Thursday, April 1, 2010

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April 1, 2010 News

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Pope Shenouda leads Holy Thursday Services

April 1, 2010 News

01/04/2010 By: Amr Bayoumi Pope Shenouda, the Patriarch of Alexandria, will lead Holy Thursday celebrations today at the Anba Beshoui Monestary in the Wadi el-Natroun desert. Shenouda left the Abbasiyya Cathedral Wednesday afternoon, amid assurances from the church that his health condition is stable. Monk Sergious of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate dismissed rumors that the [...]

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For the first time the Paschal divine service to be broadcast live by four Ukrainian TV-channels

April 1, 2010 News

The TV-channels ‘Inter’, ‘Glas’ and the ‘First National’ will broadcast live the Easter All-Night Vigils at the Kyiv Caves Monastery, and the ‘Fifth Channel’ – the service at the Holy Trinity St. Jonah Monastery. The Easter service broadcasting will begin on April 3 at 23.00. On Sunday, April 4, at 14.00 the broadcast will be [...]

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Patriarchal Paschal Encyclical 2010

April 1, 2010 News

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church to her spiritual children at Pascha, 2010 By the grace of God Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, with the all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church – to all the clergy, monastics, and all the sons and daughters of our Holy Church: [...]

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Orthodox Holy Thursday- Snaps Around the World

April 1, 2010 News

1/4/2010 Orthodox Holy Thursday and Washing the Feet Ceremony Pictures Source: 1 Source: 2 Source: 3 Source: 4 Source: 5 Source: 6

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Serbia’s Christians to celebrate Easter

April 1, 2010 News

1/4/2010 BELGRADE — This year, Serbia’s Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Christians will mark the faith’s most important holiday, Easter, on the same day. Ahead of the celebrations on Sunday, Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej has sent “brotherly greetings” to Roman Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade Stanislav Hočevar, reports said. Irinej noted that Easter celebrates “the [...]

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Gold cross stolen from an Orthodox Church in Helsinki

April 1, 2010 News

1/4/2010 A gold cross decorated with precious stones, which had been used during divine services, was stolen from an Orthodox church in Helsinki, Finland. The police say the robbery took place on Wednesday evening, when there was nobody inside the church. It’s been a second theft from an Orthodox church in Helsinki. In 2007 an [...]

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Orthodox Bulgaria Marks Maundy Thursday

April 1, 2010 News

1/4/2010 Bulgaria marks on April 1 Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries. Maundy Thursday is the Christian feast or holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. The day is preceded by Holy [...]

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