22 June 2025 · Modern revival
A lone suicide bomber entered the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Elijah in the Christian district of Dweil'a in Damascus, opened fire on worshippers, and then detonated his explosive belt. Approximately 350 people were inside the church at the time of the attack. Surveillance camera footage showed the bomber entering the church alone, followed by the sounds of gunfire and an explosion that shattered the church windows.
2011 — Borno State alone lost over 600 churches and Christian worship centers due to repeated attacks by Fulani herdsmen
22 June 2025 — Seven Christian mourners were killed in coordinated attacks by Fulani gunmen
2021 — Armed men attacked a village in Plateau State, killing ten Christians, burning a hundred homes and displacing about 700 people
December 2021 — Armed gangs in Zamfara State issued an explicit threat to the Christian community to stop worship and close churches
May 2022 — A Christian student named Deborah Yakub was beaten to death outside her university in Sokoto State
5 June 2022 — Attack on Saint Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Ondo State
17 June 2022 — Mass funeral ceremony for victims of the Owo attack
April 2025 — Gunmen believed to be Muslim herdsmen killed at least 40 people, including children, in a farming village with a predominantly Christian character
August 2025 — Armed men attacked a mosque in Katsina State, killing at least 50 Muslim worshippers
September 2025 — Boko Haram carried out a night attack on the village of Waga Mongoro in the Madagali area of Adamawa State, killing four Christians
April 2026 — A church report (reproduced by the Scranton diocese via OSV News) documented 52,250 deaths 'for being Christian' over the past fourteen years in Nigeria
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