Posts Tagged ‘Archbishop Samir Nassar’

Desperate choice faces Christians in Syria

Friday, April 19th, 2013

Life has become so dangerous for Christians in Syria that they face the choice of trying to leave — in itself a difficult course of action — or being killed. That’s the view of the Maronite archbishop of Damascus, Archbishop Samir Nassar, who says defenceless civilians, both Christians and Muslims, are being killed each day by Read more

Archbishop reveals horror of conflict in Damascus

Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

Bombs, shootings, violence, screaming, deaths rage in the city of Damascus in these hours. People “suffer, hope, escape, pray and, in these tragic hours, turn their gaze to the Blessed Martyrs of Damascus, of whom on July 10 we celebrated the memory,” says Monsignor Samir Nassar, Maronite Archbishop of Damascus. “On the streets of Damascus Read more