Archive for August, 2009

Indian Orthodox Church Sents Letter to Pope, Major Archbishop and Roman Catholic Prelates (2009-8-29)

Indian Orthodox Church Letter Sent to the His Holiness Pope, Major Archbishop of Malankara Catholic Rite  and other Roman Catholic Prelates. The letter  in response to the misuse of the titles ‘Catholicose’  ‘Malankara Metropolitan’  ‘Throne of St Thomas’ in the website of  the Malankara Catholic Rite.

Misuse of the Titles ‘Catholicose’ ‘Malankara Metropolitan’ ‘Throne of [...]

OBL Delegation Visits His Grace Mathews Mar Thimothios (2009-8-29)

With the blessing of Rt Rev Chorbishop Dr Kyriakose Thottupuram of Chicago (OBL-Director) the OBL Delegation under the leadership of Mr George Alexander (Chief Coordinator- Dept. of Public Relations) visited His Grace Dr. Mathews Mar Thimothios of the Indian Orthodox Church in the month of August 2009. His Grace Mar Thimohios is the Metropolitan of [...]

NEW AUXILIARY METROPOLITAN ORDAINED FOR THE ST. ANTONY’S MISSION, HONNAVAR (INDIA) (2009-8-28)

Damascus, Syria – Aug 23, 2009: Today in a divine ceremony held at the St. Peter’s & St. Paul’s Cathedral in the Monastery of St. Aphrem the Syrian, Ma`rrat Sayyidnaya, Damascus, His Holiness Ignatius Zakka-I Iwas, the Patriarch of Antioch & all the East and the Supreme head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church, [...]

Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch visits the Holy Father (2009-8-28)

Syrian Orthodox Patriarcate
Ma`rrat Sayyidnaya, Damascus: On Thursday August 20, 2009, H.B. Mar Ignatius Joseph III Younan, the Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, made his first official visit to our Holy Father at the St. Aphrem Monastery in Ma`rrat Sayyidnaya, Damascus. At a reception meeting held soon after in honour of the visiting Syrian [...]

Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus Declares He Is Taking Turkey to Court (2009-8-28)

Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus visited Poland last week to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ, since the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Poland follows the Old Calendar. The Archbishop of Poland had visited Cyprus in May.
He celebrated the Feast of the Transfiguration at the famous shrine of the Holy Mountain of Grabarka. About 100,000 [...]

The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in Portuguese (2009-8-28)

Polish Orthodox Church-Eparchy of Brazil

The Orthodox Eparchy of Brazil, under the canonical jurisdiction and protection of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Poland, is pleased to present to the grateful people of Portuguese immeasurable treasure of the Orthodox Christian Tradition. Crafts are the Divine Eucharist, according to the Byzantine Rite.
In its two millennia of existence, [...]

Feast of Transfiguration on the Holy Mountain Grabarka (2009-8-28)

Polish Orthodox Church
From the beginning of the visit in Poland I feel wonderful. I am prisoner of your love – said archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostom during welcome on the Holy Mountain Grabarka.
Eve of the celebrities begun with the evensong celebrated by metropolitan Savva, principal of Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church, with accompany of [...]

Prerana Special School (2009-8-27)

Indian Orthodox Church
St Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminay- Nagpur-India
The chief guest on this occasion was H..G. Dr. Yuhanon Mor Militos, Metropolitan of Thrissur diocese. Soon after the flag hoisting ceremony and a vociferous national anthem, the kids of the school presented an enthralling display of song and dance. The students of the STOTS who were [...]

OCYM WILL OBSERVE YOUTH WEEK FROM AUG 30 TO SEPTEMBER 6 (2009-8-27)

Indian Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Christian youth Movement will observe Aug 30th to September 6 as Youth Week. During these days various activities and programs will be conducted in almost all units upholding the motto ”Youth towards social welfare and goodness. ” The activities include charity projects, house visits, classes and seminars on various [...]

Communique of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral (2009-8-27)

Serbian Orthodox Church
The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral neither is the founder of non-government organization “Matica Srba Crne Gore” nor Metropolitan had blessed “the decision to hold the founding Assembly” as it was presented in media. Founding cultural and national organizations, as it is well known, neither belongs to a jurisdiction of the [...]

