Life is Back to the Church of the Holy Spirit Church in the Syriac Catholic Archbishopric of Homs, Syria
The Holy Spirit Church in the Syriac Catholic Archbishopric of Homs, Syria, was inaugurated in 1935, and it is one of the few Churches in the world that takes the Holy Spirit as its Patron and bears its name.
In 2010, the Church was renovated and inaugurated on Christmas Eve. Three months later, the war in Syria began, and the Church paid a heavy price as it was heavily bombarded with rockets, causing damage to the two side facades of the Church and five openings in the dome. The icons, wooden benches, and windows were also subjected to burning, destruction, and theft.
In 2014, the Archbishopric carried out emergency restoration work on the Church. The openings in the dome were closed, and the Church was repainted. Wooden benches from the St. Elian Monastery in Al-Qaryatayn, Homs countryside, were brought and placed in the Church of the Holy Spirit.
The Middle East Council of Churches in cooperation with “Kerk in Actie” organization in the Netherlands, and as part of the “Restoration Fund for Rehabilitation of Faith-based Social Services & Religious Infrastructure Damaged During the Crisis in Syria”, worked on changing the old and broken tiles inside the Church, installed wooden doors for the Church, as well as solar energy for lighting for the entire Archbishopric, in addition to restoring the activity rooms in the Archbishopric and restoring the elevator.
