By World Evangelical Alliance - Crossmap On May 18, 2013
At the same time, the Patriarch invited him to visit the Middle East. Dr. Schirrmacher presented the Patriarch with a copy of the new, wide-ranging book published for the WEA on the theme of Christian persecution, Sorrow & Blood: Christian Mission in Contexts of Suffering, Persecution, and Martyrdom1, which was written by 45 experts from around the world.
He lamented that the fate of the church in Syria, which is being wiped out between the opposing military fronts, has hardly come to the attention of the world media and political leaders.
Dr. Schirrmacher also held several individual discussions with both Syrian Orthodox and Coptic bishops from various Muslim majority countries who reported on the discrimination and persecution of Christians in their various countries.
Ignatius Zakka I., Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church, was born in 1933 and elected to become the 122nd patriarch of his church in 1980. The church traces its roots to the first century and has concentrations of churches today in the Middle East, India, Sweden, Germany, and Canada.
It is part of the group of ancient churches which are usually called "Oriental Orthodox" to distinguish them from the "Eastern Orthodox" churches. The Oriental Orthodox Communion includes six separate churches which remain distinct while cooperating. They are the Coptic Orthodox, the Ethiopian Orthodox, the Eritrean Orthodox, the Syrian Orthodox, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (in India), and the Armenian Apostolic Church. The Syriac Orthodox Church also calls itself the "Syriac" Orthodox Church, to emphasize that it is not necessarily associated only with the modern country of Syria.
1 Edited by William D. Taylor, Antonia van der Meer, and Reg Reimer. William Carey Library, 2012,www.sorrowandblood.com
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