Friday, September 24, 2010

German interior minister pushes for Christian rights on Turkish Visit

September 24, 2010 News

24/9/2010 During a two-day visit to Turkey, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has met with members of the Christian minority in Istanbul. The talks are aimed at strengthening the rights of minority faith communities. German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere’s has met with members of different minority Christian communities during a visit to Turkey. [...]

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Atheist and Orthodox Christian Priest to Debate

September 24, 2010 News

23/9/2010 By: Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald The new Center for Interfaith Projects in Fargo is kicking off its first event with a good one: an atheist professor debates an Eastern Orthodox Priest. The new Center for Interfaith Projects in Fargo is kicking off its first event with a good one: an atheist professor [...]

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Turkish authorities misrepresent Van history on Liturgy Day

September 24, 2010 News

23/9/2010 PanARMENIAN.Net – On the day of the liturgy at Akhtamar’s Holy Cross Armenian Church, Turkish authorities were distributing leaflets containing misrepresented history of the city of Van among foreign tourists. As journalist Hasmik Hambardzumyan stressed at news conference, Armenian journalists were impeded in their work by the representatives of the Constantinople Patriarchate of the [...]

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Coptic bishop says controversial Quran statements were ‘Misunderstood’

September 24, 2010 News

23/09/2010 Bishop Bishoy, secretary of the Coptic Church’s Holy Synod, delayed delivering a scheduled speech at a conference held in Fayoum Wednesday evening in order to consult with his aides after hearing that the local press intended to publish a printed copy of his speech. Bishoy insisted that what was written in the printed copy [...]

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Egyptian Coptic Church Accused of ‘Stockpiling Weapons’

September 24, 2010 News

24/9/2010 By Dan Wooding CAIRO, EGYPT — A Middle East journalist is reporting that a “new wave of defamation by Islamists” against Coptic Pope Shenouda III and the Coptic Church is seen by many observers as a serious provocation to sectarian violence against the Copts, and “the possibility of Egypt being dragged into civil war.” [...]

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Greek authorities refuse to finance the Constantinople Patriarchate Orthodox Center in Switzerland

September 24, 2010 News

Sophia, September 23, Interfax – Economic crisis and difficult situation in Greece made Greek government stop financing Orthodox Center of the Constantinople Patriarchate in Chambesy (Switzerland). Thus, the patriarchal center is on edge of closing: it formally continues its work, but in fact it doesn’t function and its staff was reduced, the Bulgarian website The [...]

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Catholicos consecrates St. Leon Cathedral of Western Diocese

September 24, 2010 News

Burbank, Calif. – On September 11 at 2:30 p.m., His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians consecrated the St. Leon Cathedral in Burbank, California. The Pontiff was assisted by His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate; His Eminence Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian, former Primate; His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Eastern [...]

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PM on Patriarch’s Kosovo Enthronement

September 24, 2010 News

22/9/2010 VRANJE — PM Mirko Cvetković says the act of enthronement of Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej is of deepest spiritual and religious significance for Serbs. Speaking in Vranje, southern Serbia, on Wednesday, Cvetkocić expressed hope the event will not be politicized. “The organization of the enthronement has been entrusted to the SPC and [...]

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International missions must secure Patriarch’s Inauguration

September 24, 2010 News

24/9/2010 Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic stated that his Ministry and the Serbian government submitted a list of officials to KFOR who will be attending Patriarch Irinej’s inauguration on 3 October in the Pec Patriarchate. Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic stated that his Ministry and the Serbian government submitted a list of officials to KFOR [...]

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Kuci: Sejdiu, Thaci want to attend Patriarch’s Inauguration

September 24, 2010 News

23/9/2010 Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said on Sept. 22 that the president and prime minister, Fatmir Sejdiu and Hashim Thaci, respectively, have expressed the desire to attend the inauguration of Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej at the Pec Patriarchy on Oct. 3. Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said on Sept. 22 that [...]

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Church called on state to fulfill its duty as introducing compulsory classes on Religion in Schools

September 24, 2010 News

24/9/2010 Sofia. The address of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church emphases on the necessity for introduction of school classes for the spirit and good future of our children regarding the deepened crisis in the nation’s value system, FOCUS News Agency reporter announced. The speech was red by Russian bishop Neofit who is spokesman of the Holy [...]

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