Posted on 11/28/2016 6:27:25 PM PST by marshmallow
Christians returning home to the Syrian town of Al Qaryatayn have said that even though the Islamic State terror group destroyed the monastery of fourth century saint Mar Elian, his relics survived, and will be restored.
In Mar Elian, we have always hoped to welcome everyone. Mar Elian was really a sign of hope for the Syrian people," Father Jacques Mourad, a priest who was previously captured by IS, told Catholic News Agency.
Everything changed when I was taken hostage. But we can still build something. We must, however, await the end of this war."
Mourad said that Mar Elian was a hermit whose bones were kept in the monastery dedicated to his name — a monastery which gave hundreds of Syrians refuge in the midst of the country's civil war and IS' attacks.
The Islamic radicals destroyed the church when they raided Al Quaryatayn in August 2015, and forced hundreds of Christians and Muslims to flee.
The town was liberated by Russian-backed Syrian forces and their allies in April 2016, allowing some people to start returning home.
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I am so looking forward to seeing this filth’s history erased from the past and the future.
Russian backed Syrian forces liberate a Christian town.
American backed Syrian terrorists behead Christians.
See the difference?
I thought NT Times, CNN, Obama, Clinton, etc. told us the Russians and Syrian Army were the bad guys. I’m shocked!
Yes I have been seeing the difference. And it sickens me.
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