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Orthodox Apologetics
* What is being “Born Again”?
* Why Orthodox Church is the TRUE FAITH and the BEST!!
* Should women be allowed to serve at the altar?
* THE FRUIT OF PRIESTHOOD The Skull Cap of the [...]
High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, and Principal Deputy High Representative, Raffi Gregorian, called for a working meting with FBiH Vice President Mirsad Kebo, FBiH Prime Minister Mustafa Mujezinovic, FBiH Education Minister Meliha Alic, Sarajevo Canton Prime Minister Besim Mehmedic, cantonal Minister of Education, Safet Keso, Mayor of Stari Grad Municipality Ibrahim [...]
Katente, Uganda (IOCC) — Dawn breaks along the central plain of Uganda, about 60 kilometers north of the capitol Kampala. Far off the main road linking Kampala with the Lake Victoria commercial port of Jinja, children lie in wait near the trenched-ditches along dirt roads, waiting for white ants to climb out of their hills [...]
Moscow, October 30, Interfax – Ecuador Rafael Correa backs up the decision of the Russian Orthodox Church to build a church for Russian compatriots in this country.
At a Friday meeting with Correa in Patriarchal Chambers of the Christ the Savior Cathedral Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said that more Russian and Russian-speaking people [...]
On 27 October 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk arrived in Kosovo and Metochia at the invitation of the Raska-Prizren diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Archbishop Hilarion was met at the airport by Bishop Artemije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metochia. The hierarchs, accompanied by the international [...]
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
From the Editors: The following is Protopriest Alexander Lebedeff’s foreword to the book Fr Seraphim Rose: His Life and Work, by Hieromonk Damascene (Christensen), published by Sretensky Monastery, Moscow:
The fate of the Orthodox missionary, Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose, 1934-1982), is noteworthy. Born to a Protestant American family, and following a spiritual [...]
On October 28, 2009, at the former Metropolitan’s apartments in the territory of St Sophia of Kyiv the regular session of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations was held. Taking part in the Council’s work was the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine.
Attending the [...]
On October 28 at the Kyiv National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War the action “Prayer for Ukraine” was conducted, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of liberation of Ukraine from German fascist invaders.
At the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr taking part in the event was Bishop Panteleimon of [...]
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
On October 28 the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church received a group of teacherts and pupils of the orphanage in the village of Rokytne, Kyiv region, at his residence at the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
His Beatitude Volodymyr wished the children to grow happy and to become worthy citizens of [...]
10/25/2009
CAIRO — Muslims students stoned Coptic Christian churches and homes in a southern Egyptian village on Saturday after four Muslims suspected of killing a Copt were kept in custody, police said.The unrest began when the prosecutor extended the detention of the Muslims in the village of Dairut who are suspected of killing an elderly Copt [...]
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov congratulated His Holiness Patriarch Maxim on the occasion of his 95th birthday, the government press office announced Thursday.
“Bowing down before your longevity, I would like to convey my special greetings for your long standing ecclesiastical service and for your efforts in upholding the original Christian truths.”, wrote Borisov.
In his letter, the [...]
As Orthodox Christians in the United States seek a new unity out of ethnic fragmentation, they must grapple with the fact that many who say they cherish the faith nevertheless ignore its teachings and practices.
“They see the Orthodox Church in an unorthodox way,” said Alexei Krindatch, research director of the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute at [...]
Indian Orthodox Church
On the Occasion of the 89th birthday celebrations of Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Didymos-I at Parumala Seminary.
India-Keralal State-PATHANAMTHITTA: Governor R.S.Gavai has said that the Malankara Orthodox Church’s marriage assistance programme is a model for those who take up humanitarian projects.
Delivering the inaugural address at the function for the distribution of marriage assistance fund [...]
His Holiness Baselius Marthoma Didimus I- Supreme Primate of the Indian/Malankara Orthodox Church Celebrates 89th Birthday
Catholicose of the All East
Malankara Metropolitan
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90th Successor to the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas
Long Live Your Holiness
Biography
His Holiness was consecrated as Bishop on August 24, 1966 and has been serving as Metropolitan of the Malabar Diocese of the church. [...]
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin- Armenian Apostolic Church
On October 22, 2009, the “Teacher of the Year” awards ceremony was held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Attending the event were Members of the Brotherhood of the Mother See and Mr. Armen Ashotian, Republic of Armenia Minister of Science and Education. It is the [...]
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenian Apostolic Church
Several members of the Brotherhood of the Mother See have recently returned to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin after completing their higher education and serving as pastors in different dioceses outside of Armenia. By Pontifical Order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of [...]
A few months after Bulgaria approved changes to its Family Code to allow fast-track divorces, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is planning to increase its fee for recognising a divorce in canon law.
According to a report in mass-circulation daily Trud on October 27 2009, the Sofia metropolitinate of the church plans to increase the fee for [...]
NEW YORK – Fordham University conferred yesterday its highest honor, the Honorary Doctorate of Laws, to His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew “for his remarkable service to the world community and for the principles that he continues to uphold.”
The solemn and historic conferral ceremony was held in the University Church at the Rose Hill Campus [...]
NEW YORK – His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew gave an audience yesterday Tuesday, Oct. 27, to the Orthodox Primates of the USA, most of whom were present the previous evening for the Ninth Annual Orthodox Prayer Service for the United Nations Community. Present at the audience were Archbishop Demetrios of America (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese); [...]
PAPHOS, Cyprus, OCT. 23, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The International Mixed Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church has progressed in its reflection on the role of the bishop of Rome.
The commission issued a joint communiqué reporting on its progress at the end of its 11th plenary session, ended today in Paphos. [...]
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