Archive for July 16th, 2009

Coptic Church Security Thwarts Apparent Attack By Veiled Woma (2009-7-16)

(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 [...]

Patriarch Kirill to Discuss Development of Kyiv into World’s Orthodox Center of Pilgrimage during Visit (2009-7-16)

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”, stated [...]

Preparation for the Patriarch’s Visit (2009-7-16)

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 [...]

Metropolitan Volodymyr: “Patriarch Kirill’s visit to strengthen spiritual power and to help the Ukrainians endure the Crisis” (2009-7-16)

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 – the [...]