Monday, December 21, 2009

Remarks by Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew, in which he likened his treatment by the government in Turkey to crucifixion, have led to disappointment and anger in Ankara, with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu saying that he wished those remarks had been a “slip of the tongue.” Speaking in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” for a [...]

ICFC Press Release No.: 1016/09 Monday, December 21, 2009 ICFC has just learned that after eight years of silence, the publication of Finote Berhan (The Way of Light), the one and only official mouthpiece of the Eritrean Orthodox Church (EOC), will resume as of December 2009. This dramatic development is the result of a five-months [...]

New materials added to Article Blog THE WORD BECAME FLESH In Defense of the Christmas Tree Christmas Eve in Eritrea HOLY BRAHMAVAR Who stole Christmas? – A consumerist Nativity story Toward an Orthodox Pedagogy For the Least of These: FOCUS North America Early Egyptian Christianity Click here to Read Dept. of Public Relations-OBL

20/12/09 PRIŠTINA — For the first time since it was attacked and desecrated in 2004, the bells tolled from Priština’s church dedicated to St. Nicolas (Sv. Nikola). The church, which has been undergoing reconstruction, yesterday marked its patron saint day. This Orthodox Christian Serb church is now equipped with the most basic items thanks to [...]