26/1/2010
By Kidane Alemayehu
THE ISSUE
The Vatican is in the process of beatifying Pope Pius XII to sainthood despite the well known fact that he was part and parcel of the Italian Fascists who perpetrated untold crimes including genocide in Ethiopia.
THE ITALIAN FASCIST CRIME IN ETHIOPIA
During the Italian Fascists’ invasion of Ethiopia during 1935-41, huge losses were [...]
31/1/2010
One of the most prominent and historical churches in Yerevan, Armenia uses solar panels on the top of its roof to promote renewable energy and green lifestyle.
One can agree that it is a very rare phenom to see solar panels on the top of the roof of the house of God. Moreover, when solar energy [...]
01/29/2010
His Holiness Aram I has been holding private meetings with the representatives of the churches taking part in the International Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
On Friday 29 January 2010, he met with Bishops Gabriel Mar Gregorios and Mathew Velanikal of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
The [...]
01/28/2010
Addressing the International Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, meeting at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon, His Holiness Aram I emphasized the crucial importance of bilateral dialogues for the future course of the ecumenical movement. He said that multilateralism and bilateralism need [...]
Dr. Rowan Williams began his New York City tour this past week with duties related to his role as Archbishop of Canterbury, but ended it by demonstrating his academic acumen and continued interest in the Orthodox Christian faith. On Saturday, January 30, 2010, the Anglican archbishop delivered the 27th annual Father Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture— [...]
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Journeys to Orthodoxy
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29/1/2010
By:
Charles Charalambous
THE TOWN Planning Department has granted permission for a “huge” new church next to 500-year-old Ayia Paraskevi Church in Strovolos (Nicosia), despite objections by Strovolos Municipality and local residents, it emerged yesterday.
In a press statement, the Cyprus Social Ecology Movement slammed the proposed building of a “huge luxury church in the yard of the [...]
29/1/2010
YEREVAN — Armenians will celebrate Youth and Lovers’ Blessing Day — their own version of St. Valentine’s Day — on January 30, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reports.
According to the holiday’s traditions, young people are supposed to eat salty bread before going to bed in order to see their future lover in their dreams offering them a [...]
2010-01-26
Georgian Orthodox Church
Upon donation and assistance by Georgians living in the United States there is hired a premise for Holy Queen Tamar’s Church in Washington. The first Divine Liturgy was held on 8-9 of January. Upon blessing by His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II and Holy Synod Decision there were [...]
Greek Orthodox Church
29/1/2010
My Dear Teachers,
Dear Children
We live an era where education has lost its artistic role ˙ fostering that the souls of students and to change the world. It’s more bureaucratic and losing one-dimensional role of the Liberation. It is not surprising therefore that the Feast of the Three Hierarchs,Education Day, seen by some, with [...]
28/1/2010
New York, January 28, 2010 — Coptic Orthodox Christians are asking their sisters and brothers in other churches to join in a day of prayer and remembrance February 14 following the January murders of six young Coptic Orthodox men in Nag Hammadi Egypt.
Seven people were murdered — six Coptic Orthodox Christians and a Muslim police [...]
01/28/2010
Orthodox Church in America
NEW YORK, NY [OCA] — With the blessing of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of Saint John Chrysostom, which is enshrined in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior, will be available for veneration in New York February 6-12, 2010.
The relic will arrive at the Russian Orthodox Church Outside [...]
27/1/2010
ANNISTON, AL [OCA] — His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Ancient Christianity Conference at Saint Luke Mission here May 14-16, 2010.
The conference, the theme of which is “Jesus Christ, the Great Physician,” will be sponsored by the Brotherhood of Saint Moses the Black, a pan-Orthodox, non-profit ministry devoted to [...]
28/1/2010
BELGRADE, Serbia — The new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Thursday urged dialogue to overcome long-standing divisions with Roman Catholics.
Patriarch Irinej said that a 2013 anniversary important to Christians would be a “good opportunity … to meet and talk.”
He added that “with God’s help this (dialogue) would continue to overcome what had happened [...]
29.01.2010
PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian community is the biggest in Turkey, so the Turkish authorities are trying their best to destroy it, an Armenian expert said.
“That’s why they don’t want the Constantinople Patriarchate to have an initiative personality at the post,” Ruben Melkonyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
At that, he pointed out to several key [...]
Serbian Orthodox Church
28/1/2010
The central St. Sava’s Day Academy in the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral was held last night in the crypt of the Cathedral church of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica. At the beginning there was a welcoming speech of His Eminence Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the [...]
Serbian Orthodox Church
On January 26 at 20 hours and 15 minutes three unknown persons jumped the fence of the courtyard of the Cathedral church of the Holy Dormition of the Mother of God in Tuzla, after which they wrote on the south side of the church a graffiti of the insulting content: “Let’s kill [...]
29/1/2010
Serbian President Boris Tadic talked yesterday with His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia and pointed out that the Church had an important place in our society. President and Patriarch spoke about the position of the clergy and monks of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohia, as well as on the protection of the [...]
28/1/2010
by Dana Lewis
Fox News
Egyptian Maher El-Gowhary and his 15 year old daughter Dina never pray twice at the same church, never stay longer than a month in any one apartment. They are constantly under threat, always on the run because they converted to Christianity in a largely Muslim country.
Maher and Dina [...]
Syrian Orthodox Church
26/1/2010
MA`ARAT SAYYIDNAYA, DAMASCUS: Lebanese Ambassador for Syria, His Excellency Michael Al Khoury visited His Holiness, The Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas at St. Ephraim Monastery here on Jan 26, Tuesday. Arch Bishop Dr. Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim of Aleppo, Mor Clemis Daniel of Beirut and Korea and Mor Philoxenos Mathias Nayyis, Patriarchal Assistant [...]
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