{"id":33173,"date":"2019-02-19T09:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T09:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=33173"},"modified":"2019-02-19T09:01:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T09:01:35","slug":"a-homecoming-never-to-be-forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2019\/02\/19\/a-homecoming-never-to-be-forgotten\/","title":{"rendered":"A HOMECOMING NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A HOMECOMING NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Christian families in Syria forced from their homes by extremists celebrated their return last Thursday, 14<sup>th<\/sup> February with a ceremony marking the reconstruction of 55 houses funded by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the service, parishioners packed into St Mary\u2019s Church, in Krak des Chevaliers (Al Husn) village, and received \u2018Jesus is my Rock\u2019 stone tablets and bottles of holy water to signify the completion of repairs to houses devastated during a two-year campaign of violence at the height of the war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Presiding at the ceremony, Greek Catholic Melkite Archbishop Nicolas Sawaf of Latakia said: \u201cGiven everything that the people have suffered, the violence and the hatred, who would have thought these houses would be constructed?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cFor me, it is a dream and my sincere thanks to Aid to the Church in Need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reflecting on how neighbours were implicated in the attacks on the Christian homes, he added: \u201cWe must remember we as Christian citizens of Syria have a special mission of love, compassion and reconciliation. We should not hate our enemies, we should forgive them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Presenting the \u2018Jesus is my Rock\u2019 tablets to representatives of each family, Father Andrzej Halemba, ACN Middle East projects coordinator, said: \u201cThese tablets will remind you that you are not alone, that God is always with you and that the friends and benefactors of ACN are always praying and supporting you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Among those who received a tablet was Hasan Marmari, 60, who returned to his home a few weeks ago after ACN completed repairing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Marmari, who described how his son, George, went missing five years ago during military service, said: \u201cOf course there is still so much pain and suffering for so many of us but to be finally back home and able to re-start our lives is a huge step forward and an important sign of hope.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Christian area of Krak des Chevaliers village came under attack in 2012 when extremists, including Muslims in the district, turned on them as part of the rebels\u2019 campaign to take the nearby medieval Crusader castle, of crucial strategic significance as they sought to gain a stranglehold over the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As well as repairing the houses, ACN restored St Mary\u2019s Church, which dates back 900 years and which was badly attacked and desecrated during the violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since the conflict began in 2011, the charity has completed nearly 750 projects in Syria, such as emergency help for displaced Christian families in the Valley of the Christians, which includes Krak des Chevaliers village<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A HOMECOMING NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN &nbsp; Christian families in Syria forced from their homes by extremists celebrated their return last Thursday, 14th February with a ceremony marking the reconstruction of 55 houses funded by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). 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