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An Exclusive Interview with His Eminence Metropolitan Abba Seraphim of Glastonbury
Interview with His Eminence Metropolitan Abba Seraphim of of Glastonbury- Primate of British Orthodox Church (Under the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate)
Interviewed by George Alexander on 18 January 2010 at Cochin, Kerala, India during the OBL Forum Delegation Meeting with Metropolitan [...]
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
His Grace Bishop BASIL of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America recently returned from a journey to Syria. His Grace’s travels included visits to many holy sites in in Aleppo and Antioch (in Turkey), as well as visits with Patriarch IGNATIUS IV, Metropolitan SABA of the Archdiocese of Bosra-Hauran, [...]
02/04/2010
WASHINGTON, DC [OCA] — A variety of issues affecting traditionally Orthodox Christian lands — among them, the situation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Turkey in light of His All Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew’s widely acclaimed December 2009 interview on “60 Minutes”; the plight of Orthodox Christians in Kosovo and Coptic Christians in Egypt; human trafficking; and [...]
6/2/2010
PHOENIX, AZ — Representatives from the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA, The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of the USA, The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Orthodox Church in America took part in a campus ministry conference hosted by the [...]
3/2/2010
Chinese Orthodox Church
The Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand received a proposal from the leadership of Russian-language TV channel 1 RU in Pattaya about the possibility of broadcasting weekly religious programs. After reading the proposal and weighing the possibilities, the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church agreed to prepare and conduct the [...]
6/2/2010
All Bulgarian Orthodox Christians honor Saturday All Souls Day by performing and attending memorial services for the Faithful Departed.
According to the Bulgarian tradition, women boil and sweeten grain to take to the services and hand it to other attendees. The tradition also includes wine and bread while in recent times cookies, crackers and pastries have [...]
6/2/2010
Bulgarian Orthodox Church will launch a TV program. It will be broadcast from the city of Plovdiv and the start is set for the next week. The program of the new media will be also available on the web site of Plovdiv bishopric. The project will be launched on February 11 with direct transmission of [...]
Inter-Orthodox Relations
Indian-Coptic Orthodox Churches
H. G Mathews Mar Thimothiose (Indian Orthodox Church- Diocese of UK, Europe and Africa)arrived at Johannesburg International airport on 26th January 2010. Rev. Fr. Bejoy Varghese along with other church members welcomed him. In the evening he was the special guest for the Independence Day celebration at Indian High Commissioner, Johannesburg.
On [...]
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