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Syrian patriarch decries Obama administration policy in Middle East 15-12-31
Russian prelate questions whether pan-Orthodox council will take place 15-12-30
Shake-up in Russian Orthodox hierarchy 15-12-28
‘We will not give in to injustice’: Iraqi, Syrian prelates issue Christmas letters 15-12-24
Orthodox Patriarch: plight of child refugees is 'disgrace for the entire human race' 15-12-23
Syrian President Assad visits Catholic parish 15-12-21
Lebanon: Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai raps lawmakers for stalemate preventing election of new president 15-12-17
Jerusalem Latin Patriarch issues Christmas message 15-12-17
Orthodox leader: cooperate with Catholics to help persecuted Christians 15-12-15
Letter of His Beatitude Gregorios III Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church on the occasion of the Feast of the Nativity - 25 December 2015 15-12-14
Syria: 17 churches have been destroyed by Islamic extremists 15-12-14
Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchs in Syria: Closing Statement of November Meeting 15-11-24
His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III (Laham) on Lebanese Independence Day 15-11-22
Patriarch Gregorios III on the Paris Attacks of 13 November 2015 15-11-15
Attack on Beirut’s Southern Suburbs 15-11-15
EWTN to Provide Live Broadcast of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy to be celebrated by His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk 15-11-13
The smallest church in Frankfurt 15-11-11
“The Church is close to people” - Interview with Gregorios III Laham 15-11-11
Exodus: Syrian Patriarch criticizes German asylum policy 15-11-11
As Islamic State advances, Christians gather to defend town 15-11-11
Orthodox prelate praises Russia's 'peacemaker' role in Syria 15-11-10
37 kidnapped Christians released in Syria 15-11-10
Maronite bishops decry proposed division of Syria 15-11-10
Ecumenical Patriarch: ‘Creation care and ecological justice’ 15-11-09
Islamic State threatens key Syrian Christian center; thousands flee 15-11-06