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M. Harakopoulos in "Epikairoitta": The purpose of the terrorist attacks is to make Christians disappear from the Middle East (AUDIO)translated

November 11, 2026 · 1 min read

About the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, the challenges for the Christian West today, the developments in the Sinai Monastery and the reaching of an agreement, as well as the support of the family in Greece in a difficult time, the Secretary General of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy and Member of Parliament of Larissa, Dr. Maximos Charakopoulos. Mr. Harakopoulos, speaking about the recent terrorist attack on an Orthodox church in Jordan, described the act of violence as a "punch in the stomach" for all of Christendom.

Listen to the interview:

Journalist Dimitris Stroumbakos presented today's show as an emergency. With him in the studio is the journalist Nikolaos Zaimis.

The purpose of the terrorist attacks is to wipe out Christians from the Middle East Mr. Harakopoulos first referred to research evidence that reveals the extent of persecution experienced by Christians around the world, and focused on specific examples in Africa and the Middle East. He particularly emphasized the cases of Jordan, in which Christians suffered a terrorist attack, and the...

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