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| 2. In reflecting upon people’s suffering throughout the world, we express our support for the martyrdom and our admiration for the witness of Christians in the Middle East, Africa, and other parts of the world. We call to mind their dual martyrdom: for their faith as well as for the safeguarding of their historical relationship with people of other religious conviction. We denounce the lack of peace and stability, which is prompting Christians to abandon the land where our Lord Jesus Christ was born and whence the Good News spread to the entire world. Our sympathy extends to all victims of the tragedy in Syria. We condemn every form of terrorism and defamation of religion. The kidnapping of Metropolitans Paul and Youhanna, other clergymen as well as the nuns of St Thecla Convent in Maaloula remains an open wound, and we demand their immediate liberation. We appeal to all involved for the immediate cessation of military action, liberation of captives, and establishment of peace in the region through dialogue. Christians in the Middle East are a leaven of peace. Peace for all people also means peace for Christians. We support the Patriarchate of Antioch in its spiritual and humanitarian ministry, as well as its efforts for reconstruction and the resettlement of all refugees. 3. We fervently pray for peaceful negotiation and prayerful reconciliation in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. We denounce the threats of violent occupation of sacred monasteries and churches, and pray for the return of our brothers presently outside of ecclesiastical communion into the Holy Church. 4. A fundamental threat to justice and peace – both locally and globally – is the global economic crisis. The ramifications of this are evident on all layers in society, where such values as personal integrity, fraternal solidarity and justice are often wanting. The origins of this crisis are not merely financial. They are moral and spiritual in character. Instead of conforming to the worldly idols of power, greed and hedonism, we emphasize our vocation to transform the world by embracing the principles of justice, peace, and love. |
| Much has already been done. With the help of Russian benefactors, the Patriarchate of Antioch has carried out restoration work in the Convent of St. Thecla Equal-to-the-Apostles in Maaloula, which had been in the hands of terrorists for a whole year, as well as in the Monasteries of St. George the Victor in Al-Humeira and Seyednaya, the Convents of the Most Holy Mother of God in Seyednaya and Blemman, and the church of Mar-Ilyas in the Louvaylia suburb of Damascus. In the final stage of restoration at present are the church of St. George the Victor in Arbin and the church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Az-Zabadani. We plan to intensify our cooperation with the Patriarchate of Antioch in this sphere. We have already received from His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch a list of religious places in need of restoration. Restoration documents have already been prepared for some of them, for instance, for the Orthodox church in Daraya. We would like to see Syrian authoritative religious leaders continuing to be among the principal coordinators of our joint projects from the Syrian side. It is necessary to continue restoring schools and other educational establishments and to help with educational and methodological aids. Many young Syrians have shown the wish to learn the Russian language. The school in Barza restored with the help of Russia can become one of the centers for teaching Russian. There is still an acute need for restoring houses of Syrians who were affected by hostilities, as well as hospitals and clinics. In this connection, it is necessary to complete the projects for restoration of the Patriarchate of Antioch’s hospital in Al-Hosn, in which the catheterization and cardio-surgery wards have been opened recently. The purchase of equipment and control of the quality of the equipment purchased in Russia for these wards has already started. Throughout the year 2019, a program, negotiated with the Orthodox Church of Antioch, for prosthesis and rehabilitation of Syrian children, who have lost their limbs in bomb and mine explosions, was carried out. |
| Hymn to the Mother of God: Grant us thine aid through thine entreaties, O Most Holy Birthgiver of God. Trials and tribulations have befallen us, sorrows have grown manyfold and our foes have arrayed themselves against us. But, standing forth, do thou, O All-Pure One, deliver us. Cast down the uprisings of our enemies and grant us victory, that all who do evil to thy servants may be put to shame. Ode VIII Irmos: Becoming vanquishers of the tyrant and the flames by Thy grace, taking exceeding care to keep Thy commandments, the children cried aloud: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord. Thou wast adorned with fair speech, O Venerable Bede, for thou didst reveal the mysteries of the Scriptures and glorify the saints of the English land. Together with the holy fathers, Benedict, the lover of the holy images and the holy Abbots Sigfrid and the humble Ceolfrid, do thou intercede for the salvation of our souls. With zeal overspilling from the Isles, to those who knew not the Word of Christ thou didst go out with streams of living water, O divine Clement, Apostle of the Frisians, followed by the Archpastor Boniface, Apostle of the German lands, who with all his helpers, Willibald, Winnibald, Walburgh, Lioba, Thecla and Willehad, brought light to the darkness, and together with a great host, wast counted worthy of a martyrs crown, and ye were followed by Sigfrid out of Glastonbury, the Apostle of the Swedes. Wearing the purple of your own blood, ye exchanged your earthly crowns for heavenly ones, O royal martyrs Ethelbert, Alcmund, Kenelm and Wistan; wherefore the miracles at your tombs proclaim your innocence. In Winchesters royal city thou didst shine forth with the grace of humility, O holy bishop Swithun. Wherefore the Lord exalts thee together with all the saints of Winchester, Hedda, Birnstan and Alphege, and the land of Wessex doth ever make glad in thee. When the savage Northmen came to the English land, many martyrs were raised up, from Chertsey to Coldingham, in Crowland and Peters burgh, in Bardney and Ely and a multitude of other places north and south, and like them, thou, our holy patron thrice-crowned Edmund the King, didst not renounce the name of sweet Jesus. Wherefore, O holy martyr, thy tongue did utter words even after thy repose and thy body was resplendent in the grace of incorruption. |
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| Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society asks UN to defend Syrian Christians Moscow, December 26, 2013 The Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society has called on United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to put an end to the lawlessness perpetrated by rebels in Syria. " The brutal attack by rebels on the ancient Convent of St. Thecla in Maalula and the cynical abduction of the mother superior and nuns of this ancient convent, where forty orphaned girls lives, is a challenge to the whole global community and an insult to all civilized norms, " the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society said in its letter to Ban Ki-moon and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, a copy of which was obtained by Interfax-Religion on Thursday, says. Among these crimes is the abduction of Syrian hierarchs such as Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo and Metropolitan Gregory Ibrahim, whose fate remains unknown. The letter says that over sixty ancient churches have been destroyed by rebels and Christians are being subjected to especially cruel violence. The Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, which has consultative status in the UN, called on the UN to intervene in the situation and do everything to prevent a real and large-scale threat and the destruction of religious balance in the Middle East, which could have catastrophic consequences for the entire Middle East. The Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society called on the UN to develop a global mechanism for preventing violations of the fundamental rights of people of various religions, discrimination, and religious persecution. The letter was signed by Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society Chairman Sergey Stepashin, Yelena Agapova, the head of the Russian Public Center of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society for the Protection of Christians in the Middle East and Northern Africa, and Natalya Narochnitskaya, president of the European Institute of Democracy and Cooperation. Interfax 30 декабря 2013 г. Смотри также Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
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