Analysis: During Easter season, some Russians look to strengthen bonds with Syria’s embattled Christians
A half-burned image of Christ is placed next to a wall at a Greek Orthodox church in Maaloula, Syria, on March 3, 2016. Maaloula, an ancient Christian town 40 miles northeast of Damascus, changed hands several times in the war, and its historic churches were pillaged by jihadis and riddled with shrapnel. By Amie Ferris-Rotman Amie Ferris-Rotman Moscow reporter for the Washington Post.
Many in Russia see Syria’s Christians as cut from the same cloth and the powerful Russian Orthodox Church as their logical protector. In recent years, this has taken the form of reconstruction efforts for churches ravaged by Islamist militants. Russia’s ties with Christians in the Holy Lands go back centuries. During the czarist era, Russia considered itself their guardian. During the 18th century reign of Catherine the Great, her rule was often compared to her ancient Syrian counterpart, Queen Zenobia. The imperial capital of St. Petersburg earned a moniker as the “Palmyra of the North,” named after the ancient desert city in central Syria that holds spectacular Roman ruins.
The plight of Middle Eastern Christians — long a rallying cry of white American evangelicals — has also caught the attention of President Trump, who said two years ago that Christians in Syria were being “horribly treated.”
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