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December 5, 2022

New report shows uptick in violent persecution against Christians in 18 countries

We urge all Greek Orthodox Christians and all people of good will to continue to pray for persecuted Christians worldwide, that God will comfort the...

December 4, 2022

Nigeria: Christian Couple and Daughter Murdered by Suspected Fulani Militants

For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...

December 3, 2022

Kenya: Christian Man Brutally Injured in Attack by Somali Herders

Kenya is 80% Christian, including over 600,000 Orthodox Christians. The website Orthodox Christian Initiative for Africa offers regular news on the...

December 2, 2022

Mozambique: Islamic State demands Christians convert or pay tax

Christians, mostly Roman Catholics, constitute 59% of Mozambique’s population; Muslims comprise 19%. However, the Islamic State (ISIS) has begun to...

December 1, 2022

Indonesia: Churches Face Religious Intolerance During Cianjur Earthquake Rescue Effort

There is a small community of about 2,500 Orthodox Christians in Indonesia. Get information about Holy Orthodoxy in Indonesia here. For previous...

November 30, 2022

India: Sikh Leads Pastor Into Knife Attack After Receiving Gospel Tract

Christianity has been in India since apostolic times, brought there by St. Thomas the Apostle in A.D. 52, as attested by St. Ephraim, St. John...

November 29, 2022

Somaliland: Woman gets five-year sentence for converting to Christianity

The Republic of Somaliland is a breakaway region of the nation of Somalia. Most of the nations of the world consider it to be part of Somalia, but...

November 28, 2022

Sudan: Church leader arrested and jailed on charges of ‘witchcraft’ for leading a prayer meeting

Those who persecute Christians in Sudan believed that Christianity was an alien faith in that country. In reality, during the time of the Emperor...

November 27, 2022

Pakistan: 200 Christians remain homeless after authorities bulldoze their homes, as well as their church

A small number of the Christians in Pakistan are Orthodox. Orthodox Christians in Pakistan are under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Orthodox...

November 26, 2022

Iraq: Around 20 Christian families leave the country every month

For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in Iraq, click here. “Around 20 families a month: Patriarch...

November 25, 2022

Turkey Openly Discriminates Against the Greek Orthodox Church

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew recently expressed “his regret for the discrimination generally against the Greeks in the...

November 24, 2022

China: Church and Christian school banned for ‘unauthorized religious and educational activities’

For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...

November 23, 2022

Nigeria: Gunmen storm church during prayers, kidnap priest

For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...

November 22, 2022

India: Christian Beaten Unconscious for Refusing to Deny His Faith

Christianity has been in India since apostolic times, brought there by St. Thomas the Apostle in A.D. 52, as attested by St. Ephraim, St. John...

November 21, 2022

Report shows persecution of Christians is getting worse

Many, if not most, Christians in Western countries know little about the grim reality of the persecution of Christians worldwide, and show scant...

November 20, 2022

Iran: Assyrian Christians warned against further involvement in protests

The U.S. State Department has classified Iran as a “country of particular concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations...

November 19, 2022

Egypt: ‘My family and I stopped going to church because they would frequently get attacked’

Our brothers and sisters of the Coptic Orthodox Christian Church in Egypt are persecuted on a nearly daily basis for their faith in our Lord and...

November 18, 2022

China: Christian Stands Trial for ‘Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble’

For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...

November 17, 2022

China: Two Sentenced for Attending a Christian Conference in Malaysia

For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...