Friday, August 21, 2009

THE ‘COUNCIL OF THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY LAND’ CONVENES IN JERUSALEM

August 21, 2009 News

Jerusalem Patriarchate HIS BEATITUDE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM THEOPHILOS III PARTICIPATES AT THE ASSEMBLY OF THE ‘COUNCIL OF THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY LAND’. His Beatitude Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III participated in the assembly of the ‘Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land’ that took place on August 5th, 2009, at the American [...]

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THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF KENYA VISITS HIS BEATITUDE

August 21, 2009 News

On the night of 18th July 2009, in Cairo, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa met with Mr Stephen Kalonzo Moyzioka, the Deputy President of Kenya. The Alexandrian Primate welcomed the Kenyan Deputy President in the Patriarchal Variate in Cairo, and showed him around the …

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ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA REGARDING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN

August 21, 2009 News

The opinions of a Hierarch of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa regarding the ordination of women reflect his personal views and not the official position of the ancient Church of Alexandria, which is expressed solely by His Beatitude the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa in Synod only. Source:

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Orthodox Summer Camp for Children from Chicago to start on Thursday August 20, 2009

August 21, 2009 News

Romanian Orthodox Church Sts. Constantine and Helen Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago announces the first edition of the Orthodox Summer Camp for the Children of the Cathedral which will be held during August 20-23, 2009 at the Rainbow Christian Camp, Converse, IN. The camp’s theme for this year is The Mother of God in the [...]

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Celebration of Transfiguration of the Lord in Trebinje

August 21, 2009 News

Serbian Orthodox Church The Cathedral Church of the Holy Transfiguration of the Lord and the Trebinje Municipality celebrated formally its patron saint fast – the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. In the evening of the feast, His Grace Bishop Nikolai (the American Orthodox Church) served an evening service with a five-bread vessel with [...]

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The feast of the Assumption of the Theotokos

August 21, 2009 News

“OUR YOUTH ARE OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE, WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THEM” Said His Holiness Aram I in his sermon Sunday 16 August was the Feast of the Assumption of the Theotokos. This Feast is also pilgrimage to the Monastery of St. Mary in Bikfaya (Lebanon). Pilgrims started arriving at the Monastery on Thursday 13th [...]

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THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE BECAUSE IT IS A JUST CAUSE SAID HIS HOLINESS ARAM

August 21, 2009 News

On Friday 7 August 2009, a delegation representing Palestinians in Lebanon, accompanied by members of the Council of Muslim Religious Leaders of Lebanon, visited His Holiness Aram I. The representatives spoke to His Holiness of their situation in Jerusalem, in the occupied territories, and in the camps in Lebanon. His holiness assured them of the [...]

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THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IS FIRMLY ATTACHED TO LEBANON SAID HIS HOLINESS ARAM I TO THE PRESIDENT OF LEBANON

August 21, 2009 News

On Monday 10 August His Holiness Aram I met with the President of Lebanon, General Michel Suleiman at the Baabda Palace. The delegation included the Prelate of Lebanon, Bishop Kegham Khatcherian, the Prelate of Tehran, Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian and the President of the Central Committee of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Dr. Bedros Karajerjian. During their [...]

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Albanian Orthodox Church criticizes gay marriage Bill

August 21, 2009 News

TIRANA, Albania — The Albanian Orthodox Church issued a statement Tuesday (August 18th) criticising the proposed draft law on gay marriages. The Synod of the Church said that marriage has always been between a man and a woman. “Whenever there were experiments against the eternal laws of God, they led to human and social catastrophes,” [...]

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