OCP News Service - 12/08/2021 Lagos-Nigeria: According to a recent report by Religious Freedom Coalition, a Christian orphanage in Plateau State was attacked and destroyed by the radical Muslim Fulani Herdsmen on the 2nd of August 2021. Fortunately the inmates and staff were evacuated before the second attack and are safe. The orphanage needs heavy repair ...
A special report by G A - OCP News Service - 18/5/21 Africa: Christians in Africa face severe persecution from various radical Islamic terrorist groups. One of the world's most destructive and dangerous terrorist groups ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) might be defeated in the Middle East. However, their affiliates are growing in various ...
OCP News Service - 16/11/2020 Global: 'Ethiopia is inching towards a grave humanitarian crisis' stated George Alexander, Secretary of Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE, Pan-Orthodox Christian Society. "The recent conflict between TPLF (Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front) and the Federal Government is yet another example of the fragile and dangerous internal situation in the country. It has created a ...
OCP News Service - 30/10/2020 US President Donald Trump had a serious encounter on Christian Persecution with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari in April 2018 while they met in the White House. “Why are you killing Christians?” asked President Trump and the critical question shocked Buhari, reports Gatestone Institute and Raymond Ibrahim. The incident was admitted ...
Spas TV Video In Russian Full-length Video In English OCP News Service - 30/09/2020 Moscow-Russia: The special appeal by Mr George Alexander (Secretary of the Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE, Pan-Orthodox Christian Society) was aired on SPAS TV Channel during the panel discussion titled ‘ETHIOPIA - Persecution of Christians’ which was held on 28th September 2020. The Planned Extermination of Orthodox ...
OCP News Service – 11/9/2020 ‘Christians slaughtered, women raped and taken sex slaves, Christian houses destroyed and Churches burned down'. Global: George Alexander, the secretary of Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE (Pan-Orthodox Christian Society) warns that 'Christians are exterminated at genocide levels in Ethiopia, Africa, and other African states like Burkina Faso. The pathetic situation necessitates urgent intervention from ...
OCP News Service - 9/6/2020 Lagos-Nigeria: Radical Islamists groups like Boko Haram have been targeting Christians in large numbers. Boko haram wants to establish an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria. According to a report by chvnradio.com over 620 Christians in Nigeria have been killed by radicals so far (2020), and around 12,000 have been killed over during ...
OCP News Service - 30/12/2019 Africa: The Islamic State in Nigeria killed eleven Christians in response to the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The killing took place in the north-eastern Borno State. A video was released on the 26th of December 2019. Under the leadership of Muhammadu Buhari, the Preseindt of Nigeria, atrocities against ...
OCP News Service - 16/10/2019 Lagos-Nigeria: It has been widely reported that over the years, a large number of Christians are being persecuted in the African nation of Nigeria, a country that has an equal number of Christian and Muslim populations. Under the leadership of Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria, atrocities against Christians are on the ...
Gatestone Institute - Raymond Ibrahim - 10/7/18 In what the Christian Association of Nigeria is calling a “pure genocide,” 238 more Christians were killed and churches desecrated by Muslims last week in the west African nation. This brings the death toll of Christians to more than 6,000 since the start of 2018. According to a joint statement by the ...
SVOTS - July - August 2017 There’s an Ugandan proverb: “The path to your heart’s desire is never overgrown.” Over the summer, seminary President Archpriest Chad Hatfield has been proving that maxim. Through recruitment efforts in both Nigeria and Uganda, he’s been clearing the path for more African students to attend St. Vladimir’s Seminary—fulfilling a desire recently ...
Pravoslavie.ru - 4/1/17 2016 was a deadly year for being a Christian. According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, which monitors worldwide demographic trends in Christianity, around 90,000 Christians were killed for their faith throughout the year, reports ABC News. Another 500 to 600 million are hindered from practicing their faith freely, according to ...
Sputniknews - August 2016 Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill said that the events in Nigeria and Central African Republic linked with massive murder of Christians are particularly "terrible." MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The situation with mass murder of Christians in Africa is "dreadful," Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill said on Monday. "We are particularly ...
Orthodox Mission Fraternity - November 2015 In early September, by the grace of God, we paid a pastoral visit to the Republic of Benin. Arriving in Cotonou, the largest city of the country, we met with the local priests and discussed the various issues of the parishes and particularly the ever-surging challenges they encounter due to several ...
Raymond Ibrahim - Coptic Solidarity - 30/7/15 According to sources in Libya, there are unconfirmed reports, including from the Libyan Herald, that on July 23rd, the Islamic State executed another Egyptian Christian they seized over a week ago at a road block near Nufaliya, an Islamic State stronghold southeast of the city of Sirte. Bekhit Nageh Efrank Ebeid, a 25 year ...
Raymond Ibrahim - 1/7/15 In Nigeria, Boko Haram escapees continue to testify to the brainwashing that the Chibok girls are facing at the hands of their captors — girls being convinced to slit the throats of Christians and to carry out suicide attacks. More than 200 girls remain missing after Boko Haram stormed a government school in 2014, ...
Interfax-religion Moscow, May 5, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has spoken about harassment of Christians in Europe. “The phenomenon of Christianophobia is present not just in the Middle East. And what about Pakistan, Nigeria and several other African countries? And what about well-off European countries where people are not allowed to wear a ...
March 2015 The program of the Orthodox Mission in Nigeria, “Support Education – Combat Poverty”, which started a few years ago, includes the construction of a kindergarten and primary school in Karmem, a mountainous village of Benue state in Central Nigeria. The construction works began with the foundation of the school in May 2013 on land donated ...
Sputnik - January 2015 4,344 Christians were killed and 1,062 Christian churches were attacked for faith-based reasons between November 1, 2013 and October 31, 2014, according to World Watch List (WWL). The number of Christians killed is over two times greater than the 2,123 victims in 2013. MOSCOW, January 7 (Sputnik) — At least 4,344 Christians were killed ...
Alexandrian Orthodox Patriarchate Nigeria - 21/7/14 The Holy Diocese of Nigeria, in its effort to provide free education to poor children, started erecting a kindergarten and a primary school at Karmem village in Benue state, in Central Nigeria. The school has started operating in grass thatched huts and accomodates 186 students. The total amount of operational expenses ...
May 2014 The Ecumenical Patriarchate has witnessed with great pain and distress the recent manifestations of religious violence against women in Northern Africa, which have profoundly and justifiably concerned the global community. It expresses its outright and unequivocal condemnation of the kidnapping in Nigeria of scores of young women, who are forcibly subjected to espouse Islam. ...