Publications of the author: Aaron Hickman

Maryan Issa Al-Durra. Photo: Eastern Christians/Instagram New Martyr Reposes in Hospital Due to Injuries Sustained From Damascus Bombing At the funeral of the martyrs of the attack in Damascus, on June 24, 2025. Photo: Ghaith Alsayed/AP Terrorist Splinter Group Claims Responsibility for Damascus Bombing Photo: lens.monash.edu Federal Probe Launched into Michigan Health System Over Alleged Violation of Religious Rights His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon from the Patriarchate of Constantinople opens a confessional meeting of Orthodox churches at the 2025 Central Committee gathering. Photo: World Council of Churches Voices Concerns With St. Catherine’s Situation His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East (center) presided over the funeral for the new martyrs of Damascus on June 24, 2025. Photo: antiochpatriarchate.org Patriarch John X Addresses Syrian President in Wake of Terrorist Attack A member of the community mourns during the funeral service for Syria's new martyrs in Damascus. Photo: antiochpatriarchate.org Funeral Held for New Martyrs of Damascus [Credit: newgracanica.org] St. Sava Monastery to Be Renewed as Spiritual & Cultural Hub Screenshot from the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East's Trisagion prayer service livestream. Photo: Antioch Patriarchate/Facebook Patriarch John X Leads Trisagion for the New Martyrs of Deadly Attack in Syria When Keeping Israel Goes Wrong When Keeping Israel Goes Wrong A Rivne region resident was convicted over Facebook posts. Ukrainian Man Fined for Claiming OCU Seizes Churches Labour MP Stella Creasy proposed an amendment that would have fully decriminalized abortion and enshrined access to it as a human right, according to NPR. Photo: House of Commons UK Parliament Votes to Decriminalize Late-Term Abortions Photo: Orthodox Faith/Facebook OCA Files Suit Against Washington State Over Law Threatening Confessional Confidentiality Photo: Orthodox Church in America Greek Old Calendarist Seeks to Buy Historic OCA Cathedral Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities International Initiative for Preservation of Saint Catherine’s Available for Signature New Book Continues Trend of Academic Acceptance of Christ New Book Continues Trend of Academic Acceptance of Christ