On July 4, His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians presided during the Ground Blessing service for the St. Anna Church and proposed Yerevan pontifical residence in Yerevan. The new structures will be constructed adjacent to the Holy Kathoghike Church in central Yerevan, on the corner of Sayat-Nova and Abovyan Streets. [...]
Damascus, Syria: His Holiness the Patriarch Ignatius Zakka-I Iwas, who was on a week long visit to Germany for a detailed medical check-up has returned to the patriarchate in Damascus on July 7th. A comprehensive medical examination has been carried out and the results have been found excellent which confirmed the stability of [...]
Mosul, Iraq – July 3, 2009: Marking the Apostle St. Thomas Day on 3rd July 2009, Holy Mass was celebrated at the historical church of St. Thomas, in Mosul, Iraq, by Metropolitan H.E. Mor Gregorios Saliba Shamoun of the Archdiocese of Mosul. Hundreds of faithful participated in the Holy Mass and other commemorative [...]
UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA
CONSISTORY OFFICE OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
PRESS RELEASE
Youth ages 9-13 and staff of our Holy Ukrainian Orthodox Church from California to Rhode Island gathered at All Saints Camp from June 21- July 3 for Diocesan Church School Camp. The encampment led by Spiritual Director Rev. Fr. Zinoviy Zharsky, [...]
Program of Archpastoral Visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine from July 27 to August 5, 2009
(Program changes possible)
July 27, Monday
08.30 – arrival to Boryspil Airport (local time)
09.45 – departure from the airport
09.10 – arrival to St. Vladimir’s Hill, meeting of the Patriarch
09.15 – prayer service
09.30 – laying flowers [...]
The composition of the official delegation to accompany the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church during the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine was approved
The order of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church:
I. To approve the composition [...]
The Holy Synod of the UOC Adopted Address to Clergy and Laity on the Occasion of the Visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine
Address of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia [...]
On July 9,the commemoration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Tikhvin the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine marked 43rd anniversary of his bishop consecration.
The leader of the Party of Regions Victor Yanukovych, who called to the Metropolitan’s residence at the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, [...]
On July 9, the commemoration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Tikhvin the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine marked 43rd anniversary of his bishop consecration.
On the festive day the Primate celebrated the Divine Liturgy in concelebration of 27 bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church [...]
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On the evening of 1 July 2009, more than sixty young women and men gathered at the Cilicia Museum to take part in a celebration organized in their honour. The event was jointly organized by the Youth Department, the Armenian Church University Students’ Association (ACUSA), and their spiritual advisors the young priests Sahak and Mesrob.
The [...]
On May 14, His Eminence Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Legate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, and President of the National Council of Churches (NCC), was appointed to the Inter-religious Dialogue and Cooperation Task Force of President Obama’s Advisory Council.
The Inter-Religious Taskforce consists of approximately 12 distinguished leaders in the [...]
On 30 June His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians presided over the burial service of His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian, in the Holy Martyrs Church of Teghenik in the Kotayk Region. Archbishop Nerses was a senior member of the Brotherhood of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
In the morning, the [...]
A three-day workshop titled “New Media in Orthodox Student Ministry” will be hosted by the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Youth, Young Adults and Campus Ministry in Chicago August 4-7, 2009.
The workshop will bring together students responsible for the Orthodox Christian Fellowship’s podcasts and professionals in the fields of youth and ministry to [...]
SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — The Strategic Planning Committee, mandated to design and facilitate the process by which the Plan will be developed, held its first meeting last week at St. Vladimir’s Seminary. The meeting was scheduled so that Committee members could attend the Seminary’s Summer Institute that took place June 18 to 20, titled [...]
The parish of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Hong Kong, together with the Orthodox Fellowship of All Saints of China (USA) published two new books in the Chinese language. The first is a translation of an official document, “The Basic Principles of the Attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church toward the Other Christian [...]
Serbian Orthodox Church
Presidents of Serbia and Greece Boris Tadic and Carolos Papoulias opened this evening in Belgrade the Center of the Hellenic Fund for Culture. President Tadic emphasized during the celebration that Serbs and Greeks have common history, but they will have a common future within the European Union.
President Papoulias said that Serbia [...]
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