifies that difficulties...
August 21, 2018
Chinese Officials Raid Sunday Church Service, Violently Arrest Christian Worshipers
Holy Orthodoxy has a three-hundred year history in China, with the first Orthodox Christians coming into the country in 1685. The Church grew slowly...
August 17, 2018
‘There Are No Girls Left’: Syria’s Christian Villages Hollowed Out by ISIS
The Assyrian Church of the East is an ancient apostolic Church that separated from Holy Orthodoxy after the third Ecumenical Council, held in Ephesus...
August 16, 2018
Turkish court rejects Pastor Brunson’s appeal for release
The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, regrets the ongoing travesty of justice that is the Turkish...
August 16, 2018
Ethiopia: 15 Tewahedo Orthodox priests killed, ten churches damaged
The Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox Church is an ancient Church that separated from Holy Orthodoxy over the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon in 451. It is...
August 13, 2018
Are Turkey’s Christians really as ‘fine’ as they say?
This important article confirms the accuracy of the statement issued on August 4 by Dr. Anthony J. Limberakis, Archon Aktouarios, which said in part:...
August 11, 2018
Christian in Pakistan Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ in Scheme Involving Islamist Party
This incident involves just one individual Christian, but it is not an isolated occurrence. Christians in Pakistan are all too frequently targeted...
August 8, 2018
China: Most severe systematic crackdown on Christianity since religious freedom was guaranteed in 1982
This Associated Press article is about Protestant churches in China, but when it says that “the crackdown on Christianity is part of a broader...
August 4, 2018
The Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Regrets Pressure Placed Upon Religious Minorities By Turkish Government
NEW YORK (August 4, 2018): The Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, regrets the pressure that the Turkish government has...
August 3, 2018
UN Human Rights Committee calls on Algerian government to “guarantee freedom of religion to all,” stop harassing Christians
We reported on the church closures in Algeria on July 18. The Order applauds this statement from the UN Human Rights Committee and hopes that the...

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Quick facts

  • While about 30 percent of the world’s population identifies as Christian, 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination are directed at Christians.

    Source: International Society for Human Rights

  • Christians face persecution in more than 60 Countries.

    Source: U.S. State Department

  • Millions of Christians face interrogation, arrest, torture, and/or death because of their religious convictions and cultural/ethnic identification.

    Source: Open Doors USA

  • Between 2007 and 2014, Christians have been targeted for harassment in more countries than any other religious group.

    Source: Pew Research

  • Christian responses to persecution are almost always nonviolent and, with very few exceptions, do not involve acts of terrorism.

    Source: Under Caesar’s Sword