YEREVAN, AUGUST 9, ARMENPRESS: Iraqi Christians, including Armenians, worked this week to recover from the blasts on Sunday that targeted their sanctuaries during services. The first car bomb went off on Sunday (8/1) outside an Armenian Catholic church in Baghdad just 15 minutes into its evening service. Five churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul were hit, killing at least 12 and injuring dozens more. Fortunately, no Armenians were among those killed or seriously injured.
Amid fears of future violence and possible assassination of religious leaders, Christian churches are taking precautions against future attack, by posting armed guards, closing nearby streets, and installing barbed wire barriers. Others are scaling back services.
“I don’t think we’ll have mass next Sunday,” Nubar Antoine, a member of the Armenian Catholic leadership council, said in one news report.
The Armenian Church community in Iraq has not made any special plea for international financial or material aid. The Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) remains in contact with Armenian community leaders in Iraq.
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