【慈幼通訊社
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2016 年
02月
19
日敘利亞阿勒頗訊】
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阿勒頗的情況如何？「這裡一片混亂，遍地屍首，這裡發生的事，無法理解，這裡也找不到可信賴的人。我們正與青年一起籌備鮑思高瞻禮的戲劇演出，但工作不得不中止，因為他們一些人在爆炸中喪生了。」在敘利亞阿勒頗慈幼會院工作的布賴迪神父(Luciano
Buratti)，以哽咽的聲線這樣說道。他是在那裡居住的三位會士其中一位。
在這城市的武裝衝突，已維持了三年之久。布賴迪神父神父繼續說：「每天晚上我們的社區都受到轟炸，每天都傳來喪失家人或至親的消息。」他說話的時候，正好聽到一些青年在慶禮院的庭院裡玩耍時的呼叫聲。
當問及他有關慈幼會院內的情況時，他說：「我們的團體如常繼續活動，就如沒有發生什麼事似的；即使四處一片紛亂，我們仍勉力為各個家庭，提供給他們安穩及憩息的地方。因此，堂區及慶禮院的活動仍然正常運作，一如戰事發生之前。我們的慶禮院是少數的仍算正常運作的機構。」
基督徒的情況尤其艱苦。很多人嘗試逃走，有錢的人已離開敘利亞。有些人到較安全的城鎮尋求庇護，然而仍有很多人沒有選擇餘地，滯留在阿勒頗。
他繼續說：「我們有很多工作。湧到我們堂區，參與宗教禮儀，尋求天主和一些慰藉的人不斷增加。感謝天主，我們慈幼會士都安好，並得到一些援助，用以救濟約200個在我們堂區內，身無長物的家庭。」
目前，這個象徵基督徒與伊斯蘭教徒和睦共處的古城裡，人口估計約有200萬。我們現在只希望存活下去。
在阿勒頗的慈幼會士，策勵著兩項服務：第一項在阿勒頗以聖喬治為主保的事業；另一項在卡符隆(Kafroun)以聖鮑思高為主保的事業，各有慶禮院、收容中心和堂區。每項服務維持正常，以服務當地人們。
In Aleppo something terrible is happening, but many people either ignore or do not want to see it
(ANS - Syria –Aleppo, 19 February 2016) – The situation in Aleppo? ‘Everything here is confusion, death is everywhere, nobody can understand what is happening and we do not know who we can trust. We were preparing with young people a play to celebrate Don Bosco and we had to stop because several of them died during the bombing’. Fr Luciano Buratti, one of the three Salesians who live in the Salesian House in Aleppo, Syria, says this with a broken voice.
For three years they have constantly fought in this town. ‘Every night bombs fall in the neighbourhood, and every day we learn of someone who has lost a family member or loved one’, Fr Buratti continues, while in the background it is possible to hear the buzz produced by the young people who are playing in the courtyard of the oratory.
When he is asked about the specific situation in the Salesian house, he says: ‘Our community has chosen to continue our activities as if nothing had happened; we try to offer families a place where they can breathe stability and harmony even in the midst of chaos. Therefore, the activities of both parish and oratory follow their normal course, as we did before the fighting. This is one of the few structures that still operate with some kind of normality’.
The condition is particularly difficult for Christians. Many people try to escape and those who have money and can leave Syria have already done so. The other ones are seeking refuge in safer towns, but many people, who have no opportunities, remain in Aleppo.
‘We have a lot of work. The flow of people who come to our parish asking religious services, seek God and a little comfort has increased - continues the Salesian -. Thank God, we Salesians are well and get some help to be distributed among about 200 families of our parish who have lost everything’.
Currently it is estimated that there are approximately two million people in this town, an ancient symbol of peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims. Now we just hope to survive.
The Salesians in Aleppo animate two works: the one in Aleppo dedicated to St. George, and the one at Kafroun, dedicated to Don Bosco, with their respective oratories, a shelter and a parish. Everything works normally, in order to serve the people.