A silent march of Christians to pray for release of kidnapped Syrian bishops
May 15, 2013: On Tuesday, May 21 Christians in Amman will start off a silent march
with candles to demand the release of the two bishops of Aleppo, Mar Gregorios Yohanna
Ibrahim (Syrian Orthodox) and Boulos al-Yazigi (Greek Orthodox) in the hands of unknown
kidnappers for a month.
"In the march," says to Fides Agency the Archbishop
Maroun Laham, Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
"all the Christian churches will take part. We will leave from the Orthodox Cathedral
of Amman to reach Syriac, passing by the Latin Rite Catholic cathedral. In this way
even the Christians of Amman and Jordan can join in the prayer that rises from all
Christians in the Arab world, so our brother bishops and all the other victims of
kidnapping are soon released."
The silent march was convened by the Assembly
of the Heads of Churches in Jordan. In January 2009, a similar march was organized
in Amman to demand an end to the military campaign "Cast Lead" waged by the Israeli
army in the Gaza Strip.