Thursday, June 3, 2010

Catholicos-Patriarch: Abkhazia and Samachablo are our pride, pain and Hope

June 3, 2010 News

3/5/2010 No enemy will not be able to divide Georgians, Abkhazians and Ossetians, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said at a meeting at the Youth Centre of Holy Trinity Cathedral. “Abkhazia and Samachablo are our pride, pain and hope. We will remain bothers and friends. An enemy dreams in vain of separating us. We [...]

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Romanian Orthodox Church to borrow €200 million ($245 million) for Cathedral

June 3, 2010 News

3/5/2010 The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania — A church official says the Romanian Orthodox Church will borrow €200 million ($245 million) from banks to build a controversial cathedral. Church project manager Nicolae Noica has said the church put up its forests, churches and other property to guarantee the loan for the Cathedral for the Salvation [...]

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Supreme Spiritual Council Convenes in the Mother See

June 3, 2010 News

On June 1, a meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council was convened in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The meeting’s agenda included issues on Intra-Church and Inter-Church Relations of the Armenian Church. His Eminence Archbishop Yeznik Petrosian, General Secretary [...]

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Feast Day of St. Gayane and her Companions

June 3, 2010 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin On June 1 the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated the feast day of St. Gayane and her Companions. In the morning under the singing of hymns, an ecclesiastical procession made a pilgrimage to the Monastery of St. Gayane from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. On the festive occasion of [...]

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Feast Day of St. Hripsime

June 3, 2010 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin On May 31 the Holy Armenian Apostolic Holy Church celebrated the feast day of St. Hripsime the martyr. On this festive day a pilgrimage was made to the Monastery of St. Hripsime from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. In accordance with tradition, the reliquary of the Right Hand of [...]

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SARDARAPAT BATTLE VICTORY WAS THE “YES” TO OUR SURVIVAL AS A NATION

June 3, 2010 News

05/30/2010 The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia On Sunday 30 May, following the Divine Liturgy, a requiem service was held at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral (Antelias), in memory of the martyrs of the battle of Sardarapat 21-29 May 1918. Sardarapat was the battle of the Caucasus campaign of World War I, where Armenians stopped the [...]

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INAUGURATION OF THE NEW BUILDING OF THE PRELACY OF THE DIOCESE OF LEBANON IN BOURJ HAMMOUD

June 3, 2010 News

05/29/2010 On Saturday 29 May 2010, His Holiness Aram I inaugurated the new building of the Armenian Prelacy in Bourj Hammoud. The Prelacy had moved from Beirut to Bourj Hammoud in 1976 during the war in order to ensure the safe access of the members of the community to the Diocesan center. The Prelate Bishop [...]

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BLESSING ON THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DAY

June 3, 2010 News

1/6/2010 Romanian Orthodox Church BLESSING ON THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DAY, message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church Children are a gift and a blessing of God for family and society, whom we must appreciate and educate in the spirit of the Gospel of Christ and of the Christian values. Children must [...]

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His Beatitude Daniel at the Cathedral of Curtea de Argeş

June 3, 2010 News

Romanian Orthodox Church On the first Sunday after Pentecost, of All Saints, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church participated, together with His Eminence Calinic, Archbishop of Argeş and Muscel, in the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Curtea de Argeş dedicated to “The Falling Asleep of the Mother of God”, [...]

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1665th Syrian Knanaya Meet organised by Knanaya Jacobite Archdiocese Concluded

June 3, 2010 News

The Knanaya Archdiocese in India (Under the Patriarchal See of Antioch and All East) INDIA/KERALA/RANNI: 1665th Syrian Knanaya Meet concluded at Knai Thomman Nagar here on May 31, Monday. Hon. Leader of Opposition Oommen Chandy inaugurated the concluding session. Metropolitan of Ranni and Outer Kerala Regions of the Archdiocese Mor Ivanios Kuriakose presided over. Metropolitans [...]

