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September 1, 2019
Turkey’s Defense Minister: “We are at the same point in Cyprus that we were in 1974. No one should doubt that we will do what we did then”
Coupled with the policy of pillage, destruction and desecration of the cultural heritage of Cyprus that the Turkish occupation regime has been...
August 31, 2019
Nigeria: “When He Refused to Deny Christ, They Cut Off His Right Hand”
Amid the ongoing martyrdom of Christians in Nigeria, the Orthodox Church is growing. There is an increasing prevalence of monasticism and a growing...
August 30, 2019
Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage: Symbol of Greek Persecution in Turkey
Dr. Anthony Limberakis, National Commander of the Order of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, said: “The Ecumenical Patriarchate is...
August 29, 2019
Nigeria: Fulani militants ambush group of Christian farmers
“Whether or not you believe that the conflict in the Middle Belt of Nigeria is a herder-farmer fight, ethnic strife, or religious battle, it is...
August 28, 2019
India: 40 Christians on pilgrimage attacked by suspected Hindu radicals
“Initially, according to the deputy, the Catholics did not want to file a police complaint and it took six hours to convince them to do...
August 27, 2019
Montenegro: Threat to the right to survival of the Churches and religious communities
Holy Orthodoxy is the largest religious faith in Montenegro, with 460,383 Orthodox Christians comprising 74% of the Christian population....
August 26, 2019
80% of persecuted believers around the world are Christians, persecution of Christians “close to genocide”
Despite these facts and ongoing evidence of the persecution of Christians, the general indifference worldwide to the persecution of Christians...
August 25, 2019
Afghanistan: Christians “may be sent to a mental hospital – their families believe no sane person would leave Islam”
Most of the Christians in Afghanistan keep their faith secret. Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic that does not acknowledge that any citizen of the...
August 24, 2019
Nepal: Four Christians Arrested for “Preaching Christianity”
This story shows again that Nepalese authorities appear to be deeply threatened by the rapid growth of Christianity in that country. In the...
August 23, 2019
Burkina Faso: Islamist death squads target Christians, killing anyone wearing a cross, crucifix, or some other Christian image
About 30% of the population of Burkina Faso is Christian, with two-thirds of these being Roman Catholic. Like Christians in other African countries,...
August 22, 2019
Pakistan: Christian Family ‘Terrorized’ by Extremists for Running Summer Program
“The incident was reported to local police, but Hayat and his family claim the police were unwilling to register a First Information Report...
August 21, 2019
Somalia: Christian mother divorced and beaten for her faith in Christ
This is a common theme in the accounts of the Holy Martyrs. Throughout history, governing authorities from the Romans to the Arabs to the Turks to...
August 20, 2019
Syria: Christians appeal for prayer, fearful that Turkey plans to make good its numerous threats to invade
Christians in Iraq are already suffering at the hands of Turkish forces: now that the Islamic State (ISIS) has been rolled back, the Turkish...
August 19, 2019
Iraq: “The altars, iconostases and baptismal font were torn to pieces…It is as if they wanted to erase our faith”
“The altars, the iconostases and the baptismal font were torn to pieces. But the thing that struck me most was the burning of baptism...
August 18, 2019
Pakistan: Muslims attack parish house, tie up and beat priests, say “We don’t want a Christian center near the mosque”
Note from the article below that although “the priests have reported the incident to local police who have registered the case (FIR 355/19) and...
August 17, 2019
Turkey Issues Veiled Threat Towards Greek Christians Over Cyprus
Coupled with the policy of pillage, destruction and desecration of the cultural heritage of Cyprus that the occupation regime has been following...
August 16, 2019
A Slow Strangulation: Turkey’s Disappearing Christian Leadership
The calculated disrespect of Turkish authorities toward Turkey’s Christian population and heritage is just one aspect of their increasing...
August 15, 2019
“Hundreds of thousands of Greek Christians whose families had lived in western Anatolia for millennia were hounded out of their homes”
This is a detailed and informative review of the important new book, The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities,...
August 14, 2019
Pakistan: At least 1000 Christian girls each year are “kidnapped, raped, and forced to convert to Islam, even forced to marry their tormentors”
The kidnapping and forced conversion of girls from Christian and other religious minority communities in Pakistan is a sadly recurring phenomenon....
August 13, 2019
India: Christian wedding party attacked by mob “with rods and sticks”
As Hindu mobs continue to target them, the Christians of India today are being called upon to have the courage and perseverance of the Holy Martyrs....

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Quick facts

  • While about 30 percent of the world’s population identifies as Christian, 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination are directed at Christians.

    Source: International Society for Human Rights

  • Christians face persecution in more than 60 Countries.

    Source: U.S. State Department

  • Millions of Christians face interrogation, arrest, torture, and/or death because of their religious convictions and cultural/ethnic identification.

    Source: Open Doors USA

  • Between 2007 and 2014, Christians have been targeted for harassment in more countries than any other religious group.

    Source: Pew Research

  • Christian responses to persecution are almost always nonviolent and, with very few exceptions, do not involve acts of terrorism.

    Source: Under Caesar’s Sword