Attack on St. Elias Church of Dweilaa, Damascus

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese ^ | 22 June A.D. 2025 | Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East

[lightman]

Statement from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East

Note: His Eminence Metropolitan Saba, the seminarians and other pilgrims in Lebanon are a great distance from this violence, praying for the souls impacted by this attack.

Statement Issued by the Patriarchate of Antioch (Article in English) (المقال باللغة العربية) Damascus, June 22, 2025

On this day when our Antiochian Church commemorates All the Saints of Antioch, the treacherous hand of evil struck this evening, claiming our lives, along with the lives of our loved ones who fell today as martyrs during the evening Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Prophet Elias in Dweilaa, Damascus.

According to the initial information available at this time, an explosion occurred at the entrance of the church, resulting in the deaths of numerous martyrs and causing injuries to many others who were inside the church or in its immediate vicinity.

As we are currently counting the martyrs and the wounded, and gathering the remains and bodies of our martyrs, whose exact number we have not yet been able to determine, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East strongly condemns this heinous act and denounces, in the strongest terms, this horrific crime. It calls upon the responsible authorities to assume full responsibility for what has happened and continues to happen in terms of violation against the sanctity of churches, and to ensure the protection of all citizens.

His Beatitude Patriarch John X has been personally following the developments from the very first moment. He is conducting both local and regional communications to convey the grim reality unfolding in Damascus to the entire world. He is calling for urgent action to put an end to these massacres.

We offer our prayers for the repose of the souls of the martyrs, for the healing of the wounded, and for the consolation of our grieving faithful. We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to our faith and, through that steadfastness, our rejection of all fear and intimidation. We beseech Christ our God to guide the ship of our salvation through the storms of this world, He who is blessed forever.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antiochian; damascus; intercession; suicidebomber

[lightman]

Ya'Raab ur'ham.

(Lord, have mercy!)

[Tell It Right]

Some of us were afraid that getting rid of Asaad would lead to worse attacks on Christians and Jews in Syria.

But at the same time, you can't blame Israel for attacking Syria if he was keeping on letting Iran transport weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

[Romulus]

Want to know how much Israel cares about Christians getting blown up in Syria?

[Tell It Right]

The American Democrat Jews probably applaud it.

[Uncle Miltie]

Whenever a muslim murders a Christian, “Nitzy” blames a Jew.

See #14 here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4324676/posts?page=14#14

“How many churches full of Christians got blown up in Syria by the Assad regime?

All previous attacks on Christians were committed by the same monsters who did this one and who Israel handed Syria over to. (who also happen to be enemies of Iran)

I guess dead Christians are just collateral damage in Israel’s quest for regional control?”

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Will no one rid me of this meddlesome FReeper?

[kiryandil]

Feed the dead jihadist to Wu’s pigs, and videotape it.

[nitzy]

I remember when the admitted IDF operative Uncle Miltie called the prediction and fear by FrontPagemagazine over EXACTLY what happened today, simply “concern trolling”…

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4285572/posts?page=7#7

Do all IDF operatives consider Christians accurately predicting the death of their Christian brothers just “concern trolling” or are you an unusually psychopathic one?

[nitzy]

Me: “What Israel has just done in Syria is not good. It will lead to the death of Christians.”

Uncle Miltie: “That’s just concern trolling.”

(Christians die in Syria)

Me: “See. I told you.”

Uncle Miltie: “That’s antisemitic!”

[Uncle Miltie]

“I guess dead Christians are just collateral damage in Israel’s quest for regional control” - nitzy

When a muslim murders a Christian, Nitzy blames a Jew.

You can’t make this stuff up.

[Uncle Miltie]

“ I guess dead Christians are just collateral damage in Israel’s quest for regional control” - nitzy

When a muslim murders a Christian, Nitzy blames a Jew.

You can’t make this stuff up.

[Uncle Miltie]

Everyone should read your posting history. By my count twice (December and this week) more than 60% of your posts are plausibly anti-Semitic. They certainly are to my ear.

You have nothing in your life or posting history that seems a close second to your hatred of Jews.

You need at least one other interest to post about, other than your perception of every angle of Jews being evil.

Like stamp collecting.

Hey, everyone, go read up on Nitzy’s posting history and come up with your own conclusions!