Suqaylabiyah, Hama Governorat, Syria, July 25, 2022
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Two people were killed and 13 were injured in a terrorist attack on an Orthodox church consecration service in Syria yesterday.
The attack targeted the Hagia Sophia Church in Suqaylabiyah, about 30 miles northwest of Hama, which was being built as a replica of the famous cathedral in Istanbul.
A video posted by the Antiochian Patriarchate shows the moment of the attack:
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch offered his prayers and condolences:
“Our children in Suqaylabiyah are paying the price for their faith with blood. What happened in Suqaylabiyah this morning is a cheap and reprehensible terrorist act. “
Damascus, 24 July 2022
His Beatitude, Patriarch John X, condemned the terrorist act that took place this morning in Suqaylabiyah, attributed to armed terrorist groups, which targeted the gathering that took place during the inauguration of the Agia Sophia Church. The Patriarch’s words were expressed in a phone call between His Beatitude and His Eminence Nicolas Baalbaki, Metropolitan of Hama and dependencies. His Beatitude affirmed that the children of Suqaylabiyah are paying the price of their faith with blood and that the terrorist attack is cheap, reprehensible, and deplorable. His Beatitude expressed His deepest condolences, as well as those of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, for the martyr who died today, and wished the wounded a speedy recovery, as well as condolences to the children of Suqaylabiyah.
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