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The historical Council Meeting of the Patriarchal Vicariate of UK Concluded

June 3, 2010 News

Syrian Orthodox Church His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas will visit the vicariate on July 3, Saturday LONDON: The full council meeting of the Patriarchal Vicariate of UK concluded at St. John’s JSO Church, Bethel Green, here. Patriarchal Vicar for UK and Metropolitan of Niranam Diocese Dr. Mor Coorilos Geevarghese presided over. Members and [...]

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Permitting divorcees to remarry is against the teachings of the Coptic Orthodox Church

June 3, 2010 News

By: Fawzi Herman – human rights activist Translated Using Google Translate Service The rule of the Supreme Administrative Court against the Copts in the second marriage. This provision is completely contrary to the teachings of the Holy Bible and contrary to the heart of the Christian faith and the teachings of the Coptic Orthodox Church [...]

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Coptic Church Protests Egyptian Court Ruling on Marriage License

June 3, 2010 News

By: Mary Abdelmassih (AINA) — An Egyptian court issued a controversial ruling on Saturday, May 29, which deprived the head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church of the control over matters of divorce and marriage, giving the civil courts the authority to oversee affairs which the Church considers are in its core religious competencies. The [...]

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Unknown Thief Steels Thousands from Bulgarian Monastery

June 3, 2010 News

An unknown perpetrators stole BGN 39 000 from the Sts. Peter and Pavel Monastery near the town of Lyaskovets, in the Veliko Tarnovo Region. The information was reported Saturday by the Veliko Tarnovo police. The theft happened Friday afternoon, when a man entered the cell of an 84-year old nun and took the money from [...]

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Newspaper report: Old fresco in Bulgarian church depicts Jesus Christ against a Rocket

June 3, 2010 News

*** An Orthodox expert believes it to be a coincidence Moscow, June 2, Interfax – The fresco of the Holy Transfiguration in the church of Dobrysko, a Bulgarian village, features Jesus Christ against the ruby background which looks like a rocket. Another fresco on the subject of the Holy Transfiguration in the Church of St. [...]

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Turkey to restore another Armenian Church

June 3, 2010 News

2/6/2010 Agency of Istanbul 2010 – European Capital of Culture began the process of restoration in Surp Vorodman Chuch in Kumkapi, Istanbul. According to the report of Internet Haber web site, Agency of Istanbul 2010 – European Capital of Culture, has initiated reconstraction works in Surp Hach and Surp Vorvots Vorodman churchs which were designed [...]

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Armenian church wants justice, suing for 7 Bible Pages

June 3, 2010 News

2010-06-02 By: Nick Doms The Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America is seeking justice in a Los Angeles court for the return of 7 missing pages of their Holy Book, currently held by the Paul Getty Museum. The seven key pages were found missing when the Bible was returned to the Armenian [...]

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Patriarch Irinej meets with Prime Minister Cvetkovic

June 3, 2010 News

Patriarch Irinej meets with Prime Minister Cvetkovic on the occasion of return of church records to the Church Serbian Church 2/6/2010 Today at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade His Holiness IRINEJ, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch received in an official visit the delegation of the Government of the Republic of Serbia [...]

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Fourth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music Announced

June 3, 2010 News

2/6/2010 The International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM) announced that the 4th International Conference on Orthodox Church Music will be held 6-12 June, 2011 at the University of Eastern Finland, in Joensuu, Finland. The theme of next years conference will be Unity and Variety in Orthodox Music: Theory and Practice, said the Rev. Ivan [...]

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Turmoil continues in Serbian Church as Monks Rebel

June 3, 2010 News

2/6/2010 Belgrade – The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) continues to be racked by dissent, as monks in two monasteries have openly rebelled against the church leadership, the daily Blic said Wednesday. Monks from monasteries the Crna Reka and Holy Archangels launched their rebellion in support of Bishop Artemije, the former head of the Kosovo eparchy [...]

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