November 2010

Turkey gives orphanage to Ecumenical Patriarchate

November 30, 2010 Featured News

By SELCAN HACAOGLU Associated Press 29/11/2010 The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians was given back the deed to a historic building on Monday in a move hailed as a symbolic but important victory for the formerly dominant church in Turkey. The Turkish government returned control of the 19th-century orphanage, one of the largest [...]

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Orthodoxy in Pictures – November 2010

November 30, 2010 Featured News

30/11/2010 Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III, center, serves a mass for Saint Philoumenos, in the Church of the Greek Orthodox monastery of Jacob’s Well, in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Father Philoumenos was the head of the Church of the Greek Orthodox monastery [...]

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New Europe newspaper reports on ‘EU membership and religious freedoms in Turkey’

November 30, 2010 News

New Europe newspaper reports on ‘EU membership and religious freedoms in Turkey’ New York, NY 11/29/2010 The New Europe newspaper published an article by Amanda Paul, an analyst for the European Policy Centre in Brussels, on ‘EU membership and religious freedoms in Turkey’. New Europe – the European weekly, published since 1993, is a unique [...]

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Russia to restore Kosovo’s Orthodox Shrines

November 30, 2010 News

29/11/2010 Russia will allocate 2 mln dollars to restoring Kosovo’s Orthodox shrines. An agreement in this respect was signed in UNESCO Paris headquarters today by Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova and Russia’s permanent representative Eleonora Mitrofanova. Four churches will be restored, including the Monastery of the Patriarchate of Pec, Visoki Decani Monastery, Gračanica Monastery [...]

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Egypt Detains Over 150 Protesters After Deadly Church Clash

November 28, 2010 Featured News

28/11/2010 By Worthy News Middle East Service with reporting by Worthy News Correspondent Stefan J. Bos CAIRO, EGYPT (Worthy News)– Egypt’s attorney general has reportedly ordered the detention of 156 Christian protesters following deadly clashes with riot police in a suburb of the capital Cairo where authorities halted construction of a church, Worthy News monitored [...]

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Eritrea Refugees Detained In Sinai Desert, Group Says

November 28, 2010 News

By Worthy News Middle East and African Services 28/11/2010 CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Worthy News)– There was international concern Friday, November 26, over the situation of 80 Eritrean refugees who rights activists said have been held hostage by people smugglers on the Egypt-Israel border for about a month. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a religious rights group, cited investigators [...]

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3rd Oldest Greek Orthodox Church for Sale in Turkey

November 28, 2010 Featured News

27/11/2010 A greek church is being sold in Moudania, Turkey for 200,000 euros. According to Turkish media, it is the third oldest orthodox church in the world.  It is located in a small village in Moudania named Kumyaka. The president of the village wants to buy the church but it can’t afford the high cost.  He would like [...]

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Elections update: Egypt’s Pope snubs NDP, votes for Opposition Party

November 28, 2010 Featured News

E E Staff 28/11/2010 In an unprecedented move, Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, has voted for the opposition Wafd Party candidate for Shubra/Mahmasha, businessman Ramy Lakkah, Coptic sources have revealed. “I came to cast my vote in order to proceed in our path to democracy. I urge Egyptians to go [...]

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Statement on Archbishop Seraphim issued by Archdiocese of Canada

November 28, 2010 News

11/26/2010 Orthodox Church in America WINNIPEG, MB [OCA] — As widely reported in the Canadian media, His Eminence, Archbishop Seraphim of Ottawa and Canada appeared before the Winnipeg City Police and charged with two counts of sexual assault of minors on Wednesday, November 24, 2010.   In a statement addressed to the clergy and members [...]

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HH Patriarch Ignatius Zakka 1st decorated Commander E. John with “BarEito Nasiho” title.

November 28, 2010 News

Damascus: HH Patriarch Ignatious Zakka 1st decorated Commander E. John with “BarEito Nasiho” title at a function held at Patriarchate for his services to Holy Church. H.G Joseph Mor Gregorious, H.G Mathews Mor Aprem, Rev. Fr. Aji Karimpanakkal and faithful from malankara was present for the function. Bareito Nasiho Commander E John belongs to St. [...]

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Communique – November 23, 2010

November 28, 2010 Featured News

Serbian Orthodox Church His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch has received today in an official visit His Excellency Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Serbia, Alexander Vasilyevich Konuzin, on his personal request.  In this occasion Ambassador informed His Holiness about details of yesterday’s meeting with monk Artemije and his entourage in the Embassy of Russia and [...]

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Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated the Liturgy in St. Michael’s Church on the 25th anniversary of Metropolitan Philaret’s Repose

November 28, 2010 News

21/11/2010 Russian Church outside Russia On Sunday, November 21, on the feast day of the Holy Archangel Michael and the other Heavenly Bodiless Hosts, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Michael’s Church in Paterson, NJ. The First [...]

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Ambassador Of Jordan On A Visit To The Romanian Patriarchate

November 28, 2010 News

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 24 November 2010, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, received His Excellency Mr. Rasem Yacoub Hashem, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Bucharest, at the Patriarchal Residence. The Ambassador appreciated the important role that the religious cults play in the [...]

