Patriarch Theophilos press conference today

Starvation, once in motion, even after food & medical care become availabe, remains irreversible for so many of its victims. It's a greater sin than the sin itself to be have spoken only after the sight of skin-on-bones killed Palestinians. An unforgiveable "theology of empire."

Bishop Azar condemns the “policy of extermination through starvation”, and calls for immediate ceasefire and “end to this genocide”

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Another extensive review in Arabic of “Martyrs and Migrants” (NYU Press) from Coptic novelist Shady Lewis Botros—very grateful for this in depth engagement with the book! rb.gy/73wmdi

Check out this presentation by Candace Lukasik from Coptic Solidarity's 13th Annual Conference Martyrs and Migrants: Exploring how Coptic Orthodox Christians navigate violence, migration, & transnational recognition following the 2011 Egyptian revolution tinyurl.com/8mapm8ra

The voice of genocide, indeed. An indisputable fact: al-Mutawaq is 18 months old, born during the genocide, which the The New York Times refuses to recognize. Of course, he has preexisting conditions. Everyone in Gaza has developed preexisting conditions during the blockade & the genocide.

“When we came under siege, I was afraid that I could die at any moment. I think about arms manufacturers. Why do you do this? You are killing innocent people. Let us ask Jesus to stop the war. We ask all Christians to pray for us.” Amir, 11, refugee at Holy Family Church in Gaza

It is morning in Gaza Day 666 of Israel’s genocide

A Jewish-American doctor from North Carolina who volunteered in Gaza when asked what he witnessed: (CBS interview, July 2024)

Rosary in Gaza August 4, 2025

The more one is united to his neighbor the more he is united to God. 𖦷 St. Dorotheus of Gaza A 2014 photo of a Palestinian Muslim family taking refuge at St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza City:

In 2015, ISIS announced the execution of 2070 ppl in a year of brutal rule. The bodies were thrown down deep the Khasfa, south #mosul. Many years passed & Mosulawees kept calling for the exhumation of their beloved. Pressure worked & the work has just started. A sad day Indeed.

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Not much is left to say about Gaza. Words are no good. But we write as though they are, like a struggle without assurances. I gathered these thoughts as I read the posts of a journalist in Gaza (see epigraph). But they are meant as a way to think with those of us on the outside.