Posted on 08/02/2022 5:58:05 PM PDT by marshmallow
Two people were killed and 13 were injured in a terrorist attack on an Orthodox church consecration service in Syria yesterday.
The attack targeted the Hagia Sophia Church in Suqaylabiyah, about 30 miles northwest of Hama, which was being built as a replica of the famous cathedral in Istanbul.
A video posted by the Antiochian Patriarchate shows the moment of the attack:
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch offered his prayers and condolences:
“Our children in Suqaylabiyah are paying the price for their faith with blood. What happened in Suqaylabiyah this morning is a cheap and reprehensible terrorist act. “
(Excerpt) Read more at orthochristian.com ...
Islam is evil.
We support the rebel side that did this. The church was built by Russia in response to Erdogan making Hagia Sophia into a mosque again and the ISIS destruction in Syria.
Such a peaceful religion.
I say we wipe it from the face of the Earth.
L
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