Athens fires driven back, Nuns Rescued (2009-8-27)

The efforts of thousands of Greek firefighters and soldiers combined with firefighting planes dispatched by Italy and France made progress against the worst wildfires around Athens in two years, creating optimism in Greece that the Athens suburbs are safe.
Morning winds on Monday had stoked the blazes that have been raging in Attica – the region [...]

Patriarch Kirill: No nuclear shield is able to protect any country lacking Spiritual Values (2009-8-27)

Severodvinsk, August 24, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes that Russia’s defense capacity should be supported with fostering Orthodox values.
“You should not be ashamed of going to church and teaching Orthodox faith to your children. Then we shall have something to defend with our missiles,” Patriarch said at a meeting with [...]

Patriarch Kirill conducts requiem service at the place of Solovki Prisoners’ Execution (2009-8-27)

Solovki, August 24, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducted a requiem service at the place where prisoners of the Solovki Camp were executed and a prayer service to new martyrs who suffered for faith from the Bolsheviks.
He visited the Golgotha-Crucifixion Hermitage on the Anzer Island Saturday morning. Once there was [...]

An Orthodox priest attacked in Byelorussia (2009-8-27)

Minsk, August 24, Interfax – Bishop Sofrony of Mogilev and Mstislavl was attacked in Three Holy Hierarchs Cathedral in Mogilev, Byelorussia, on Sunday. The Bishop suffered several knife wounds.
According to eye-witnesses, Bishop Sofrony entered the Cathedral about nine o’clock in the morning before the beginning of the Holy Liturgy and turned to bless the parishioners. [...]

Metropolitan Jonah meets with Oriental Church Representatives (2009-8-27)

SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — On August 13, 2009, a delegation of Oriental Orthodox bishops and priests visited His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah at the OCA Chancery here.
The delegation, which was led by His Eminence, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, included His Eminence Archbishop Mor Cyril [...]

OCA Youth Department hosts “New Media in Orthodox Student Ministry” Workshop (2009-8-27)

Orthodox Church in America
CHICAGO, IL [OCA Communications] — The Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry hosted a workshop titled “New Media in Orthodox Student Ministry” at the Chancery of the Diocese of the Midwest here August 4-7, 2009.
The goal of the workshop was to bring students working on [...]

Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Visits Dedoplistskaro (2009-8-27)

Georgian Orthodox Church
His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II visits dedoplistskaro.
The Patriarch presented Bishop Melkisedek of Hereti Eparchy. Bishop Melkisedek was consecrated on 3 of May 2009.
Ilia II met with the parish at Holy Mother Virgin’s Assumption church. Ilia II visited Dedoplistskaro as Patriarch 20 years ago and wished to [...]

St. David the Builder Church to be Consecrated in State of Pennsylvania, USA (2009-8-27)

Georgian Orthodox Church
Eparchy of America and Canada has purchased a building for St. David the Builder Church in the State of Pennsylvania, the USA. The Church will be festively consecrated by Metropolitan Dimitri of Batumi and Lazeti Eparchy and Communities in North America and Canada on 26th of September 2009.
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Protests rise as Turkish renovation work turns Church into Mosque (2009-8-27)

Istanbul – Restoration work that would result in an historic Greek Orthodox church being recognized as a mosque has caused uproar in Turkey, reported the daily Milliyet newspaper on Tuesday.
At issue is the 178-year-old St Dimitrios church in the northern Turkish village of Silivri.
The village was once a Greek settlement but, after the [...]

Orthodox Christian Center(OCRC) Officially Inagurated (2009-8-22)

Another Service form the OBL family comes true, with the inauguration of the Orthodox Christian Resource Center (OCRC). OCRC mailny fous on three areas.
1.Journeys to Orthodoxy
2.Orthodox Apolegestics
3.Orthodox Christian Prayers
With the Blessings of Rt Rev Chorbishop Dr Kyriakose Thottupuram of Chicago(Director-OBL), Boaz John(Project Manager-OBL) officially inaugurated OCRC on 22 August 2009. Mr George Alexander(Chief Coordinator- [...]