Thursday, August 27, 2009

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]