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March 26, 2023
There are roughly 300,000 Christians in Iran. Most of them are members of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Other Christians in Iran are members of the...
March 25, 2023
For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...
March 24, 2023
Today the Malankara Orthodox Church of the East remains in India, an apostolic Church that broke with Holy Orthodoxy over the Council of Chalcedon in...
March 23, 2023
Today, most of the small minority of Sudanese who are Christians are Roman Catholic or Protestant. There is still a small number of courageous Greek...
March 22, 2023
Christians comprise 95% of the population of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Holy Archdiocese of Kinshasa and Central Africa is under the...
March 21, 2023
We continue to urge all Greek Orthodox Christians and all people of good will to continue to pray for persecuted Christians worldwide, that God will...
March 20, 2023
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
March 19, 2023
There is a small community of about 2,500 Orthodox Christians in Indonesia. Get information about Holy Orthodoxy in Indonesia here. For previous...
March 18, 2023
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
March 17, 2023
The Iranian government targets converts to Christianity because it considers them to be apostates and thus threats to the foundation of the state. ...
March 16, 2023
For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...
March 15, 2023
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
March 14, 2023
For information about the Orthodox Church in Uganda, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of Christian persecution in Uganda,...
March 13, 2023
For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...
March 12, 2023
The Iranian government targets converts to Christianity because it considers them to be apostates and thus threats to the foundation of the state. ...
March 11, 2023
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Christians are 95% of the population. There is a small indigenous Orthodox Church there, under the...
March 10, 2023
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
March 9, 2023
There are about 3,000 Christians in Gaza. About half of them are members of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem. For previous...
March 8, 2023
Christians, mostly Roman Catholics, constitute 59% of Mozambique’s population; Muslims comprise 19%. However, the Islamic State (ISIS) has begun to...
March 7, 2023
For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...