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Syrian Islamist Rebels Abduct 12 Nuns From Orthodox Monastery

By C. J. Refsland on December 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

English: View of Saint Thecla (Mar Takla) monastery, Ma’loula, Syria Français : Vue du monastère de Sainte-Thècle (Mar Takla), Maaloula, Syrie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

My comment: Pray for these Sisters. And the innocent people of Syria.

(Text by Assyrian National News Agency) Damascus — Islamist rebels have kidnapped a group of nuns from the Greek Orthodox monastery of St Thecla (Mar Taqla) in Maaloula (north of Damascus). Mgr Mario Zenari, the Vatican nuncio in Damascus, confirmed the information after speaking with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate. Through the Vatican diplomat, the latter “calls on all Catholics to pray for the women religious.”

“Armed men burst in the monastery of St Thecla in Maaloula this afternoon. From there, they forcibly took 12 women religious,” Mgr Zenari said, citing a statement from Patriarchate. The group of Islamist rebels has apparently taken them to Yabrud, some 80 km north of the capital. Neither the nuncio nor the church Greek Orthodox Church know reason behind the kidnapping.

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Tags: damascus, Greek Orthodox Church, islamism, Ma'loula, Maaloula, Nuncio, persecution of christians, Thecla, Yabrud

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