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September 11, 2023
Christians make up about 30% of the nation’s population, yet also like the persecution of Christians in neighboring countries, their persecution is...
September 10, 2023
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
September 9, 2023
Get information about Holy Orthodoxy in Indonesia here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in Indonesia,...
September 8, 2023
Pakistan is home to over two million Christians. A small number of the Christians in Pakistan are Orthodox. Orthodox Christians in Pakistan are under...
September 7, 2023
In the mid-twentieth century, there were no Christians at all in Nepal. Now their official number is approaching 400,000, and some Christian leaders...
September 6, 2023
Many Hindus believe that conversion to Christianity is an attack on their culture and way of life, and an imminent threat to both, despite the fact...
September 5, 2023
Among the Christians of Uganda are around 35,000 Orthodox Christians.  For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of Christian persecution in...
September 4, 2023
After years of strife, by 2014 it was reported that 90% of the Orthodox Christians of Iraq had been displaced. Most of them are still refugees and...
September 3, 2023
Kenya is 80% Christian, including over 600,000 Orthodox Christians.  The website Orthodox Christian Initiative for Africa offers regular news on the...
September 2, 2023
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
September 1, 2023
For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...
August 31, 2023
Over 120,000 Armenians are at risk of starvation because of this blockade. Many observers have seen the recent conflicts between Azerbaijan and...
August 30, 2023
The disturbing treatment of Robert Faisali Miya illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is so often the occasion for persecution of...
August 29, 2023
Our brothers and sisters of the Coptic Orthodox Christian Church in Egypt are persecuted on a nearly daily basis for their faith. Not only the Copts,...
August 28, 2023
Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, any Christian could be accused and mob violence ensue. A small number of the Christians in Pakistan are Orthodox....
August 27, 2023
For background on Orthodox Christianity in China, see here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China,...
August 26, 2023
Get information about Holy Orthodoxy in Indonesia here. For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in Indonesia,...
August 25, 2023
The persecution of Christians should be a focus of governments all across the world that have commitments to human rights and religious freedom. We...
August 24, 2023
Pakistan is home to over two million Christians. A small number of the Christians in Pakistan are Orthodox. Orthodox Christians in Pakistan are under...
August 23, 2023
We continue to urge all Greek Orthodox Christians and all people of good will to continue to pray for persecuted Christians worldwide, that God will...