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25/4/13 MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) – The fate of two Syrian Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria earlier this week remained unclear on Wednesday, with conflicting reports about whether they had been released. Bishop Boulos Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Church and Bishop John Ibrahim of the Assyrian Orthodox Church were kidnapped at gunpoint in the village of Kafr Dael, the Syrian news agency SANA reported on Monday
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Fate of Orthodox Bishops Seized in Syria Still Unclear
Fate of Orthodox Bishops Seized in Syria Still Unclear
25/4/13 MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) – The fate of two Syrian Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria earlier this week remained unclear on Wednesday, with conflicting reports about whether they had been released. Bishop Boulos Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Church and Bishop John Ibrahim of the Assyrian Orthodox Church were kidnapped at gunpoint in the village of Kafr Dael, the Syrian news agency SANA reported on Monday
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Fate of Orthodox Bishops Seized in Syria Still Unclear
Global church heads distressed by Orthodox bishops’ abductions
Peter Kenny – 23/4/13 The Global Christian Forum, the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches have expressed concern about the safety of two Orthodox Christian bishops abducted in Syria while doing humanitarian work, with one leader saying they are promiment for all people in the war-torn country, not just Christians.
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Global church heads distressed by Orthodox bishops’ abductions
Global church heads distressed by Orthodox bishops’ abductions
Peter Kenny – 23/4/13 The Global Christian Forum, the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches have expressed concern about the safety of two Orthodox Christian bishops abducted in Syria while doing humanitarian work, with one leader saying they are promiment for all people in the war-torn country, not just Christians.
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Global church heads distressed by Orthodox bishops’ abductions
Damascus, April 23, 2013
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| Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo (Haleb) |
On April 22, a Hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Antioch Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo (Haleb) was kidnapped by unidentified persons and taken to Turkey. The car of Metropolitan Paul was attacked and the Deacon who was driving it was killed, reportsSedmitza.ru with references to Amen and Romphea agencies.
Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo is the Patriarch's of Antioch John X own brother. Ten days before kidnapping of the Hierarch a rocket fired by insurgents hit the house where he lived.
Simultaneously with the Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo the Syrian Jacobite Bishop of the city of Aleppo (Haleb) Gregory Yohanna was kidnapped. Both hierarchs were at that moment in vicinity of Haleb overseeing the distribution of humanitarian aid.
Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has presented his condolences to Patriarch John X of Antioch. Also, having learned that kidnapped Metropolitans were within the boundaries of Turkey he addressed Turkish authorities with request to undertake a search for hierarchs and to secure their release.
According to the Greek Church news agency Amen, the prime-minister of Greece Antonis Samaras directed the foreign minister Dimitris Avramopoulos to inform his colleagues about the kidnapping of Metropolitan Paul during the meeting of all foreign ministers of the NATO countries in Brussels that took place on April 23. The situation in Syria was to be discussed at that meeting.
The Greek people’s particular sympathy for Metropolitan Paul can be explained by the fact that he is a graduate of the theological faculty of the University of Aristotle in Thessaloniki.
