{"id":15357,"date":"2016-06-02T09:03:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T09:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=15357"},"modified":"2016-06-02T09:03:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T09:03:17","slug":"syria-catholic-and-orthodox-children-pray-together-for-peace-john-newton-and-eva-maria-kolmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/06\/02\/syria-catholic-and-orthodox-children-pray-together-for-peace-john-newton-and-eva-maria-kolmann\/","title":{"rendered":"SYRIA &#8211; Catholic and Orthodox\u00a0Children Pray Together for\u00a0Peace &#8211; John Newton and Eva-Maria Kolmann"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SYRIA &#8211;\u00a0Catholic and Orthodox Children Pray Together for Peace<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Children from Syria\u2019s different Christian denominations joined together to pray for peace in the country on International Children\u2019s Day. On 1st June hundreds of children gathered together for processions in Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Tartus and Marmarita to pray for peace.<br \/>The plan, which is backed by Syrian Church leaders, was described in a joint message from the country\u2019s Catholic and Orthodox Patriarchs:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn this International Day of the Child, Christian children in many of the towns and cities of Syria are going to gather together and pray that peace may come at last.\u201d<br \/>The Patriarchs added: \u201cThe children in our own home country of Syria are the little brothers and sisters of the suffering Child Jesus.\u00a0\u201cFor more than five years now they have been dragged through a cruel war, wounded, traumatised or even killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany have lost their parents and everything that was dear to them. Innumerable children were born during the war and have never experienced peace.<br \/>\u201cTheir tears and their sufferings cry out to Heaven.\u201d This prayer campaign grew out of an initiative organised by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. Last month the charity arranged a visit by an international Catholic-Orthodox delegation to representatives of all the Christian Churches in Syria to talk about joint initiatives for peace and reconstruction in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Syria is a priority country for Aid to the Church in Need and the charity is providing food, shelter, medicine and pastoral support for Christians and others suffering poverty and persecution. \u00a0Maronite Bishop Antoine Chbeir of Lattakia told ACN that he hopes that the children\u2019s example will mark the beginning of a renewed prayer initiative for Syria.<br \/>He said: \u201cWe are hoping that this campaign will continue, so that the light of peace can shine forth brightly.\u201dAid to the Church in Need is also asking children in schools and parishes throughout the world to join together with Syria\u2019s young people to pray for peace.<br \/>The Patriarchs\u2019 message goes on: \u201cThe defenceless Child, in whose form God chose to become man, is at the same time the Lord of history.\u201cThe Prophet Isaiah foretold this Child as \u2018Prince of Peace\u2019 and \u2018Wonderful Counsellor\u2019.\u201cThat is why the Christ Child is often portrayed, not only as a naked child in the manger, but as a King, holding in His left hand the globe, representing the world, and with His right hand blessing the whole Earth.\u201cThe Christ Child has come to bring peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe campaign has been placed under the patronage of the Child Jesus \u2013 and two similar images in which Jesus is dressed as a king are being used as part of the prayer campaign. These are the Catholic image of Infant of Prague and the Orthodox icon of The Mother of God of the Never Fading Rose, in which the Blessed Virgin Mary holds the crowned Christ Child in her arms. The children will carry both these images in procession on 1st June. \u00a0The patriarchs concluded their message with this appeal: \u201cWe pray to Him \u2013 the Christ, the King of the Universe, who carries the world in His hand, in the arms of His mother \u2013 to bless all the children of Syria.\u201cWe implore Him, who alone can bring peace: \u2018Protect and save the children of this land! Hear our prayers, now! Delay no longer in granting peace to our land!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook upon the tears of the children; dry the tears of the mothers; let the cries of grief at last fall silent!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">John Newton and Eva-Maria Kolmann<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYRIA &#8211;\u00a0Catholic and Orthodox Children Pray Together for Peace &nbsp; Children from Syria\u2019s different Christian denominations joined together to pray for peace in the country on International Children\u2019s Day. 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