Prayers for Metropolitans Paul Yazigi & Youhanna Ibrahim who were KIDNAPPED..

[gracefullamb]

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[The Dark Knight]

Lord have mercy upon them

 

[nestoj]

Lord have mercy!

 

[Anhelyna]

It has just been announced on the BBC News that these Bishops have been released !

Glory to God

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22272463

 

[gracefullamb]

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[Damaris]

It has just been announced on the BBC News that these Bishops have been released !

Glory to God

BBC News - Kidnapped Syrian bishops are released - church official

This is false. The bishops are not released. Patriarch John has been on the phone all day trying to correct this misinformation.

It would be advisable to avoid taking any media reports at their word about this, and instead wait for an official statement from the Antiochian churches.

 

[gracefullamb]

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[Anhelyna]

Strangely enough - I don't have access to the Antiochian Official Website over here.

I do normally trust the BBC News - and do my best to pass on what information I get.

I apologise for raising false hopes

Just don't bite my head off if I am in error . Funnily enough I'm as human as you and I can err

 

[gracefullamb]

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[Gxg (G²)]

Thanks G! For some reason my browser didn't show this post so I didn't see you had already posted the correct information. Sorry about repeating it.

Not a problem, sis. Didn't even notice what you mentioned on repeating till you pointed it out. So long as othere are aware of premature facts being released on the kidnapped, that's all that matters

 

[Dorothea]

Kidnapped Syrian bishops' whereabouts remain unclear

Confusion surrounds the whereabouts of two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria on Monday, but who were said to have been freed on Tuesday.

There were reports that the two men, Yohanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yaziji, were back in the city of Aleppo.

But other sources with links to the bishops have told the BBC this is not so and their families are still worried about their whereabouts.

BBC News - Kidnapped Syrian bishops' whereabouts remain unclear

 

[Lukaris]

Lord, have mercy!

I think the western media may go the way of Pravda or the Volkischer Beobachter.

 

[Gxg (G²)]

Kidnapped Syrian bishops' whereabouts remain unclear

Confusion surrounds the whereabouts of two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria on Monday, but who were said to have been freed on Tuesday.

There were reports that the two men, Yohanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yaziji, were back in the city of Aleppo.

But other sources with links to the bishops have told the BBC this is not so and their families are still worried about their whereabouts.

BBC News - Kidnapped Syrian bishops' whereabouts remain unclear

Something that really stood out to me recently - as another wisely noted (for brief excerpt) in Missing: Does anyone care? :

If an Orthodox bishop is kidnapped on a humanitarian mission, and the American press ignores it, did it happen? If a second Orthodox bishop is kidnapped while on a mission of mercy, and the American government is slow to respond, did it happen? Sadly, the answer to both questions is “yes, two Christian bishops were kidnapped in Syria even if American Christian have remained oblivious.” One of the bishops is Metropolitan Paul (Yazigi), brother of my Antiochian Patriarch, John X. The other is the Syriac Archbishop Youhanna Ibrahim.

American Christians often forget that the Middle East contains hundreds of thousands of Christians. The Christian liturgy is said in Arabic across the Middle East and Damascus (Syria) is the headquarters of the Patriarchate of Antioch. During the civil war raging in the country, Orthodox bishops have given relief to people who are hurting of every religion. And yet these Christians remain forgotten

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For more:

• Bishops Remain Missing After Capture In Syria : NPRhttps://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/h...lse&aff_id=0&locale=en_us&ui=1&os_ver=6.1.1.0</DIV>
• Abducted Syrian Bishops in Good Health, Held By Rebels
• Muslim Clerics in Syria Urge Release of Kidnapped Bishops
• Concern for kidnapped Syrian bishops - The British Orthodox Church
• Syria Orthodox Easter marred by bishops in captivity | GlobalPost
• Two Bishops Kidnapped by Rebels in Syria Page 2 - International ...

Remaining Syrian Christians fear chaos ​

 

[Gxg (G²)]

Kidnapped Syrian bishops' whereabouts remain unclear

Confusion surrounds the whereabouts of two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria on Monday, but who were said to have been freed on Tuesday.

There were reports that the two men, Yohanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yaziji, were back in the city of Aleppo.

But other sources with links to the bishops have told the BBC this is not so and their families are still worried about their whereabouts.

BBC News - Kidnapped Syrian bishops' whereabouts remain unclear

Came across this recently and my heart was discouraged - but agreeing with others wishing to pray that this doesn't happen, if it has yet to occur:

• Syrian archbishops ‘most likely dead' - Mode of Life

 

[MariaRegina]

Lord have mercy.

 

[ArmyMatt]

continued prayers for the heirarchs!

 

[E.C.]

From the Russians: Abducted Syrian Orthodox Priests Alive In Turkey – Report : A Russian Orthodox Church Website

From the Serbs: Abducted Syrian Orthodox priests alive in Turkey &#8211; Report &#8211; InSerbia News

 

[Gxg (G²)]

From the Russians: Abducted Syrian Orthodox Priests Alive In Turkey – Report : A Russian Orthodox Church Website

From the Serbs: Abducted Syrian Orthodox priests alive in Turkey – Report – InSerbia News

Praise the Lord for the news...although can be it verified by other sources to be certain?

 

[E.C.]

Praise the Lord for the news...although can be it verified by other sources to be certain?

Both articles mention an Iranian paper, but I've not yet checked it (can't read Persian) or other sources.

 

[ArmyMatt]

From the Russians: Abducted Syrian Orthodox Priests Alive In Turkey – Report : A Russian Orthodox Church Website

From the Serbs: Abducted Syrian Orthodox priests alive in Turkey – Report – InSerbia News

glory to God if true!