Friday, February 26, 2010

OBL deligation interviews His Holiness Aram I [videos]

February 26, 2010 News

Interview with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia’s (24th Feb 2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YskWN-H1PB4&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxnF7uIChKg&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtPj1pAPkkc&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzLsZm268og&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skYAt3LXNGg&feature=player_embedded Watch More Videos

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Decisions of the Standing Meeting of the Church National Council of 25 February 2010

February 26, 2010 News

Romanian Orthodox Church 25/2/2010 On 25 February 2010, the working session of the Standing Meeting of the Church National Council was held in the Synodal Room, at the Patriarchal Residence, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, according to Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchy. We mention some of the decisions taken: – Drafting [...]

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Inter-Orthodox Co-operation and Solidarity

February 26, 2010 News

Romanian Orthodox Church 24/2/2010 On 24 February 2010, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, received, at the Patriarchal Residence, His Excellency Mr. Spyros Attas, Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus in Romania, according to Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchy. His Excellency thanked for reception and conveyed a message of friendship and [...]

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Tradition and topicality in the relations between the Romanian and Armenian People

February 26, 2010 News

Romanian Orthodox Church 24/2/2010 Wednesday, 24 February 2010, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received, at the Patriarchal Residence, His Excellency Mr. Yeghishe Sargysyan, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Bucharest, on a farewell visit, at the end of his diplomatic mission in Romania, according to Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchy. After eight years of [...]

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A press conference on the theme of the project of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation was held at the Patriarchal Palace

February 26, 2010 News

Romanian Orthodox Church 23/2/2010 On 23 February 2010, at 2.00 o’clock p.m., the Romanian Patriarchy organised a press conference on the theme of the project for the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation, in Europa Christiana room, in the Patriarchal Palace. The Conference was held by His Grace Ciprian Câmpineanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch and [...]

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Russian cultural items lost if returned to Church – Museum Chief

February 26, 2010 News

25/02/2010 The return of religious relics to the Russian Orthodox Church will lead to their loss, Yelena Gagarina, who heads the Kremlin Museum complex, said on Thursday. The statement comes as the government works on a bill to return religious archives, relics and buildings to their original owners. The controversial bill has never been made [...]

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Greek Orthodox Church Patriarch Expresses Appreciation To Religious Tolerance In Ethiopia

February 26, 2010 News

26/2/2010 Greek Orthodox Church Patriarch, his beatitude Tewdros II (Patriarchate of Alexandria) expressed appreciation to religious tolerance in Ethiopia. The Patriarch who was here on an eight-day visit to Ethiopia said up on his departure to home at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport that he was impressed with the tolerance in which the various [...]

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Inaugural function and the first interactive conference of the “FEDERATION OF SYRIAC ORTHODOX IN HINDUSTAN”

February 26, 2010 News

Venue: Goregaon Sports Club, Mumbai 27/2/2010 The inaugural function and the first interactive conference of the “Federation of Syriac Orthodox in Hindustan” will be held at Mor Gabriel Hall (1st floor, East Banquet Hall), Goregaon Sports Club, Mumbai, on 27th February 2010, Saturday from 4.00 pm to 7.30 pm. The Chief Guest will be Dr. [...]

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Foundation stone laid for a new Syriac Orthodox church of St. John The Baptist, in Jordan, at the Christ’s Baptism site

February 26, 2010 News

Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch JORDAN – Saturday Feb 13, 2010: Foundation stone for a new Syrian Orthodox church in the name of Saint John the Baptist was laid on the baptism site of our Lord Jesus in Jordan by the Patriarchal Vicar of Holy Land His Eminence Mor Severius Malki Murad, in the presence [...]

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‘Yereven My Love’: Prince Charles Hosts Dinner to Celebrate British and Armenian Charities at Windsor Castle

February 26, 2010 News

19/2/2010 LONDON—An historic charity event in support of Armenian and British charities took place at the Windsor Castle on 10 February hosted by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Project initiator and main benefactor Armen Sarkissian, former Prime Minister of Armenia and President of Eurasia House International, welcomed more [...]

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Vatican sends ‘birthday’ greetings to Orthodox Patriarch

February 26, 2010 News

24/2/2010 Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has sent birthday greetings to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, welcoming the “friendship mutual trust and sincerity which has always characterized our conversations” as “a great gift and a sign of progress in relations between our churches.” Technically Patriarch [...]

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Boycott and threats to Serbian community in Macedonia

February 26, 2010 News

22/2/2010 Traditional Serbian evening in Macedonia ‘Serbs and friends’ was almost not to be held the evening before yesterday because of allegedly planted bomb which ‘shall be activated if Archbishop Jovan and leader of the Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia Ivan Stojiljkovic appear at celebration’. This threat was preceded by, for the first time [...]

