Friday, March 12, 2010

12/3/2010 TBILISI, Georgia — Convicts in Georgia can now serve their time working for the Georgian Orthodox Church. Clerics and prosecutors have struck a deal allowing criminals convicted of minor crimes to serve their sentences in the monasteries of the impoverished Caucasus Mountain nation. They say the move will help relieve overcrowded jails while helping [...]

12/3/2010 Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who met with the leaders of Turkey’s non-Muslim communities yesterday, described the Fener Greek Patriarchate’s demand for the reopening of the Greek Orthodox Halki Seminary as “appropriate and just,” vowing to clear the obstacles before the reopening of the seminary as quickly as possible. Yesterday’s meeting, which took place [...]

03/08/2010 SOUTH CANAAN, PA [OCA/STOTS] — The administration and faculty of Saint Tikhon’s Seminary here were pleased to learn recently that the Ministry of Education of the Hellenic Republic has decided to recognize the seminary as an accredited higher education institution, equal in standing to the schools of theology at Greek universities. According to Bishop-elect [...]

10/3/2010 The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America WASHINGTON – The White House hosted yesterday afternoon the Annual Greek Independence Day Celebration for the 24th consecutive year honoring the 189th Anniversary of the start of the Greek War for Independence of March 25th, 1821. This year’s celebration was scheduled earlier than the actual anniversary because the [...]