Persecution of Christians Facts for Kids

Persecution of Christians is treating Christians unfairly based on their religion. This can mean using violence against them or putting them in prison. Persecution of Christians exists in many countries which include Iran, Pakistan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Burma, Lebanon, Syria, Sri Lanka etc.

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Greek Christians in 1922, fleeing their homes from Kharput to Trebizond. In the 1910s and 1920s the Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian genocides were perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire.
Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (1600, Cerasi Chapel)
The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1863–1883, Walters Art Museum). A fanciful scene of damnatio ad bestias in ancient Rome's Circus Maximus beneath the Palatine Hill.
The execution of the patriarch Peter of Alexandria under the emperor Maximinus Daia, depicted in the Menologion of Basil II
Roderick is venerated as one of the Martyrs of Córdoba
Miniature depicting the execution of the patriarch Euthymius of Sardis under the Byzantine Emperor Michael II, from an illuminated manuscript of the Madrid Skylitzes (12th century).
Persecution of the Servants of Christ by Maerten de Vos and engraved by Hieronymus Wierix (Wellcome Library). An illustration of the prophecy of persecution made during the Sermon on the Mount according to the Gospel of Luke.
"But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake." (Luke 21:12)
Mass shootings at Nantes, 1793
The Christian martyrs of Nagasaki. 17th-century Japanese painting.
The Jamalabad fort route. Mangalorean Catholics had traveled through this route on their way to Seringapatam.
The British officer James Scurry, who was detained a prisoner for 10 years by Tipu Sultan along with the Mangalorean Catholics
In this 1926 cartoon, the Ku Klux Klan chases the Roman Catholic Church, personified by St Patrick, from the shores of America.
St. Teodora de la Sihla Church in Central Chișinău was one of the churches that were "converted into museums of atheism", under the doctrine of Marxist–Leninist atheism.
"Non-Muslim Bypass:" Non-Muslims are barred from entering Mecca and Medina.
Remains of a church property burnt down during 2008 Kandhamal violence in Orissa in August 2008

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