The eyes of the West are on the recent election in Iran. Journalists are quick to hold out the ideals of freedom for the Iranian people if only the “right” candidate is proclaimed the winner.

No matter which candidate is declared the victor, the Christians in Iran still lose. Religious freedom will have no part in the Iran of next week or next year.

According to the U.S. State department there are about 300,000 Christians in Iran–most of them belong to the Chaldean Catholic Church, or the Armenian Church. Both are venerable traditions whose members have suffered unimaginable horrors, mostly to the roaring silence of the Western Press.

Since Pentecost there have been Iranian–Persian–Christians! Tradition is that St. Jude evangelized Persia. We have records that the Persian Sassinids  began persecution of the Christian communities in 350 A.D. The Church of St. Mary’s in Northwestern Iran is believed to be the second oldest church still standing today.

Pray for the Christians of the Middle East

Please see new post oday on the global threat to parental rights– U.N.’s Convention on the Rights of the Child –at http://properlyscared.wordpress.com/

.