Monday, March 29, 2010

Oakland Church vandalized with racist Graffiti

March 29, 2010 News

03/29/2010 OAKLAND, Calif.—Leaders of a Greek Orthodox church in Oakland are working to remove some racially charged graffiti found there over the weekend. The graffiti was found as people arrived at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension to prepare for Palm Sunday services. They found a giant swastika, profanity and other racial epithets spray-painted [...]

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Russian religious leaders condemn Moscow subway Blasts

March 29, 2010 News

29/03/2010 The heads of Russia’s main religious faiths condemned on Monday the two Moscow subway blasts that killed least 37 people and injured dozens. The Council of Muftis said “extremism and terrorism have no basis in the Holy Quran.” It said “a terrorist cannot be a Muslim while a Muslim cannot be a terrorist.” Russia’s [...]

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His Beatitude celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, on the Palm Sunday

March 29, 2010 News

29/3/2010 Romanian Orthodox Church The Orthodox faithful celebrate today, 28 March, the Palm Sunday feast that marks the entrance of the Lord in Jerusalem. Hundreds of faithful participated in the Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest. They have come, willow branches in [...]

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St Vladimir’s and St Herman Seminaries build Missiology Program

March 29, 2010 News

29/3/2010 Step-by-step, St Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) in Yonkers, NY and St Herman Seminary (SHS) in Kodiak, AK are restoring historic ties and rekindling relationships in order to develop a joint program in the field of missiology. Their latest cooperative effort occurred in March 2010, when Archpriest Chad Hatfield, chancellor of St Vladimir’s, and two seminarians [...]

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Palm Sunday Celebrations in Ethiopia- Exclusive Snaps

March 29, 2010 News

Orthodox Palm Sunday Celebrations in Ethiopia 29/3/2010 Courtesy – Snaps by Yonas Garedew-Ethiopia (OBL Advisory Board Member) Click to Enlarge Photos OBL News Service

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