{"id":92990,"date":"2013-11-21T21:51:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T20:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/syrian-christians-flee-persecution-as-patriarch-urges-them-to-stay-in-war-torn-country\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T21:51:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T20:51:18","slug":"syrian-christians-flee-persecution-as-patriarch-urges-them-to-stay-in-war-torn-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/syrian-christians-flee-persecution-as-patriarch-urges-them-to-stay-in-war-torn-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Christians flee persecution as Patriarch urges them to stay in war-torn country"},"content":{"rendered":"

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November 21, 2013<\/p>\n

As some 450,000 Christians have fled Syria since a civil war erupted two years ago, the Syrian Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic church has called on Christians to stay in Syria and survive a “difficult” future.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: Christians face increasing pers<\/a>ecution around the world. The situation is especially terrible in certain parts of the world<\/a>, as it is in countries like Syria<\/a>, Egypt<\/a>, Iran<\/a>, certain parts of Africa<\/a>, India<\/a> and North Korea<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I say to my children, stay in your country, the future will be difficult, but it will be better, God willing,”<\/em> Syrian Patriarch Gregory Laham told AFP in an interview.<\/p>\n

On the eve of a trip to the Vatican for meetings with Pope Francis, Laham urged European countries to not “encourage Syrian Christians to emigrate.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“I say to the European countries that want to help, help people in difficulty, humanitarian cases but don’t encourage people to emigrate,”<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

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This article was posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 3:44 pm<\/p>\n

Tags: foreign affairs<\/a><\/p>\n

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