Melkite Patriarchate in Damascus shelled

His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios had said that yesterday two shells from the rebels had fallen in the courtyards of the patriarchate in Damascus. He is currently staying there.

We pray for his safety, the preservation of the Christian people whose church was founded 2000 years ago in what is now Syria by St Peter and St Paul themselves, and for the safety and peace of all the people of Syria: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will.