Posted on 10/18/2013 5:55:51 AM PDT by Morgana
Bombs have been planted in the confessional box of one of the world's oldest churches in a Syrian town hailed as the country's last remaining centre of religious tolerance, Syria's most senior Christian leader has disclosed.
On a visit to London to highlight the persecution of Christians in the civil war, Patriarch Gregorios III said the two devices were found at the Cathedral of Constantine and Helen in the rebel-held town of Yabroud.
Not only is the church one of the oldest in the world, but it lies in a town where Christians and Sunni Muslims have so far resisted efforts by al-Qaeda-affiliated rebel groups to drive a wedge between them.
As The Telegraph reported on a visit to Yabroud earlier this month, a self-appointed local council has tried to keep both foreign jihadists and local mafia gangs at bay, as well as government forces. Only last week the Syrian army shelled the church.
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How many Our Fathers will this take to absolve?
Muzzies don’t pray the “Our Father”. This is their way of trying to gain virgins from aller.
Typical MSM ignorance. Orthodox churches don’t have “confessional boxes.”
You know they don’t, I know they don’t, so can you tell me where the bomb was left in the church?
Another good reason not have a confessional box...You can confess right to God while you are driving your car or sitting on your throne in the bathroom...
Plus, you get the benefit of speaking to God rather than some other sinner in a long robe...
...two devices were found at the Cathedral of Constantine and Helen in the rebel-held town of Yabroud... where Christians and Sunni Muslims have so far resisted efforts by al-Qaeda-affiliated rebel groups to drive a wedge between them... a self-appointed local council has tried to keep both foreign jihadists and local mafia gangs at bay, as well as government forces. Only last week the Syrian army shelled the church.Looks like another false flag operation -- the local "mafia" gangs in Syria are overwhelmingly aligned with the Assad regime.
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