Thursday, July 16, 2009

Coptic Church Security Thwarts Apparent Attack By Veiled Woma

July 16, 2009 News
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(AINA) — A veiled woman wearing a Hijab entered the Coptic Church of St. Demiana and St. Mercurios in Shubra, Cairo, a couple of weeks ago, carrying two big kitchen knives, a pair of scissors, a heavy solid brass kitchen club for pulping and grinding, a rope and anaesthetic drugs in her bag, just as [...]

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Patriarch Kirill to Discuss Development of Kyiv into World’s Orthodox Center of Pilgrimage during Visit

July 16, 2009 News

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia declared his readiness to discuss with the Ukrainian authorities the possibilities of development of Kyiv as one of the centers of the Orthodox pilgrimage during his forthcoming visit. “We have to revive the traditions of the orthodox pilgrimage and Kyiv has to become one of its world centers”, [...]

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Preparation for the Patriarch’s Visit

July 16, 2009 News

Preparation for the Patriarch’s visit: “it is a rare occasion, it should be supported” noted the authorities of Sebastopol and allocated more than 800 thousand Hrn from the reserve fund. The City Council of Sebastopol adopted decision to allocate 811 thousand Hrn from the reserve fund of the city budget for the expenditures involved with [...]

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Metropolitan Volodymyr: “Patriarch Kirill’s visit to strengthen spiritual power and to help the Ukrainians endure the Crisis”

July 16, 2009 News

Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine hopes that the forthcoming visit of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will strengthen spiritual powers of the faithful in the height of the economic crisis. “The visit of His Holiness the Patriarch, apart from its chief purpose …

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