Thursday, June 25, 2009

“Ark of the Covenant” about to be unveiled in Ethiopia

June 25, 2009 News

The patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia says he will announce to the world Friday the unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant, perhaps the world’s most prized archaeological and spiritual artifact, which he says has been hidden away in a church in his country for millennia, according to the Italian news agency Adnkronos. [...]

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OBL Updates

June 25, 2009 News

New Documents Added OBL Article Blog: The Church life in Manchuria in the beginning of the XX century How to Discern the Signs of the Times – Metropolitan Joseph Read Articles Here Dept of Public Relations – OBL

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In Simferopol, the first celebration dedicated to the Commemoration Day of St. Gury (Karpov), Archbishop of Tauris

June 25, 2009 News

Chinese Orthodox Church The celebrations began on March 28 in SS Peter and Paul Cathedral of Simferopol, where since the elevation of St. Gury to the list of Saints – August 23, 2008 and where his holy relics reside. The Vigil with Akathist was celebrated by Metropolitan Lazarus of Simferopol and Krimea to St. Gury [...]

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Decisions Taken by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church

June 25, 2009 News
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Between June 18-19, 2009, at the Patriarchal Residence, under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church took place. Among the decisions taken, we mention: – The proclamation of the year 2010 in the Romanian Patriarchate as ‘Anniversary Year of the Orthodox Creed and [...]

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Metropolitan Jonah calls for Full Communion With New Anglican Province

June 25, 2009 News

Speaking on Wednesday morning to the ACNA Assembly, His Beatitude, Jonah, Metropolitan of All America and Canada and leader of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), called for a “full… intercommunion” with the Anglican Church in North America. “What will it take,” he asked, “for a true ecumenical reconciliation? That is what I am seeking [...]

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Church Calls on Debtors to Repay or Face Hell

June 25, 2009 News

Court marshals are putting their faith in the Russian Orthodox Church to ease their workload as a growing number of people default on debts amid the economic crisis. The Federal Court Marshals Service and the Moscow Patriarchate have signed an agreement under which priests will denounce the failure to repay debts as a sin in [...]

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