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Serbia seeks arrest of Kosovo priest for Stealing

February 26, 2010 News

23/2/2010 Serbia has issued an international warrant for the arrest of a priest from Kosovo suspected of embezzling state and church funds. Belgrade’s Higher Court says it has launched an investigation against Simeon Vilovski on suspicion that he embezzled money that was meant for reconstruction of churches in Kosovo. Media have reported that Vilovski has [...]

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Armenian study center opened in Bulgaria

February 26, 2010 News

02/24/2010 February 23, the opening ceremony of Armenian study center in San Kiliment Orhidsk University, Sofia within the framework of “Year of the Mother Tongue and Reading” was held. The donors Mr. and Mrs. Hakobyans, representatives of Bulgarian Education and Science Ministry as well as RA Embassy in Bulgaria, Armenian consular in Plovdiv, lecturers and [...]

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Patriarch of Alexandria meets with the President of Ethiopia

February 26, 2010 News

25/2/2010 On Monday morning, the Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, Theodore II, met with the President of Ethiopia, Ato Girma Woldegiorgis. The meeting took place at the presidential mansion – formerly the emperor’s palace – in the presence of the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Pavlos. For about one hour, the Ethiopian president [...]

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Russian Church official decisively rejects reproaches of politizing Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Yanukovich inauguration

February 26, 2010 News

Moscow, February 25, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will focus on celebrating a Divine Liturgy and a prayer service during his visit to Ukraine, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Information Department Vladimir Legoyda says. On air of the Govorit Moskva radio station he mentioned that Patriarch Kirill came to Ukraine in [...]

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: “I Came to Pray for Ukraine inside the Historical Walls of the Kyiv Caves Monastery”

February 26, 2010 News

Patriarch Kiril Visits Ukraine 25/2/2010 On February 24, upon arrival to Boryspil airport, addressing the mass-media, the Patriarch said, among the other: «I came to Kyiv in order to pray tomorrow inside the historical walls of the Kyiv Caves Monastery – the place that the Russian Church comes from, the great spiritual tradition of the [...]

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Prayed at the Church of Elevation of the Holy Cross of the Kyiv Caves Monastery

February 26, 2010 News

25-02-2010 In the evening, February 24, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visited the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. AT the Church of Exaltation of the Holy Cross he read the prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos, following which he venerated the wonderworking Icon of the Dormition of Theotokos that always stays above the Royal doors of this [...]

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The Patriarch and the President

February 26, 2010 News

Ukraine’s President-elect Viktor Yanukovych, right, meets with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill during a religious service marking the presidential inauguration in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church in Kiev, Ukraine,Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Viktor Yanukovych has been inaugurated as Ukraine’s president, five years after his first bid failed amid massive protests over vote fraud. Source:

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Word by President-elect Victor Yanukovych at Sts Anthony and Theodosius (Refectory) Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

February 26, 2010 News

25/2/2010 Word by President-elect Victor Yanukovych at Sts Anthony and Theodosius (Refectory) Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Your Holiness and Your Beatitude, I am extremely grateful to you for your prayer by which you have blessed me and Ukraine to have good journey. I am sure that the Ukrainian nation will overcome on …

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Word by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at Sts Anthony and Theodosius (Refectory) Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

February 26, 2010 News

25/2/2010 Word by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at Sts Anthony and Theodosius (Refectory) Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Today we prayed that God blessed Your entering the office of the President of Ukraine. The religious understanding of power is related to service. Human authority makes no sense before God, there is only one meaning – [...]

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Russian Patriarch blesses Ukraine’s new president, calls for Slavic Unity

February 26, 2010 News

25/2/2010 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday blessed the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych in an unusual demonstration of the new Ukrainian leader’s close ties with Russia. Yanukovych invited Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia to the inauguration ceremony, triggering criticism from the rival Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate, which seeks [...]

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Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church to Pray for Ukraine and Its People

February 26, 2010 News

25-02-2010 On February 24 in the evening the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church is coming to Ukraine. On the eve of the remembrance of the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Caves he will pray at the Church of elevation of the Holy Cross of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and will visit …

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Egyptian State Security Accused of Torturing Christian Youth

February 26, 2010 News

23/2/2010 (AINA) — Egyptian State Security has been accused by lawyers, rights activists and victims’ families of torturing the Christian youths arrested in the aftermath of the Christmas Eve shootings of Copts on January 6, 2010. The shooting in the southern town of Nag Hammadi resulted in the death of six and the injury of [...]

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Egypt: 5 Given Life Sentences for Murder of Coptic Christians

February 26, 2010 News

23/2/2010 CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced five men to life in prison for killing two Coptic Christian men in a blood-feud in Upper Egypt. The court in Luxor ruled that the men were guilty of murder and were sentenced accordingly, a court official told Bikya Masr. “The men have gotten what they [...]

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