Hagia Sophia Reportedly Faces Daily Vandalism and Neglect

June 1, 2022 — 06/01/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – New reports indicate vandalism and neglect at the historic Hagia Sophia. It is suggested that the building faces daily vandalism, including written messages and names...

Turkish-Armenian Man Faces Persecution if Deported Back From Greece

January 9, 2022 — 01/09/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Turkish-Armenian outspoken blogger, Sevan Nisanyan, is facing deportation from Greece after fleeing from a Turkish prison to the island country in 2017. Greece did...

Turkey Violates Greek Airspace During Christian Celebration

January 8, 2022 — 01/08/2022 Greece (International Christian Concern) – Turkey violated Greek airspace 37 times on Epiphany, despite a previous agreement to respect major national and religious holidays. Turkey and Greece agreed, according to...

Greek Orthodox Community Lament Halki Seminary’s Continued Closure

December 26, 2021 — 12/26/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Halki Orthodox Seminary, located on the Turkish island of Heybeliada, has been closed for 50 years. Over the years of operation, 990 graduates walked the...

Greece Pan-Pontian President Deported From Turkey

August 19, 2021 — 08/19/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey deported the President of the Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece, George Varythymiadis, after he came to the country to attend a special religious service with...

Turkey Spreading “Fake News” Over Thrace Schools

August 4, 2021 — 08/04/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey claims that the closure of 12 minority primary schools in Thrace, a region geographically located across Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria, violated the Lausanne Treaty...

Murder of Turkish Greek Man Deemed Not a Hate Crime

June 22, 2021 — 06/22/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – In May 2019, 86-year-old Greek Christian and citizen of Turkey Zafir Pinaris, was found tortured to death in his home on the island of Imbros...

Greek Church Vandalized by Migrants

April 17, 2021 — 04/18/2021 Greece (International Christian Concern) – A video circulating on social media shows two migrants vandalizing a Greek Orthodox Church. Though the exact location of the church and the nationality of...

Turkey Halts Celebration of Greek Language

February 10, 2021 — 02/10/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – February 9 marks the international day to celebrate the Greek language. Ankara University, Istanbul University and Trakya University were forced to cancel their joint plans...

Iranian Christians Suffer Attack by Extremist Mob

July 9, 2018 — ICC Note: Christian converts who fled Iran and are currently living in a Greek refugee camp have been attacked by an extremist mob. Thankfully, no serious injuries were sustained even...

Christian Converts From Iran Violently Targeted by Mob

July 5, 2018 — A Muslim mob has attacked a group of Christians worshiping in a Greek refugee camp. 07/05/18 International Christian Concern (Washington, DC) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on...

Muslim refugees who converted to Christianity in Greece start evangelizing and planting churches

November 7, 2016 — ICC Note: Widespread war in the Middle East has led to a great crisis with unparalleled proportions, but God is bringing good from it all. Greece has seen a massive...

Greece: Reports of Children Being Sexually Abused in Refugee Camps

August 17, 2016 — ICC Note: Government-operated refugee camps in Greece have served as the temporary home for countless people fleeing violence in the Middle East. Many of these refugees resettling in Europe are...

Pope Says Syrian Christian Woman Killed For Faith In Christ

April 18, 2016 — ICC Note: Pope Francis declared a Syrian woman a martyr on his recent trip to the Greek island of Lesbos after he heard about her refusal to deny Christ, even...