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Prayers in Aleppo, campaign in Beirut for return of the kidnapped
http://sana.sy/eng/386/2013/12/15/517766.htm
Dec 15, 2013
Aleppo, (SANA) _A religious mass has been held Sunday at the Armenian
Evangelical Church of Bethel in al-Sulaimanieh neighborhood in Aleppo
city for the release of the abducted bishops and nuns, and all the
abductees in Syria.
Worshippers lit candles and prayed for peace to prevail in Syria, for
the repose of the martyrs' souls and the victory of the Syrian army.
Aleppo governor, Mohammad Wahid Aqqad said in a speech that ''the
crime of abducting the two bishops and detaining the nuns is
reprehensive and pulls the mask off the ugly face of the armed
terrorist groups and those providing them with support, funds and
cover.''
Attacks against mosques, churches and clergymen by terrorists ''run
counter to all divine religions that ban taking away human lives," the
governor said, affirming that the crimes of terrorists serve to make
the Syrians more committed to their land.
Last April, an armed terrorist group kidnapped Bishop Yohanna Ibrahim,
head of the Syrian Orthodox Church (in Aleppo) and Bishop Boulos
Yaziji, head of the Greek Orthodox Church (in Aleppo) while they were
on humanitarian operations in the village of Kafr Dael in Aleppo
province.
Earlier this month, an armed terrorist group attacked St. Thecla
Convent in Maaloula town in Damascus Countryside and kidnapped Mother
Superior and a number of nuns.
Campaign in Lebanon to release abducted Syrian nuns, bishops
Lebanese Social, political activities on Sunday staged a sit-in before
the Turkish Embassy in Beirut, launching a popular campaign to release
the nuns of Tecla convent of Maaloula in Damascus countryside, Aleppo
bishops Paul Yazaji and Yohana Ibrahim, abducted by the armed
terrorist groups in Syria.
The participants in the sit-in affirmed that the campaign will be
launched in Lebanon and abroad to press Turkey, condemning the Turkish
authorities for not taking any move to release the nuns and bishops.
They held the Turkish government responsible for not releasing bishops
Yajazi and Ibrahim who were kidnapped while assuming a human mission
in Aleppo countryside.
The participants affirmed that the Christians are not a minority in
the region, but they are part of a wide civilization stretching from
Lebanon, Athens to Moscow.
M. Ismael/ Mazen
http://sana.sy/eng/386/2013/12/15/517766.htm
Dec 15, 2013
Aleppo, (SANA) _A religious mass has been held Sunday at the Armenian
Evangelical Church of Bethel in al-Sulaimanieh neighborhood in Aleppo
city for the release of the abducted bishops and nuns, and all the
abductees in Syria.
Worshippers lit candles and prayed for peace to prevail in Syria, for
the repose of the martyrs' souls and the victory of the Syrian army.
Aleppo governor, Mohammad Wahid Aqqad said in a speech that ''the
crime of abducting the two bishops and detaining the nuns is
reprehensive and pulls the mask off the ugly face of the armed
terrorist groups and those providing them with support, funds and
cover.''
Attacks against mosques, churches and clergymen by terrorists ''run
counter to all divine religions that ban taking away human lives," the
governor said, affirming that the crimes of terrorists serve to make
the Syrians more committed to their land.
Last April, an armed terrorist group kidnapped Bishop Yohanna Ibrahim,
head of the Syrian Orthodox Church (in Aleppo) and Bishop Boulos
Yaziji, head of the Greek Orthodox Church (in Aleppo) while they were
on humanitarian operations in the village of Kafr Dael in Aleppo
province.
Earlier this month, an armed terrorist group attacked St. Thecla
Convent in Maaloula town in Damascus Countryside and kidnapped Mother
Superior and a number of nuns.
Campaign in Lebanon to release abducted Syrian nuns, bishops
Lebanese Social, political activities on Sunday staged a sit-in before
the Turkish Embassy in Beirut, launching a popular campaign to release
the nuns of Tecla convent of Maaloula in Damascus countryside, Aleppo
bishops Paul Yazaji and Yohana Ibrahim, abducted by the armed
terrorist groups in Syria.
The participants in the sit-in affirmed that the campaign will be
launched in Lebanon and abroad to press Turkey, condemning the Turkish
authorities for not taking any move to release the nuns and bishops.
They held the Turkish government responsible for not releasing bishops
Yajazi and Ibrahim who were kidnapped while assuming a human mission
in Aleppo countryside.
The participants affirmed that the Christians are not a minority in
the region, but they are part of a wide civilization stretching from
Lebanon, Athens to Moscow.
M. Ismael/ Mazen