Rob Kerby - 19/6/13 The first man in outer space 50 years ago believed fervently in the Almighty — even though the atheistic Soviet government put famous words in his mouth that he had looked around at the cosmos and did not see God. Mankind’s first space flight lasted 108 minutes on April 12, 1961. It was the height ...

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19/6/13 Papoulias and Irinej met at the Patriarchate building in Belgrade. The Greek president was welcomed in front of the Patriarchate by Bishop Andrej of Remesiana, Vicar Bishop to the Serbian Patriarch. During his stay in Belgrade, Papoulias met with top Serbian officials and attended a Greek-Serbian business forum. He said Greece strongly supports awarding Serbia a date for ...

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19/6/13 ANTELIAS, Lebanon—On Wednesday June 12 the General Assembly began its deliberations under the presidency of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I with 100 delegates and official guests representing the Prelacies in the Diaspora taking part in the Assembly. Western Prelate Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian headed the Western Prelacy delegation, which was comprised of fifteen delegates. During the three-day ...

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19/6/13 - SANA Terrorists affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra on Wednesday set fire to al-Wahdah Syriac church in Deir Ezzor city. An official source told SANA that an armed group affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra set fire to the church's building. The church's furniture and contents went up in flames. An army unit also clashed with armed terrorist groups which ...

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  OCP News Release 18/6/13 Learn More about OCP Society OCP Wiki page  Dear Beloved readers and well wishers Global: OCP now has over 1.5 million readers per month and over 75,000 regular readers from over 138 countries . The reach of 1.5 million is achieved every month. OCP  Media Network is considered to be the worlds largest Orthodox Christian News ...

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Christians affected by Syrian conflict

June 18, 2013 Featured News

18/6/13 (Vatican Radio) Syrian activists say at least 20 soldiers were wounded or killed on Sunday evening when a checkpoint near a Damascus airport was struck by a car bomb. The airport is located in the capital city’s Mezzeh district and is used by Syria’s elite Republican Guards, Special Forces and Air Force Intelligence. The [...]

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Urges Cancelation of LGBT Parade

June 18, 2013 Featured News

18/6/13 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has expectedly condemned the upcoming Sofia Pride LGBT parade in the capital, claiming the event would “jeopardize the moral pillars of society.” The Church has claimed that “homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality are an unnatural and harmful violation of God’s will.” The clerics also believe that “unnatural” relations between people of the same sex – or different [...]

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Patriarch Kirill concludes his primatial visit to Estonia

June 18, 2013 News

18/6/13 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia paid his primatial visit to Estonia from June 14 through 16, 2013. The official delegation accompanying His Holiness consisted of Metropolitan Hilarion of Vol0kolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR); Bishop Sergiy of Solnechnogorsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s administrative [...]

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Islamists Warn Christians From Demonstrating to Topple Egyptian President

June 17, 2013 Featured News

15/6/13 Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) — The youth-led Tamarod (rebel) Initiative has collected more than their targeted 15,000,000 signatures calling for a no-confidence vote against President Mohammed Morsi and forcing early elections in Egypt, causing the ruling Muslim Brotherhood party and its Islamists partners to feel seriously threatened, say political observers. Millions [...]

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Bengaluru Orthodox Students Ministry spreads out to KGF, holds successful one-day conference called Manna@Gold Fields

June 17, 2013 News

17/6/13 Indian Malankara Orthodox Church Liju Cherian  KOLAR GOLD FIELDS, Karnataka — Kolar town, about 100-km away from Bangalore city, witnessed a rare conference of Indian Orthodox students on June 2, Sunday. A one-day conference named Manna@Gold Fields was successfully hosted and students irrespective of cast and religion actively participated with great enthusiasm. Bengaluru Diocese [...]

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Donelson Coptic Church destroyed under huge fire

June 17, 2013 Featured News

17/6/13 UPDATE: 8:54 a.m. Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the fire that destroyed St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Donelson on Sunday. Nashville Fire spokeswoman Kim Lawson said the fire did not appear to be suspicious. Reported earlier Flames tore through a Donelson church Sunday, leaving a charred shell of a [...]

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Patriarchal Blessing at the Old Court

June 17, 2013 News

On 16 June 2013, thousands of faithful attended the consecration of the painting restored during the last few years at the Princely Church of Saint Anton – Old Court. The works recently done inside and outside the place of worship were also blessed. The consecration service was celebrated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel together with [...]

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Basilica – News Agency – 5 Years of Activity

June 17, 2013 News

Sunday, 16 June 2013, Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate celebrates five years of activity. The agency is part of the Basilica Press Centre – Department for Communications and Public Relations of the Patriarchal Administration – and it is the only member of the Press Centre of its name, Basilica. This media institution was [...]

