![Bishop Antoine Chahda of Aleppo (Image © Aid to the Church in Need)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1216Syria-e1608133390209-scaled.jpg)
SYRIA: A Mass for you
On the 20th anniversary of his episcopal ordination, a Syrian archbishop will offer Mass for all supporters…
![Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Selwanos Petros Al-Nemeh of Homs and Hama](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1210Syria_1-e1607607881885-scaled.jpg)
SYRIA: Tribute paid to bishop of bomb-blasted cities
A leading Catholic charity has paid tribute to an archbishop who died after “suffering with his people…
![Sister Annie Demerjian with tailor Takla al Safadi in a workshop in Maaloula.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1120Syria_web-scaled.jpg)
SYRIA: Charity to provide Christmas coats for Syrian Children
A leading Catholic charity is to provide 25,000 winter coats for Syrian children this Christmas. Aid to…
![With image of Syrian Christian (Credit: Ismael Martinez Sanchez/ACN)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1022Syria-scaled.jpg)
SYRIA: ‘A sign of hope amid the darkness and despair’
Two Franciscan friars, the only remaining clergy in Idlib, Syria, have revealed the details of their lives…
![Maronite Archbishop Joseph Tobji in the bombed Maronite Cathedral in Aleppo's Old City](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/0726Syria_twitter-scaled.jpg)
SYRIA: Cathedral rises up from the ashes of persecution
A restored cathedral in Aleppo, which was bombed countless times, is to be officially re-opened – a…
![Image: Father Andrzej Halemba (Credit: Aid to the Church in Need)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1218MiddleEast_Father-Andrzej-Halemba.jpg)
INTERNATIONAL: Farewell to the fearless Good Samaritan
A priest, who is retiring from a leading Catholic charity after 14 years risking his life to…
![Pictures of Nineveh Plane and Mosul camp after liberation from ISIS. Photo: Jaco Klamer, klamer-staal.nl](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/c.Jaco-Klamer_ACN-20161125-48699-scaled.jpg)
BLOG: Time for a rethink on UK overseas aid
Be it in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan or Nigeria, project partners of Aid to the Church in Need…
![Emergency help for families with food basket in Homs and support to help protect them against the coronavirus.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/0521Syria_1-e1590072497902.jpeg)
SYRIA: Aid for 20,000+ families as COVID-19 threat grows
More than 20,000 families in Syria are to benefit from an emergency COVID-19 aid package just approved…
![Sister Annie Demerjian (right) © Aid to the Church in Need](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/0327Syria_1.jpg)
SYRIA: From Syria with love, prayers and solidarity
• ACN project partner’s heart-felt coronavirus message…
![Father Charbel Eid Rizkallah and the icon (Credit: Aid to the Church in Need)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/0323Syria_B3334-e1585040926315.jpg)
SYRIA: Leaders in the way of hope
Christians in Syria are an example for the whole Church of how to keep hope in a…
![A scene of devastation in Syria © Aid to the Church in Need](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/0316Syria_2-scaled.jpg)
SYRIA: ‘We burned clothes to keep warm’
A mother in Syria has described how she has been forced to burn clothes to keep her…
![ACN UK Head of Press & Information John Pontifex and the Very Rev Dr Sebastian Jones, Moderator of the Cardiff Oratory in Formation (© Aid to the Church in Need)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1114UK_Syria-e1573739238982-scaled.jpg)
UK: 50 sit down to dinner and raise £5,000
Emergency and pastoral help totalling £5,000 is to be despatched to Syria thanks to a group of…