Thursday, December 24, 2009

Greek Orthodox take unique approach to Holiday

December 24, 2009 News

12/24/ 2009 WINTERVILLE — Walking into the Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church the Sunday before Christmas, one might mistake the season for some other time of year. Poinsettias dot the entrance to the sanctuary but shrink against a backdrop of iconography, crosses and gilded holy books. Musical readings of the Divine Liturgy of St. John [...]

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Commemoration day of Sts. David and James

December 24, 2009 News

24/12/09 Today Armenian Apostolic Church marks the commemoration day of the Prophet St. David and Apostle St. James, brother of Jesus. Prophet St. David was the great-grandson of Boaz and Ruth. The Holy Bible depicts him as a psalmist, gifted, wise, handsome man and orator. He was a shepherd. During the battle against Philistines he [...]

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Church Says Faces ‘Slander Campaign’ by ‘Hostile Forces’

December 24, 2009 News

23/12/09 In a strongly-worded statement the Georgian Orthodox Church said “hostile forces” were engaged in the campaign of “slander and insult” against the Church and warned it would have to take unspecified “appropriate steps” if the campaign continued. “It is unfortunate that media sources, which are under the authorities control, are also taking part in [...]

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Memorial service for Patriarch Pavle

December 24, 2009 News

24/12/09 BELGRADE — The 40-day memorial service will be held today in Belgrade for His Holiness Patriarch Pavle, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has announced. The leader of the Orthodox Christian Serbs passed away on November 15. The memorial service, held 40 days after death, will be served at the end of Holy Liturgy, in [...]

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Patriarch Maxim blesses festive table of all Bulgarians

December 24, 2009 News

24/12/09 Sofia. Bulgaria’s Patriarch Maxim and the Sofia Metropolitan blessed festive table of all Bulgarians, a reporter of FOCUS News Agency announced. Our Orthodox faithful nation happily moved the family comfort of this sacred night in their homes by the burning of the Yule Log, Lenten meals, lighted candles, incensed festive table, as making good [...]

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Patriarch says murdered priest remained true to his Principles

December 24, 2009 News

23/12/2009 Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill said on Wednesday that a priest who was shot dead during the night was killed for refusing to go against his principles. Father Alexander Filippov, 39, the archpriest of the Ascension church in the Satino-Russkoye village near Moscow, was killed late on Tuesday at the entrance to [...]

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Kazakhstan President held telephone conversation with Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

December 24, 2009 News

24/12/09 Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, held a telephone conversation with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kyrill, Kazakhstan Today agency reports citing the president’s press service. According to the press service, during the conversation, the head of state congratulated the Patriarch on the forthcoming holidays New Year and Christmas and noted importance of the [...]

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‘We cannot breathe, the Patriarchate is dying,’ says Patriarch

December 24, 2009 News

24/12/2009 Following criticism of his controversial statement to a U.S. television network describing his community’s problems, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew says his comments were emphasized, but the serious problem of opening Halki seminary needs to be addressed. Criticized for telling U.S. network CBS that he felt “crucified in Turkey,” in an interview he told daily [...]

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Funeral and Burial of Archimandrite Joasaph

December 24, 2009 News

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Archimandrite Joasaph, Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Reposes In the Lord

December 24, 2009 News

Memory Eternal Archimandrite Joasaph (McLellan), Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, died peacefully this morning in a Boston hospital. Born Francis R. McLellan Jr, in Boston, to the late Francis R. (James) McLellan Sr. and Pauline B. [Rooney] McLellan on January 24, 1962, Archimandrite Joasaph attended the Boston Public Schools, Roxbury Latin, and [...]

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Communique – December 23, 2009

December 24, 2009 News

Serbian Orthodox Church On Thursday, December 24, 2009 at the Saint Sava Memorial Cathedral on Vracar, beginning at 9:00am, the Divine Liturgy for the dead and forty-day memorial service will be served for Patriarch Pavle of Serbia of blessed repose. The memorial service will be served at the end of Divine Liturgy, about 11:00 am. [...]

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Patriarchal Proclamation for the Nativity of Our Lord

December 24, 2009 News

Istanbul, Turkey 12/22/2009 + BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Grace Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace, peace and mercy from the Savior Christ Born in Bethlehem Beloved concelebrants and blessed children in the Lord, Heaven and earth have united Through the birth of Christ. Today, God has appeared [...]

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Bulgaria Rejects Calendar Request

December 24, 2009 News

23/12/09 The Bishops of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church have rejected a plea from Moscow-backed conservatives in the church to return to the observance of the Julian calendar. On Dec 9, a spokesman said the calendar question would not be included on the agenda of the Dec 20 session of the Holy Synod, contradicting earlier press [...]

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