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April 26, 2021
This account of the persecution of still more converts to Christianity in Iran contains this telling phrase: “Though Christianity is a...
April 24, 2021
The persecution of Christians in Pakistan and elsewhere does not always take the form of violence against individuals or churches and other Christian...
April 23, 2021
The Iranian government particularly targets converts to Christianity, as it considers them to be apostate and threats to the state as it is...
April 22, 2021
These raids were ostensibly looking for anti-regime activity, but clearly Christians were targeted, as Myanmar is another country in which...
April 21, 2021
Here is yet another attack against Christians from those in India who believe that Christianity is an alien faith, and once again we see police...
April 20, 2021
The rise of ISIS in Egypt further threatens the nation’s already embattled Christian community. Our brothers and sisters of the Coptic Orthodox...
April 19, 2021
Persecution of Christians in India continues to increase, as many Hindus and others, as in the article below, believe conversion to Christianity is...
April 18, 2021
Greece is an Orthodox Christian nation. Its welcoming of migrants is an act of generosity that stems from Christian principles. The Order hopes these...
April 17, 2021
Persecution of Christians in Eritrea: all but one of these Christians was subsequently released, but nonetheless, the arrests “dampened hopes...
April 16, 2021
Newsweek here provides an excellent summary of the ongoing and worsening plight of Christians in Turkey. The conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque,...
April 15, 2021
The disturbing treatment of Salimati Naibira by her husband illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is so often the occasion for...
April 14, 2021
This violation of religious freedom is not surprising in light of the continuous disregard (and worse) of the religious freedom of the Greek Cypriots...
April 13, 2021
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...
April 12, 2021
The point of these killings is to terrorize Christians into fleeing the area, freeing up their land for use by the attackers and their associates....
April 11, 2021
This story is illustrative of another aspect of the persecution of Christians in Egypt and elsewhere: despite the abundant evidence of this...
April 10, 2021
This story provides yet another example of how Pakistan’s blasphemy laws continue to be used to victimize Christians and other religious minorities....
April 9, 2021
Despite the escalating persecution of Christians in Africa, the general indifference worldwide to the persecution of Christians continues, and is a...
April 8, 2021
Persecution of Christians in Turkey: Father Sefer Bileçen was exercising the obligation of charity. He was also acting upon the fact that the Kurdish...
April 7, 2021
As this article makes clear once again, there is an official double standard in Egypt by which Christians are all too often victimized: officials who...
April 6, 2021
The modern nations of Algeria and Tunisia are both in an area that was once a renowned center of Orthodox Christianity. The holy martyr St. Cyprian...