The Head of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Atallah Hanna, yesterday warned that the variety of Christians emigrating from the Center East has reached unprecedented ranges, calling to protect this necessary part within the area.
“The tragedies which have befallen Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and lots of different Arab nations have prompted the overwhelming majority of Christians to to migrate,” Hanna stated in a press release, including: “As for Palestine, we discover that the Christian presence in our nation is declining in an unprecedented and dramatic method because of the [Israeli] occupation’s insurance policies along with social, cultural and different causes.”
Hanna warned that the disappearance of the Christian ingredient from Palestine specifically, and from the Orient typically, will not be a loss for Christians alone, however relatively a loss for all these nations and peoples, as a result of then the Orient loses its variety that has characterised it for hundreds of years.
“We, in Palestine, know nicely who created the brutal Zionism which led to all these catastrophes and setbacks to which our folks have been subjected,” he added.
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