Tuesday, May 18, 2010

His Beatitude Catholicos Baselios Thomas I visits His Holiness at Patriarchal Monastery

May 18, 2010 Featured News

Syrian Orthodox Church 17/5/2010 MA`ARAT SAYYIDNAYA, DAMASCUS: His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I, received His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I, the Catholicos and the head of the Syrian Church in India, who is on a short visit to the patriarchate ahead of the annual regional Episcopal Synod to be held next week at Puthencuriz, India on [...]

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OCF Seeks Members for Student Advisory Board

May 18, 2010 News

18/5/2010 FISHERS, IN — The Orthodox Christian Fellowship — a pan-Orthodox agency under the auspices of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas — is seeking college and university students interested in serving on its Student Advisory Board [SAB] Get More info including the Application here Source:

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Archpastoral Visit to Cheektowaga, NY

May 18, 2010 News

The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA On Sunday May 9, 2010, His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas made an Archpastoral visitation to St. Mary’s Church in Cheektowaga, NY. His Eminence joined the faithful of the parish in Blessing new icons that were recently installed in the Church and to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Marriage [...]

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New seminary graduates hosted at OCA Chancery

May 18, 2010 News

05/17/2010 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — Two dozen seminarians and their families were welcomed to the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America on Saturday, May 15, 2010. Hosted by Archpriests Alexander Garklavs and Eric Tosi, Chancellor and Secretary, the seminarians represented the 2010 graduating classes of Saint Tikhon’s Seminary, South Canaan, PA, and Saint Vladimir’s [...]

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Canada declares Coptic Solidarity Day

May 18, 2010 News

18/5/2010 CAIRO: Canada has declared April 22 the annual day of solidarity with Coptic Christians, a leading Coptic organization in the United States reported on its website. Copts.com reported that the Canadian government will announce April 22 as an annual solidarity day with the Coptic Church. According to the website, it will officially be called [...]

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Some people, antagonistic to the Georgian nation – Georgian Catholicos

May 18, 2010 News

17/5/2010 The Patriarch talked about the youth, schools and teachers. Evil can’t be defeated by evil; it can be cured only by kindness and love, Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia Illia ll said in the Sunday sermon at the Trinity Cathedral. ‘Some people, antagonistic to the Georgian nation, are trying to cause confrontation among the youth, [...]

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Innovative teaching programme helps outreach of Orthodox Church

May 18, 2010 News

18/5/2010 Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author’s alone. A new teaching programme for adults on the Orthodox faith called ‘THE WAY’ is set to invigorate the outreach of the Orthodox Church in majority Orthodox countries such as [...]

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HIS BEATITUDE IN ATHENS

May 18, 2010 News

Patriarchate of Alexandria 03/05/2010 On Friday 30th April 2010, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa arrived in Athens from Alexandria, to deal with current issues of the Throne. He was welcomed at the Athens International Airport by His Eminence Metropolitan George of Zimbabwe, his representative in Athens, and Archimandrite [...]

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OBL Forum Updates

May 18, 2010 News

New Materials added to OBL Article Blog: Saint Yared of Ethiopia Fr.Paul(Pavel)Sawabe Contemporary Orthodox Turks Click here to Read Dept of Public Relations OBL Forum

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Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew I Arrives to Bulgaria

May 18, 2010 News

18/5/2010 The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, is arring Tuesday on a two-day visit to Bulgaria. His All Holiness, the first among equals from among the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, will go first to the Black Sea city of Burgas. There he will be welcomed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov [...]

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FOCUS North America Holds Quarterly Board Meeting

May 18, 2010 News

FOCUS North America Holds Quarterly Board Meeting, Concludes First FOCUS Center Training 17/5/2010 May 17, 2009 – Kansas City, MO The FOCUS North America Board of Directors held its quarterly meeting at the ministry’s headquarters in Kansas City, MO on April 15-16 to review its amazing first year of ministry together. (View the 2009 Annual [...]

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Russian and Ukrainian Presidents venerate holy sites of the Laura of the Caves in Kiev

May 18, 2010 News

17/5/2010 On 17 May 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on his official visit and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich visited the Dormition Laura of the Caves in Kiev. The heads of the Russian and Ukrainian states were met at the monastery by His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine; Metropolitan Pitirim of Nikolaev and [...]

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Metropolitan Hilarion’s visit to Ravenna

May 18, 2010 News

16.05.2010 Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is in Italy with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited Ravenna on 15 May 2010. In the 5th century Sant’Apollinare in Classe, the DECR chairman celebrated the Divine Liturgy, assisted by Archimandrite [...]

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Book on homosexual love causes scandal in Georgia

May 18, 2010 News

18/5/2010 A new book loaded with sexual material and whose title is a play on the Last Supper has caused outrage among Georgia’s Christian community. The Orthodox Church is calling for a law that would protect people from indecency, while the country’s liberals have rallied to protect freedom of speech. The heated discussions are even [...]

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Bishops Defend Confidentiality of Confession

May 18, 2010 News

18/5/2010 The Bishop of the Lutheran Diocese of Kuopio Wille Riekkinen and Archbishop Leo of Finland’s Orthodox Church have both defended the confidentiality of confession, reports the newspaper Savon Sanomat. They rejected calls being heard to abridge the requirement of priests to keep the secrets of confession with legal requirements to report cases of paedophilia. [...]

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