BIG STORY – Christianity, born in the East, had a profound impact on Syria. And Christians, over the centuries, have always played an important and sometimes leading role in this country.
The Christians of Syria, the oldest Christians in the world, await in anguish what their future will be after the fall of the Assad regime. They, who represented 10% of Syrians before the invasion of Iraq by Washington and London in 2003, have since seen their number divided by at least two and undoubtedly more. Many leave the country to escape Islamist persecution and impoverishment. The Christian presence in Syria, which dates back to the origins of Christianity, is weakened.
For Christians, Syria is part of the Holy Land in the broad sense, understood as the region where Jesus and his disciples lived and where the Christian religion was born. The name of Saint-Paul is particularly associated with Damascus. According to the Acts of the Apostles (chapter 9), Paul, a Jew from Tarsus, capital of the Roman province of Cilicia (south-east of present-day Turkey), was determined to persecute Christians. He had obtained from the high priest in Jerusalem…
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