A Christmas miracle in Syria - Religion News Service
Dec 16, 2024 · (RNS) — At a time when most of the international news is full of gloom and doom, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria is a happy surprise, almost a Christmas miracle. Bashar al-Assad, the...
How Syria’s Christians are marking Christmas amid ... - Arab News
Dec 24, 2024 · In the wake of the dramatic developments that led to the ousting of Syria’s long-time President Bashar Assad on Dec. 8, Christians in the country are celebrating Christmas under the transitional...
Christmas in Damascus is different this year, after al-Assad’s fall
Dec 19, 2024 · Al-Assad fled on December 8, and the country erupted into jubilation that lasted for days as Syrians celebrated the fall of the al-Assad family and the end of more than 50 years of brutal rule.
Christmas in post-Assad Syria tainted by fears for minority's …
Dec 24, 2024 · Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.
Syrian Christians attend Christmas mass for first time since fall of Assad
Dec 25, 2024 · Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday for the first time since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in early December, in an early test of the new Islamist rulers' pledges to protect the rights of the country's religious minorities.
A Christmas miracle: Celebrate as Syrians oust Assad, a King …
Dec 17, 2024 · At a time when most of the international news is full of gloom and doom, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria is a happy surprise, almost a Christmas miracle. Bashar al-Assad, the last...
Christians in Syria prepare for Christmas ... - Associated Press News
Dec 22, 2024 · The mood was jubilant at a Christmas market in Damascus, while Christians were taking part in traditional mass.
Syria: Christians in Aleppo are celebrating Christmas – but fear for ...
Dec 22, 2024 · Across Aleppo, churches are tentatively preparing for the Christmas period while celebrating the downfall of Assad, whose brutal rule was marked by enforced disappearances, mass detentions and...
In pictures: Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas - BBC
Jan 7, 2025 · More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January. ... Watch Live. Home. News. Sport. Business ... former President Bashar al-Assad. ...
Christmas in post-Assad Syria tainted by fears for minority's
Dec 24, 2024 · Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.