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Primate of the UOC celebrated memorial litia for the victims of Holodomor (Ukrainian Famine) of 1932-1933

November 28, 2010 Featured News

27/11/2010 On Saturday, November 27, in Ukraine the memory of the victims of Holodomor (Ukrainian Famine) is honored. On that day, in the territory of the State Museum “Memorial of the victims of Holodomor in Ukraine” (Kyiv, Mazepy str. 15-а) the mourning ceremonies   were held.   First the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, together [...]

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ARMENIAN WOMEN ASSESS “2010 YEAR OF THE ARMENIAN WOMAN” AT A CONFERENCE IN ANTELIAS BEGINNING ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

November 28, 2010 News

In January 2010, through a Pontifical Letter, His Holiness Aram I declared the year as “Year of Armenian Woman”. In his letter he urged Dioceses to reassess the place and contributions of women in different aspects of community life and decision-making bodies. At the end of this calendar year, His Holiness is inviting representatives from [...]

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Moscow Patriarchate expects future reports of the USA Department of State will be more Objective

November 28, 2010 Featured News

*** The Church is ready to held the United States in the question Moscow, November 25, Interfax – The USA Department of State report on religious freedom in Russia for 2010 lacks objectivity and analytical depth, the Russian Church believes. “I’d like to wish that in the future the report will have truly equal, friendly [...]

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Moscow rejects U.S. allegations about Religious Inequality

November 28, 2010 News

Moscow, November 22, Interfax – Russia’s Foreign Ministry rejected allegations by the U.S. State Department that there exists inequality between religious communities representing different faiths in Russia. The State Department made its allegations in the 2010 Report on International Religious Freedom. “The authors of the State Department report were unable to ignore positive trends in [...]

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The Orphanage Program of The Greek Orthodox Mission in Indonesia

November 27, 2010 Featured News
Proposed Sketch Of the Orphanage Building

27/11/2010 Special Appeal From Fr Yohanes Bambang of the Indonesian Orthodox Church The Indonesian Orthodox Church is planning to build an Orphanage for Children. The Budget and other details are given Below The Budget Of Orphanage Building Land = 1000 m2 X Rp. 275.000,- = Rp. 275.000.000,- Fence = 130 m2 X Rp. …

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Al-Azhar asks Coptic Church to denounce US religious discrimination Claims

November 27, 2010 Featured News

26/11/2010 Al-Azhar attempted to persuade Egypt’s Coptic Church on Thursday to rebuff a US report claiming that Christians in Egypt were discriminated against. The Coptic Church had–for the first time–welcomed an annual US report on religious freedoms, saying there was indeed discrimination against Christians in Egypt. The Church held the government responsible for the report’s [...]

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Helping the poor family with Cattle’s Chicken

November 27, 2010 News

The Indonesian Orthodox Church Fr Yohanes Bambang 27/11/2010 Love is the basic of our Christian faith, this is based on that God is love, so helping the poor family who needs our help is a kind of our implementation to show the love of Christ. This is also a way to entice people to feel [...]

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Büyükada orphanage in Istanbul to be transferred to Greek Patriarchate

November 27, 2010 Featured News

26/11/2010 ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Procedures to transfer the orphanage on the largest of Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate have been completed and the deed will be delivered to Patriarch Bartholomew on Monday, daily Hürriyet reported Friday. The patriarchate’s lawyer, Cem Sofuoğlu, said the transfer of the Büyükada orphanage would mark the first [...]

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Orthodox archbishop charged with Sexual Abuse

November 27, 2010 News

26/11/2010 WINNIPEG — A former Archbishop of Canada in the Orthodox Church whose career has taken him around the world has been arrested by Winnipeg police on two charges of sexual assault. Kenneth William Storheim, 64, surrendered to police Wednesday after an investigation into sexual abuse allegations dating back 30 years led to charges. It’s [...]

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Patriarch’s meeting with Pope getting nearer – Metropolitan Hilarion

November 27, 2010 News

26/11/2010 Moscow, November 26, Interfax – The meeting between the Moscow Patriarch and the Pope is getting nearer each day, the Russian Orthodox Church said. “Each day brings us closer to this meeting between the Pope and Patriarch,” head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, told journalists in [...]

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Metropolitan Yurij Enthroned as the Sixth Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada!

November 25, 2010 Featured News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada On Saturday, November 20, a spiritually moving Vespers service was celebrated at Holy Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral in Winnipeg, MB. This service began the Enthronement celebrations for the sixth Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, His Eminence Metropolitan Yurij, Archbishop of Winnipeg and the Central Eparchy, Metropolitan of Canada, [...]

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Egypt’s Pope denounces use of force against Coptic Protesters

November 25, 2010 Featured News

25/11/2010 AFP Head of the Egyptian Coptic Church Pope Shenouda III on Wednesday denounced the use of force against Coptic Christian protesters. The statement followed Wednesday’s clashes with security over a decision to stop construction on a Giza church. Authorities claim the church lacked the required permits. The violence left one Copt dead and scores [...]

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