At least seven dead as Coptic pilgrims targeted in another bus attack in Egypt
At least seven people have been killed and 14 more been injured in another attack on a bus of Coptic Christians travelling back from a monastery in Egypt on Friday. The victims were on their way home after visiting the St Samuel the Confessor monastery in the governorate of Minya in Upper Egypt – reportedly […]
World Council of Churches again calls for release of Syrian archbishops, more than 2,000 days after they were abducted
Marking the 2,000 days since they were abducted by gunmen near Aleppo, the World Council of Churches has again called for the release of two Syrian archbishops. Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi were kidnapped outside the city in April, 2013, and haven’t been heard from since. Rev Dr Olav […]