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January 9, 2022

Kenya: Muslim Extremists Kill Six Christians

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

January 8, 2022

China: New Year’s Resolutions for Christians: Praise Xi and Watch ‘Red’ Movies

This is yet more of the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to transform Christianity into a tool of the state. For previous...

January 7, 2022

Iran: Christian woman imprisoned ‘for believing in Jesus’ faces fresh accusation

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...

January 6, 2022

Indonesia: Residents in Lampung Stop Church from Celebrating Christmas

There is a small community of about 2,500 Orthodox Christians in Indonesia. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of...

January 5, 2022

Nigeria: Priest shot dead on Christmas Eve

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

January 4, 2022

Vietnam: Police Disrupt Christmas Celebration of Montagnard Christians

Vietnam is under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, which is subject to the Ecumenical Patriarchate....

January 3, 2022

China: Christians Arrested for Attending Conference in Malaysia

These Christians are accused of illegally crossing the national border, even though they went to Malaysia on official Chinese passports. These...

January 2, 2022

Myanmar: More Churches in Thantlang Burned Down by the Junta

For more ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in Myanmar, see here. “More Churches in Thantlang Burned Down by...

January 1, 2022

Uganda: Newly Christian Families Driven from Their Homes

The disturbing treatment of Aisha Nambeya by her husband illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is so often the occasion for...

December 31, 2021

Nigeria: Two Christians Murdered After Christmas Caroling

“Mr. Musa Avia Aga of the Irigwe/Rukuba Plateau State house of Assembly condemned told ICC that the government not condemning the attacks or...

December 30, 2021

Nigeria: Herdsmen Suspected in Killing of Christians in Kaduna State

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

December 29, 2021

India: Church Vandalized the Day After Christmas

Many Hindus believe that conversion to Christianity is an attack on their culture and way of life, and an imminent threat to both, despite the fact...

December 28, 2021

Nepal: Pastor Sentenced to Prison under Proselytism Law

In the mid-twentieth century, there were no Christians at all in Nepal. Now their official number is approaching 400,000, and some Christian leaders...

December 27, 2021

The Fate of Dadivank: The Heart of the Caucasus

Many saw the recent conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia as a revival of the dark days of the Armenian Genocide of the early twentieth century,...

December 26, 2021

China: ‘Christmas Is Forbidden, It’s a Western Celebration’

For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China, see here. “China: ‘Christmas Is Forbidden, It’s...

December 24, 2021

Kenya: Ethnic Somali Muslims Break Christian Pastor’s Leg for Leaving Islam

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