Photos Iraqi Christians mourn loved ones who sadly died in the attack on the Church
Photos Iraqi Christians mourn loved ones who sadly died in the attack on the Church
Iraqi family shall be one of its members who was killed in the attack on the Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad on November 2, 2010
Mass for the repose of the same victims of the attack on the Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad on November 2, 2010
Mode Sami Kitts (AFP)
BAGHDAD (AFP) - the funeral of hundreds of Christians on Tuesday, amid an atmosphere of great sadness the victims of the attack on the Cathedral of the Syrian Catholic in Baghdad on Sunday, and killed 53 people, the vast majority of Christians. The attack adopted by the Islamic State of Iraq (a coalition led by al-Qaeda in Iraq) against the Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in central Baghdad, through the establishment of the Mass, is the worst against Christians in Iraq. A correspondent for Agence France Presse that about 500 people participated in burying 15 Josmana to Christian victims amid tight security. He said many of the faithful of other churches participated in the funeral, carrying wreaths, while the others were throwing sweets to the participants.And held a solemn Mass in St. Joseph Church in the presence of senior security leaders and personalities from all communities and religions under the chairmanship of Patriarch Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, the Chaldean Catholic Church.Cardinal Delly said, referring to the victims, "who came to church to pray to God, and live their religion, but the hand of the devil entered into the holy place to kill them." He called Daly "the faithful to be patient." He said, "I want you to know that those who died praying for you in heaven."He also called on the government to help families of the victims and "not through promises only".He added: "We are not afraid of death and threat, we are the sons of this country, and we will continue with our Muslim brothers in Iraq, hand in hand to glorify the name of Iraq (...) We want to show that Muslims and Christians as brothers show today."A source at the Interior Ministry said Monday of a congregation of 46 people, including women and children, and injuring sixty people wounded, including twenty in a serious condition. Also killed seven members of the security forces.The Syriac Catholic Archbishop Pius Kasha called on "all families to participate in the funeral," explaining that the priests were killed in the attack will be buried in a cemetery adjacent to the Notre Dame Church of Our Lady of Deliverance.Gathered on Tuesday morning, dozens of people were crying, including women wearing black clothes near a hospital during the nuns handed over the bodies of two monks had spent in the attack.And placed the coffins at 12.00 (09,00 GMT) on the vehicles carrying the Iraqi flag and pictures transferred to the Church of St. Joseph in a procession accompanied with security measures and a wide range.A car and carried the coffin of the father was raised and his brother Raed, who was also killed in the attack and carried the coffin of another car and the second priest, sim Sabih (27 years).According to survivors, the special force stormed the heavily armed during the Liturgy on Sunday afternoon Our Lady of Deliverance Church shortly after the start of the liturgy.He said with the father was raised, Salim Abdul-Ahad (48 years), who was not present in the liturgy, "The Father raised was reading a section of the Gospel upon the arrival of armed men said to them, kill me and leave the believers in peace."In turn, one of the hostages survivors of the massacre, Steven (24 years), narrated by a gunman said to one of the worshipers, "converted to Islam because you are going to die anyway, and then opened fire on his head."In the area of Mosul, the funeral of the people of the city of Hamdania body of six of the victims of the attack, according to an AFP correspondent. The correspondent reported that about 1500 people took part in the funeral amid tight security.And the effects of the attack on the Church condemn the campaign of Arab and world-wide, including in particular all of the Vatican, Paris and the United States and the European Union, Russia, Jordan and Bahrain.And Dan Pope Benedict XVI Monday "senseless and brutal violence" against "unarmed people" in Iraq.The Pope said during prayers in St Peter's Square at the Vatican, "I pray for the victims of this senseless violence, violence reached a degree of brutality made him a target unarmed people who gathered in the house of God which is the house of love and tolerance."That could push the attack, Iraqi Christians to flee the country. The number of Christians in Iraq than 800 thousand to 500 thousand since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Iraqi family shall be one of its members who was killed in the attack on the Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad on November 2, 2010
Mass for the repose of the same victims of the attack on the Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad on November 2, 2010
Mode Sami Kitts (AFP)
BAGHDAD (AFP) - the funeral of hundreds of Christians on Tuesday, amid an atmosphere of great sadness the victims of the attack on the Cathedral of the Syrian Catholic in Baghdad on Sunday, and killed 53 people, the vast majority of Christians. The attack adopted by the Islamic State of Iraq (a coalition led by al-Qaeda in Iraq) against the Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in central Baghdad, through the establishment of the Mass, is the worst against Christians in Iraq. A correspondent for Agence France Presse that about 500 people participated in burying 15 Josmana to Christian victims amid tight security. He said many of the faithful of other churches participated in the funeral, carrying wreaths, while the others were throwing sweets to the participants.And held a solemn Mass in St. Joseph Church in the presence of senior security leaders and personalities from all communities and religions under the chairmanship of Patriarch Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, the Chaldean Catholic Church.Cardinal Delly said, referring to the victims, "who came to church to pray to God, and live their religion, but the hand of the devil entered into the holy place to kill them." He called Daly "the faithful to be patient." He said, "I want you to know that those who died praying for you in heaven."He also called on the government to help families of the victims and "not through promises only".He added: "We are not afraid of death and threat, we are the sons of this country, and we will continue with our Muslim brothers in Iraq, hand in hand to glorify the name of Iraq (...) We want to show that Muslims and Christians as brothers show today."A source at the Interior Ministry said Monday of a congregation of 46 people, including women and children, and injuring sixty people wounded, including twenty in a serious condition. Also killed seven members of the security forces.The Syriac Catholic Archbishop Pius Kasha called on "all families to participate in the funeral," explaining that the priests were killed in the attack will be buried in a cemetery adjacent to the Notre Dame Church of Our Lady of Deliverance.Gathered on Tuesday morning, dozens of people were crying, including women wearing black clothes near a hospital during the nuns handed over the bodies of two monks had spent in the attack.And placed the coffins at 12.00 (09,00 GMT) on the vehicles carrying the Iraqi flag and pictures transferred to the Church of St. Joseph in a procession accompanied with security measures and a wide range.A car and carried the coffin of the father was raised and his brother Raed, who was also killed in the attack and carried the coffin of another car and the second priest, sim Sabih (27 years).According to survivors, the special force stormed the heavily armed during the Liturgy on Sunday afternoon Our Lady of Deliverance Church shortly after the start of the liturgy.He said with the father was raised, Salim Abdul-Ahad (48 years), who was not present in the liturgy, "The Father raised was reading a section of the Gospel upon the arrival of armed men said to them, kill me and leave the believers in peace."In turn, one of the hostages survivors of the massacre, Steven (24 years), narrated by a gunman said to one of the worshipers, "converted to Islam because you are going to die anyway, and then opened fire on his head."In the area of Mosul, the funeral of the people of the city of Hamdania body of six of the victims of the attack, according to an AFP correspondent. The correspondent reported that about 1500 people took part in the funeral amid tight security.And the effects of the attack on the Church condemn the campaign of Arab and world-wide, including in particular all of the Vatican, Paris and the United States and the European Union, Russia, Jordan and Bahrain.And Dan Pope Benedict XVI Monday "senseless and brutal violence" against "unarmed people" in Iraq.The Pope said during prayers in St Peter's Square at the Vatican, "I pray for the victims of this senseless violence, violence reached a degree of brutality made him a target unarmed people who gathered in the house of God which is the house of love and tolerance."That could push the attack, Iraqi Christians to flee the country. The number of Christians in Iraq than 800 thousand to 500 thousand since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
