Friday, December 11, 2009

Metropolitan Amfilohije serves at Patriarchate Chapel

December 11, 2009 News

Serbian Orthodox Church 8/12/09 His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral, Locus tenens of the Patriarchate throne, served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy on a feast day of Venerable Alympius the Stylite at the chapel of St. Simeon the Myrrh-Gushing at the court of the Serbian Patriarchate. His Eminence Metropolitan served with the con-celebration [...]

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The Consecreatoin of the St. Herman Monastery Catholicon

December 11, 2009 News

Serbian Orthodox Church The Consecration of the St. Herman Monastery Catholicon On November 21/December 4, 2009, the Feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, the catholicon of the St. Herman of Alaska Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Platina, California, was consecrated by His Grace Bishop Mitrophan of the Eastern American Diocese [...]

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Jubilee in Osnabrück

December 11, 2009 News

9/12/ 2009 The Serbian Orthodox Church community in Osnabrück (Northwest Germany) is celebrating on Saturday December 12, 2009 two anniversaries: 65 years since the foundation and 50 years since the official registration. On this occasion Diocesan bishop, His Grace Bishop Konstantin of Middle Europe will visit Osnabrück and at the local church of St. George [...]

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Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission Meeting

December 11, 2009 News

10.12.2009 The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission began its sessions on December 10 at the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Orthodox Center in Chambesy near Geneva, to continue its work on the agenda of a Holy and Great Council of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The results of its work will be submitted to the 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference, the [...]

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Patriarch Kirill wins the Person of the Year prize

December 11, 2009 News

Moscow, December 11, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia won the Person of the Year national prize 2009 in Religion nomination. Patriarch Kirill is named a Person of the Year for outstanding contribution in spiritual revival of Russia, the Russian Orthodox Church official website has reported. Person of the Year 2009 was [...]

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Pagan group member presumably behind blast in Vladimir Orthodox Church

December 11, 2009 News

Moscow, December 11, Interfax – A suspect detained as part of the authorities’ investigation into an explosion inside an Orthodox church in Vladimir is believed to be a member of a pagan group that is in conflict with traditional faiths, a spokesman for the Russian Interior Ministry’s department for the fight against extremism told Interfax [...]

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Dukrono of Catholicos Augen I Observed

December 11, 2009 News

10/12/2009 Indian Orthodox Church Indian/Kerala/Kottyam: The Malankara Church observed the Dukrono of the blessed memory of His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Augen I, the fourth Catholicose from Malankara at the ‘Devalokam’ Aramana Chapel (Headquarters of the Indian Orthodox Church- The Ancient See of St Thomas) on Dec 7-8, 2009. Catholicose Baselios Marthoma Didymus I, was [...]

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Collapse of Armenian church in Tbilisi causes row in Georgia

December 11, 2009 News

10/12/ 2009 The collapse of an Armenian church in Tbilisi has angered Georgia’s ethnic Armenian population and provoked accusations that the government is not protecting the rights of ethnic minorities. The St. Gevorg of Mughni Church dated from the 13th century and stood in the Georgian capital’s historic center until it fell down Nov. 19. [...]

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Old World’s classic recipes at Orthodox Church Food Festival

December 11, 2009 News

10/12/2009 In the small kitchen of St. George the Great Martyr Orthodox Church, three women spend the morning preparing the pasta and spiced meat for several batches of pastitsio, a Greek dish that will be one of dozens of international foods served up at the church’s annual International Festival and Open House in Pharr. “Every [...]

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Woman halts dialog between Russian Orthodox Church and German Evangelicals

December 11, 2009 News

Moscow, December 10, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church is not prepared to continue dialog with the Evangelical Church in Germany in the previous format but may discuss current disagreements, says a letter from the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk to head of the Evangelical Church [...]

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