H.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, visited Antioch, marking an historic and first Apostolic visit to the place where Saint Peter established the Holy See of Antioch in the year 37.
Following the catastrophic earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey, the Middle East Council of Churches in Syria interviewed H.E. Ephraim Maalouli, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, Alexandretta, and Dependencies.
Hanna Barag, una israelí que se autodenomina “diplomática de los derechos humanos” para la organización Machsom Watch, lleva décadas observando lo que viven los palestinos en los puestos de control. Y es —en una palabra— “deshumanizante”, asegura.
Grupos religiosos y humanitarios del mundo entero ponen en marcha solicitudes de ayuda y oran mientras se amplía la respuesta tras el devastador terremoto que golpeó Siria y Turquía el 6 de febrero.
Hanna Barag, an Israeli woman who has described herself as a “human rights diplomat” for the organization Machsom Watch, has spent decades observing what happens to Palestinians at checkpoints, and it’s—in a word—“de-humanizing,” she says.
Mientras continuaban las operaciones de búsqueda y rescate en Turquía y Siria tras el fuerte terremoto, las iglesias se movilizaron para ofrecer ayuda humanitaria y oraciones.
Tras el devastador terremoto que sacudió Turquía y Siria el 6 de febrero, los presidentes del Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio (MECC por sus siglas en inglés) celebraron una reunión de emergencia para decidir su respuesta ante la catástrofe.
Faith-based and humanitarian groups across the world were setting in motion appeals for aid and prayers as response expands in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey on 6 February.
Tras el terremoto que ha sacudido a las comunidades de Turquía y Siria y que ha causado la muerte de al menos 4.300 personas —una cifra que va en aumento—, las iglesias tienden la mano a los afectados y oran para que los desaparecidos sean encontrados con vida.
Following the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake on 6 February, the presidents of the Middle East Council of Churches held an emergency meeting to discuss the disaster and how to respond.
As communities in Turkey and Syria were left reeling in the wake of an earthquake that has killed at least 4,300 people—and that figure is growing—churches were reaching out to check on those affected and praying for the safety of those missing.
A group of Ecumenical Accompaniers completed their service in Palestine and Israel, handing their ministry over to the next wave, and celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the same time.
In a congratulatory letter, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed great joy and gratitude over the appointment of Archbishop Mor Anthimos Jack Yakoub as the patriarchal vicar for Jerusalem, Jordan, and the Holy Land by His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II.
En 1919, Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs, entonces gobernador militar de Jerusalén, trajo a Jerusalén a tres familias armenias —las familias Balian, Karakeshian y Ohanessian— para renovar los mosaicos del siglo XVI de la Cúpula de la Roca de la mezquita de Al-Aqsa.
In 1919, three Armenian families—the Balian, Karakeshian, and Ohanessian families—were brought to Jerusalem by Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs, then military governor of Jerusalem, to renovate the 16th century tiles at the Dome of the Rock in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, se unió a la Diócesis Episcopal de Jerusalén y a todas las iglesias de Tierra Santa para condenar la profanación del histórico cementerio protestante del Monte Sión.