Persecution Outlook: Syria

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN Syria - 2022

Ten years of civil war in Syria have decimated the country’s Christian population. Prior to the war, there were 1.5 million Christians; now, estimates say that only a third remain. And those who stay continue to suffer. They wait in line for food and oil, and have lost power for up to 12 hours; they are also unable to take out loans, and many Christians live on less than a dollar a day. And while religiously motivated violence has decreased, Church leaders and infrastructure are still targeted wherever extremists are active, and some observers claim that aid meant for Christians and the poor has gone instead to the Syrian army. But the Church is doing what it can to create employment and educational opportunities so that the faithful can stay in their country. 

Projects funded in Syria 2021: 118

Construction: 20

Transportation: 1

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Mass Stipends: 4

Humanitarian: 54

Media: 1

Bibles: 0

Training of priests: 0

Existence Help: 6

Faith Formation: 32

Our Work in Syria: Country Profile

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Candles after mass in Homs

Emergency Campaign: Prayer and Solidarity for the Christians of Aleppo and Syria 

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is making an urgent appeal for prayer and support for the ...
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Syria 2019
Prayer to the Our Lady of Sorrows, Consoler of Syrians, despite destruction of Eastern Ghouta.
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Syria: ACN urges prayers for Aleppo amid escalating violence and fear

Following a heartfelt plea from a missionary and ACN’s project partner in Aleppo, the pontifical foundation Aid to ...
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SYRIA / ALEP-LAT 23/00098
Emergency aid to repair 50 houses of Christian families after 6th of February Earthquake in the villages of Al-Yacoubiyqah/ Al-Qunivah/ Jdaydeh (Latin Parish of Knaye, Idlib).

Syria: Ten years after his abduction, Bishop Hanna Jallouf is a shepherd close to his flock 

As the bishop of Latin rite Catholics in Syria, the Franciscan Hanna Jallouf is very familiar with Idlib ...
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Syria: Christianity returns to the ruins of Darayya

During the war, the churches in the area were subject to vandalism and their icons were stolen. The destruction of Darayya came at a huge ...
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Installation of solar panels at L'école Mar Antonios belonging to the Antonine Sisters.
LEBANON / NATIONAL 23/00803
Installation of solar panels at L'école Mar Antonios belonging to the Antonine Sisters, in Zgharta.

Solar panels for Church in Lebanon and Syria

Naturally, this affects the  Church. Parishes and communities are unable to provide services to the faithful; heating is limited;; and the Church’s social projects, including ...
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Charitable kitchen to feed 300 elderly and poor people.
SYRIA / DAMAS-MLC 23/00090
Charitable kitchen to feed 300 elderly and poor people of St Youssef Church, Damas - 09/2023 - 09/ 2024.

The priest in the middle is Father Basilios Gergeos.

ACN fights Christian exodus in Syria and Lebanon

Both Muslims and Christians are leaving, but the number of Christians in Syria is so small that their departure would call into question the very ...
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