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February 12, 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,...
February 11, 2024
Christians comprise 77% of the population of Malawi. For information about the Orthodox Mission in Malawi, see here. “Muslims burn church,...
February 10, 2024
For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...
February 9, 2024
For information about the Orthodox Mission in Pakistan, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in...
February 8, 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,...
February 7, 2024
For information about the Orthodox Mission in Pakistan, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in...
February 6, 2024
The U.S. State Department has classified Iran as a “country of particular concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations...
February 5, 2024
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
February 4, 2024
Vietnam is under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, which is subject to the Ecumenical Patriarchate....
February 3, 2024
Most Sudanese Christians are Roman Catholic or Protestant. There is a small number of Greek Orthodox Christians there. Click here for information...
February 2, 2024
After years of strife, by 2014 it was reported that 90% of the Orthodox Christians of Iraq had been displaced. Most of them are still refugees and...
February 1, 2024
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
January 31, 2024
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
January 30, 2024
Most Sudanese Christians are Roman Catholic or Protestant. There is a small number of Greek Orthodox Christians there. Click here for information...
January 29, 2024
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his support and condolences to the Roman Catholic bishop of the city; see below. For...
January 28, 2024
The U.S. State Department has classified Iran as a “country of particular concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations...
January 27, 2024
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
January 26, 2024
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
January 25, 2024
For information about the Orthodox Mission in Pakistan, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in...
January 24, 2024
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...