Tuesday, November 2, 2010

International Symposium Dedicated To The Orthodox Creed At The Faculty Of Orthodox Theology Of Bucharest

November 2, 2010 Featured News

2/11/2010 On, 1 November 2010, theologians, theology professors and many students from the country and abroad participate in the International Symposium with the theme “Nicene – Constantinopolitan Creed. History, Theology and Spirituality”. The meeting takes place at the Faculty of Orthodox of “Patriarch Justinian” of Bucharest in order to emphasize the importance of the Orthodox [...]

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Working Session Of The Holy Synod (29 October)

November 2, 2010 News

THE PRESS OFFICE OF THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE informs us: On 29 October 2010, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church took place in the Synodal Room of the Patriarchal Residence, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarchal Daniel. The hierarchs of the Holy Synod approved the canonization of Pious Iordion [...]

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Egypt, Coptic Church reject al-Qaeda threats

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01/11/2010 Alexandrian church officials, along with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit, rejected on Monday a statement by an al-Qaeda-linked group responsible for Sunday’s attack on a Catholic church in central Baghdad. In the statement, the militants gave the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church 48 hours to “release Muslim women detained in churches” in Egypt. Spokesperson [...]

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Christian graves vandalised on the island of Imvros

November 2, 2010 Featured News

11/02/2010 by NAT da Polis The island, birthplace of the Ecumenical Patriarch, although inhabited almost exclusively by the Orthodox population, was handed to Turkey in 1923, which did not comply with the rules imposed by the Treaty of Lausanne. Bartholomew: vandalism is due to the “usual known-unknown suspects.” It seeks to undermine the government new [...]

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His Holiness Karekin II extends condolences to Pope Benedict XVI

November 2, 2010 News

2/11/2010 His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, sent a letter of condolence to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for innocent victims of the terrorist attack on the Syriac Catholic cathedral in Baghdad committed on November one. According to the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the letter, [...]

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The Cross of St. Savvatiy arrives in Moscow

November 2, 2010 News

2/11/2010 A unique Orthodox sacred relic – the Cross of St. Savvatiy has been brought to Moscow from the Solovetsky Monastery in Russia’s North. According to archimandrite and prior of the monastery Porfiry Shutov this is the first time in 20 years that the Cross leaves the walls of its home church. The Cross of [...]

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No grounds to talk about religious enmity in North Caucasus despite church fires – Archbishop Feofan

November 2, 2010 News

Pyatigorsk, November 2, Interfax – Despite attempts to set Christian churches on fire, there are still no grounds to talk about religious enmity in the North Caucasus, Archbishop Feofan of Stavropol and Vladikavkaz. “I attended a meeting of law enforcement officials and they confirmed it was arson. Not only two Orthodox churches had been set [...]

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Arsonists Target 3 Russian Churches; Burn 1 to Ground

November 2, 2010 Featured News

By: Aaron J. Leichman 1/11/2010 Three churches in a predominantly Muslim province in Russia were set on fire by arsonists early Monday. One of the buildings, an Orthodox church in the village of Ordzhonikidzevsky, was almost totally destroyed. The other two – an Orthodox church and a Baptist church in the nearby city of Karachaevsk [...]

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