Syria and the Middle East Archives - Orthodox Reflections

March 11, 2025

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, Orthodox International Relations, Syria and the Middle East

Syrian Slaughter

The suffering and dying of Syrian Christians is met with silence in the West. American policy created this disaster. We have to face the results.

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January 17, 2025

American Life, Peace Activism, Peace Movement, Syria and the Middle East, Western Civilization

St. Augustine taught that the only just reason for war was to achieve peace. Unfortunately for Americans, their ruling elite takes its cues more from George Orwell than from Orthodox Catholic saints. In America, war itself is the point.

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December 18, 2024

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, Christian Persecution, Orthodox International Relations, Palestinian Rights, Syria and the Middle East, War in Ukraine, Western Civilization

Will President Trump Save the Persecuted Christians?

Christianity is the most persecuted religion on Earth. Particularly in Ukraine and Syria, the incoming Trump Administration could help protect Christians using American power and influence. But will Trump make this a priority?

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November 13, 2024

American Life, Palestinian Rights, Peace Movement, Political Activism, Syria and the Middle East, War in Ukraine, Western Civilization

Is Trump the Designated Salesman for More War and Christian Persecution?

Donald J Trump is likely to go down in history as having squandered the biggest mandate for change ever awarded to a president. One has to wonder, was he literally set up to fail by the very swamp the American people voted to drain?

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