ALEPPO, Dec 14 — For the Catholic Marist Brothers of Aleppo, one of nearly a dozen Christian communities in Syria’s second city, today’s most pressing question is how to...
Decorating Christmas tree in Aleppo: Christian community balances hope, uncertainty after Syria takeover
The efforts have been successful, at least “for now,” said Brother Georges Sabe, who took part earlier this week in a meeting between rebels and local Christian representatives.“They were very reassuring,” he told AFP. “One of them was finishing his doctorate in mechanical engineering before the war. He told us that he’d had a Christian neighbour.”
So far, a promise to allow churches to continue ringing their bells has been kept, and they sound at dusk to mark mass at the Church of Saint Francis, also known as the Latin Cathedral. Syrian Christian men and women of the Marist Brothers charitable association prepare food for old people at their quarters in Aleppo on December 12, 2024, as part of a charity project. — AFP picMarina Ayoub was arriving for mass as usual. She told AFP she never misses a service, as they give her “hope”.
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