Prof E.S.John, Australia 16/5/2012 Role of Judas We are no way different from Judas who obscured and defied the Lord's commandments and warnings which focusing on his hypocritical and suicidal crimes. All the disciples said, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you", mt.26: 35, including Judas while the head money of his ...

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29/4/2012 Prof E.S.John, Australia Dear Faithful ones, Some ruminations on God's Love ( a 12 -part series) Love, the magic word that apparently invokes spontaneous equality in our religious, secular, family, economic and social lives is the latest global currency that is, however, seldom minted in any of our visible venues. There are two brands of love, one experienced ...

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What do Icons Mean?

by OCP on January 25, 2012

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Michael Goltz 25/1/2012 mgicons@gmail.com Visit the Website of Michael Goltz Iconography here The very meaning of the icon has as its foundation the incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. “And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Christ is “the icon of the invisible God” (Col.1:15), and the transfiguration on the mount offers support of this (Matt. 17:1-13). ...

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“Travelujah – Holy Land Tours”: By Nicole Jansezian 20/11/2011 Archaeologists and researchers from Hebrew University have deciphered an inscription bearing the name of Frederick II written in Arabic, declaring him king of Jerusalem, right before he peacefully conquered the city through a treaty rather than a battle. The discovery is unique because it is the only Crusader inscription in ...

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Afghanistan to Bosnia

by OCP on November 10, 2011

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Mourners attend a commemoration ceremony for Bosnian Serb soldiers and civilians killed in the Bosnian War of 1992-1995 at the Serbian cemetery on July 12, 2011 in Bratunac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

November 2011 Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo would have done Harry Houdini proud. After all, around 8,000 Islamic terrorists travelled all the way to Bosnia and some would either stay or move to Kosovo or go back home. These Islamic jihadists were given ...

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28/10/2011 Jesus Cried out:"It is finished" I received the following questions from an Internet writer for my comments. I am sending it to you for posting in the site because it relates to the fundamental doctrine of our church. Quote."Do we need a priest? But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal ...

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Metropolitan Christopher of the Czech lands and Slovakia

Christopher, Archbishop of Prague and Metropolitan of the Czech and Slovakian lands. Blessed Archbishop Christopher of Prague, Metropolitan of the Czech and Slovakian lands talks about the history and modern condition of the Orthodox Church in Czechia and Slovakia. The talk was recorded in June of 2011. —Your Beatitude, you chose the path of a clergyman of ...

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ARCHBISHOP MOR CYRIL APHREM KARIM - ARCHDIOCESE OF THE  EASTERN UNITED STATES (SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ANTHIOCH AND ALL EAST)

By MATTHEW HADODO 2/9/2011 Matthew John Hadodo was able to sit down with Archbishop Cyril where he took a few moments from his busy schedule to answer a few questions about his first time as a children’s author, his ministry and his plans for the future. Matthew John: Barekhmor, Sayidna. (Bless me, lord Bishop {respectful greeting}) Archbishop Cyril: Alombarekh. ...

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Fr. Dr. K. M. George (Principal Orthodox Theological Seminary- Indian Orthodox Church) 15/8/2011 Some Preliminary remarks 1. The term Mariologia is a relatively recent discovery of the Roman Catholic Tradition, It implies that the systematic study of the person and role of Mary in the divine plan of salvation constitutes a distinct and special branch of Theology. On this ...

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29/7/2011 KIM LAWTON, correspondent: It’s Sunday morning in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Christians have gathered for worship at the ancient Church of the Nativity, which marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Local Christians like John Tawil say they feel a special tie to their faith. JOHN TAWIL: Being a Christian in Bethlehem is something wonderful ...

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THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THE FUTURE OF JERUSALEM

by OCP July 30, 2011 Articles

26/07/2011 The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, was interviewed by Palestine-Israel Journal intern/journalist Anna Koulouris. Politically speaking, Jerusalem is often discussed in terms of only two sides Israeli and Palestinian. This fact does not imply denying or ignoring the special role of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which insisted in its peace agreement [...]

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The first Orthodox Pygmies

by OCP July 23, 2011 Articles

By Hieromonk Theologos From the window of the Boeing 737 I could see the equatorial jungle below, shrouded in its misty cloak like a green, endless sea. I brought to mind all of God’s beautiful creations – rational and irrational – that live inside it. After about a one-hour and fifteen minute flight we …

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Saving Christians in Iraq

by OCP July 16, 2011 Articles

By Michael De Groote, Deseret News 15/7/2011 EMAIL: mdegroote@desnews.com, TWITTER:(http://www.twitter.com/degroote) PROVO — When Saddam Hussein’s regime toppled in 2003 there were about 1 million Christians in Iraq. Now there are about 300,000. But this exodus of Christian refugees isn’t a matter of a foreign religion being forced out of an Islamic country. It is a [...]

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Rise of the Russian Orthodox Church

by OCP July 13, 2011 Articles
Russian Orthodox Church members during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin wall, in this June 22, 2011, photo

An article by Vladimir Radyuhin on the Russian Church which appeared in ‘Hindu’, one of the leading news papers in India. VLADIMIR RADYUHIN 9/7/2011 Notwithstanding the indifference of most Russians, the Orthodox Church, with active support from the state, has effectively established itself as state religion. Moscow taxi-drivers claim that only three persons in the [...]

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Sermon among the “dragon”

by OCP July 4, 2011 Articles
Consecration of the new crop of tea (performed by Fr Dionisy Pozdnyaev). Photos courtesy of Archpriest Dionisy Pozdnyaev

Vladislav Maltsev English translation by Katherine Ilachinski 6/4/2011 Click here to buy Books on Orthodoxy in Chinese and English published in Hong Kong Sermon among the “dragon” In Asia, the foreign priests of ROC more than anywhere else feel like missionaries The Russian Orthodox Church plans to revive the Orthodox mission and church-parish organization in [...]

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Emily’s Way to Orthodoxy: A French Tale of Finding the True Church

by OCP July 2, 2011 Articles
Emilie Pez

OCP Exclusive 7/2/2011 Emile Pez in this exclusive article describes her journey from the Roman Catholic Church to Orthodoxy My name is Emilie and I was born in France. My father is a Roman catholic but my mother is an atheist. At the age of 8, my father decided that I should be baptized as [...]

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