Saturday, August 22, 2009

Orthodox Christian Center(OCRC) Officially Inagurated

August 22, 2009 News
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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 [...]

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New Diocesan Website Launched

August 22, 2009 News

August 19, 2009 , JOHNSTOWN, PA   The long-awaited launch of the newly created website of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA has taken place today. It is by God’s providence that its release has coincided with the Feast of The Transfiguration of Our Lord as observed on the Julian Calendar. Its release today, [...]

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St. Thekla Pilgrimage at Antiochian Village

August 22, 2009 News
St. Thekla

“As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15) The Domestic Church September 25-27, 2009 Presiding Hierarch: The Rt. Rev. Bishop JOSEPH Register by September 1st Over the weekend of September 25-27, 2009, Antiochian Village will host the St. Thekla pilgrimage. This year’s theme will be The Domestic Church, and His [...]

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Egyptian Coptic Priest Banned From Village, Under Death Threat

August 22, 2009 News
Rev. Fr. Estefanos Shehata

(AINA) — On August 14 Rev. Estefanos Shehata, a Coptic priest, sent a letter to the Middle East Christian Association (MECA) stating the Muslim elders of his village have issued a death Fatwa (religious edict) against him, and have banned him from entering his village because he wants to convert part of his family home [...]

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Applications available for 2010 Church Planting Grants

August 22, 2009 News

Orthodox Church in America SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — The Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Evangelization is pleased to announce that applications for 2010 Church Planting Grants are now being accepted. “Each year the department awards grants to qualified OCA missions across North America,” according to the Very Rev. Marcus C Burch, who chairs [...]

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Diocese of New York and New Jersey issues report on episcopal search process, Candidates

August 22, 2009 News

Orthodox Church in America SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — On Monday, August 17, 2009, the Search Committee of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, mandated with selecting suitable candidates to stand for nomination as diocesan hierarch, released its final report. In addition to the report, the committee released the names of three episcopal [...]

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Patriarch Kirill: Courage and faith of the Solovki camp prisoners are benchmarks for today’s Russia

August 22, 2009 News

Arkhangelsk, August 21, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia points out courage and spirit of the Solovki prison camp as an example to contemporaries. “This is the place where our grandfathers and fathers suffered, but even under mortal danger they abode in Christ, notwithstanding death. There was no other power stronger than [...]

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