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Feast of the Ascension of the Lord at the Patriarchal Cathedral

June 17, 2013 Featured News

On 13 June 2013, the Orthodox Church celebrated the Ascension of the Lord and the Day of the Heroes. In all the places of worship from the country and abroad, after the Divine Liturgy, remembrance services were celebrated for those who sacrificed themselves for defending the Romanian people. At the Patriarchal Cathedral the religious service [...]

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Colorado Springs faithful ask prayers in wake of Black Forest fire

June 17, 2013 Featured News
Colorado Springs church not in danger; numerous parishioners affected.

17/6/13 In the midst of what Colorado officials described on Thursday, June 13, 2013 as “the most destructive fire in state history,” Archpriest Anthony Karbo and the faithful of Saints Constantine and Helen/Holy Theophany Church here once again are requesting prayers, nearly one year to the day after they faced the Waldo Canyon fire. What [...]

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Social media, internet behavior, and human sexuality among Parish Ministries Conference workshop themes

June 17, 2013 News

17/6/13 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] The 2013 Parish Ministry Conference will feature several exciting workshops on a number of relevant and engaging topics. The Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry will offer a workshop on ministry with social media that will include techniques for outreach, dos and don’ts, and models for encouraging safe behavior. The Department also will [...]

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His Holiness Aram I heads delegation to the Presidential Palace

June 17, 2013 Featured News

17/6/13 On Saturday morning, 15 June 2013, His Holiness Aram I, accompanied by the Diocesan Bishops of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and 30 persons representing the General Assembly, met with H.E. Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon. Catholicos Aram I first thanked the President for putting the case of Lebanon on the international agenda and for [...]

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The General Assembly of the Catholicosate of Cilicia opens in Antelias

June 17, 2013 Featured News

17/6/13 “The Catholicosate of Cilicia remains true to its vocation of upholding spiritual, moral and national values, building a common Armenian belonging, and demanding justice and restitution of our rights stemming from the Genocide,” Said Aram I On Wednesday 12 June 2013, the General Assembly began its deliberations under the presidency of His Holiness Aram [...]

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The Ascension of Jesus – the Patron Saint-day of the City of Belgrade and Ascension Church

June 17, 2013 Featured News

  14/6/13 The feast-day of the Serbian capital, Belgrade – the Ascension of the Lord was solemnly celebrated also this year. A joyful celebration of the feast day began with the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy, which was served by His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, in the church of the Ascension of the Lord, with the concelebration [...]

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1700 years of Edict of Milan

June 17, 2013 Featured News

Come, o people, and see the works of God Who works wonders on the earth! 11/6/13 Behold, the year of the Lord’s goodness which has given us a rare and true celebration: it has been given us to celebrate 1700 years since the day when the Providence of God spoke through the holy Emperor Constantine [...]

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Luxembourg: Exhibition of the works of students of the Academy of the Serbian Orthodox Church

June 17, 2013 News

11/6/13 Bishop Luka of Western Europe and Jean-Claude Larchet opened the exhibition of works of the students of the Academy of Arts of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Luxembourg. With the blessing of Bishop Luka of Western Europe, an exhibition of the works of the students of the Academy for Arts and Conservation in Belgrade, [...]

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SEVAG TATEOSIAN: This is why I fight for Armenian genocide recognition

June 17, 2013 News

17/6/13 Each year on April 24, Armenians around the world commemorate one of the darkest times of recent memory and the darkest period of the Armenian people’s 3,500-year history. No matter which country around the world you visit, the Armenian diaspora, comprised of the offspring of survivors, hold events dedicated to remembering the 1.5 million [...]

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Coptic Orthodox Church grows in Glenbrook

June 17, 2013 Featured News

Kate King – 17/6/13 STAMFORD — The St. Peter & St. Andrew Coptic Orthodox congregation doesn’t have a church of its own yet, but its parishioners are already part of Glenbrook. Father Andrew Awad established the church last year and is focused on introducing the congregation to Stamford. The congregation, which rents worship space from [...]

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Department of Antiquities unearths Byzantine church in Jerash

June 15, 2013 Featured News

Gioia Forster/ Jordan Times – 15/6/13 AMMAN — Looting of archaeological sites in Jordan is a widespread problem, yet this time it has brought to light the mosaic floor of a previously undiscovered Byzantine-era church near the Roman city of Jerash. “Underneath about a metre of soil, the mosaic floor of Kanisat Qirmerl was almost [...]

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Politics and Christians in the Holy Land

June 15, 2013 News

John L. Allen Jr. – 15/6/13 Given that the Vatican “gay lobby” story was back in the air this week, it may be hard for some to fathom that anything else is cooking on the church beat. Yet there is real news out there, including this: A new threat has emerged to the Christian community [...]

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