Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Prosecutor questions Coptic priests over church demolition Protest

November 24, 2010 Featured News

Sami Abdel Radi 23/11/2010 The Egyptian Public Prosecutor has summoned five priests for questioning following a Coptic demonstration on Monday evening over a demolition order for a church built without a permit. Hundreds of protestors blocked a highway in the Umraniya district during the rally. The prosecution also summoned the head of the Umraniya police [...]

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First international Coptic bank to be established in Sweden

November 24, 2010 News

23/11/2010 A group of Coptic businessmen resident in Stockholm, Sweden have established an investment company with the aim of launching the first international Coptic bank–to be called “International Egypt One Bank”–with a preliminary budget of 100 million euros. Investors in the project include Egyptian businessmen living in Germany, Austria, Sweden, Holland, the US and Egypt, [...]

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Anti-Christian Sentiment in Egypt Heats Up

November 24, 2010 News

24/11/2010 Terrorist threat in Iraq emerges at importune moment for Copts. By Wayne King CAIRO, Egypt – As bombings and other attacks continue against Christians in Iraq, Christians in Egypt have gathered to pray and plan for their own safety. When a group of Islamic extremists on Oct. 31 burst into Our Lady of Salvation [...]

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Jerusalem Church to Have Co-Adjutor Patriarch

November 24, 2010 Featured News

By: Arthur Hagopian 21/11/2010 The Armenian Patriarchy of Jerusalem JERUSALEM—For the first time in living memory, the Armenian Church in Jerusalem will have a co-adjutor patriarch whose primary mission will be to assist the incumbent guardian of the keys of St. James, Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, in the administration of the affairs of the Armenian Patriarchate [...]

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‘Year of the Armenian Woman’ Celebrations Conclude

November 24, 2010 Featured News

23/11/2010 By Asbarez Staff LA CRESCENTA, Calif.—Throughout the past year, heeding the call of His Holiness. Catholicos Aram I, events were held throughout Prelacy Churches in celebration of the “Year of the Armenian Woman.” The year-long celebrations concluded with a community-wide event held at St. Mary’s Church on the evening of Tuesday, November 16. The [...]

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Patriarch: All depends on Artemije and his Attitude

November 24, 2010 News

Serbian Church 23/11/2010 The SPC said that there are two possible paths for former bishop Artemije, he can either obey and find peace as a monk in a monastery, if a bishop agrees to take him in, or he can be deflected from the church. The main decision which the Holy Synod of Bishops of [...]

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Georgian Patriarch in Diaspora comeback Plea

November 24, 2010 News

21/11/2010 In a sermon in the central Cathedral of Tbilisi on Sunday, the Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia the Second appealed to the Georgian Diaspora to return home. He said their old country needs them for advancing reconstruction and development plans. A total of 15 hundred thousand are estimated to have left Georgia during its civil [...]

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Kaliningrad’s Orthodox Christians accuse Catholics of proselytizing Plot

November 24, 2010 News

23/11/2010 Kaliningrad, November 23, Interfax – More than 600 Orthodox Christians in Kaliningrad issued a statement accusing the city’s Roman Catholic community of a scheme to proselytize Orthodox believers. The statement followed a heated debate over an order by the city administration to hand over 15 buildings to the Orthodox community including the former Catholic [...]

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HE CEREMONY OF THE GREAT MESSAGE OF THE ELECTED METROPOLITAN MIKIPHOROS OF CENTRAL AFRICA

November 24, 2010 News

THE CEREMONY OF THE GREAT MESSAGE OF THE ELECTED METROPOLITAN MIKIPHOROS OF CENTRAL AFRICA IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS BEATITUDE – DECORATION OF HIS EMINENCE DIMITRIOS OF SEVASTIA AND OF THE HEGUMEN OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF MEGISTIS LAVRA Alexandrian Patriarchate On 23rd October 2010, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and [...]

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Holy Synod of Bishops gathers for Fall Session, elects Priestmonk Matthias [Moriak] to fill vacant Midwest See

November 24, 2010 News

Orthodox Church in America 11/16/2010 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — During the opening session of the fall meeting of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, which opened at the Chancery here on Tuesday morning, November 16, 2010, Priestmonk Matthias [Moriak] was canonically elected to the vacant See of Chicago and the [...]

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The Foot Bridge At Snagov Monastery Consecrated And Inaugurated

November 24, 2010 News

Romanian Church On 20 November 2010, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, consecrated the footbridge at Snagov Monastery. Many faithful attended the religious service, among whom the Governor of the National Bank, Mugur Isarescu, and Minister of Tourism, Elena Udrea, informs Trinitas Radio station. In the speech delivered after the consecration, His [...]

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Patron Saint’s Day of Belgrade Cathedral Church

November 24, 2010 News

23/11/2010 On the day when our Holy Church celebrates Synaxis of Saint Michael the Archangel, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch led the Holy Hierarchal Lityrgy in Belgrade Cathedral Church with the concelebration of His Grace Bishop Irinej of Australia-New Zealand and priesthood of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovac. After the Holy Liturgy, His Holiness cut the [...]

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75th birthday of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev is solemnly celebrated in Kiev

November 24, 2010 Featured News

23.11.2010 On 22 November 2010 in the evening, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia took part in the celebration of the 75th birthday of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine. The event was held at the building of National Opera of Ukraine in Kiev. Taking part in the celebration [...]

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“CHRISTIANS OF THE MIDDLE EAST BELONG TO THESE LANDS AND SHARE THEIR HISTORY AND THE CULTURE”

November 24, 2010 Featured News

“CHRISTIANS OF THE MIDDLE EAST BELONG TO THESE LANDS AND SHARE THEIR HISTORY AND THE CULTURE”- Stated Aram I during his meeting with Journalists Fifteen journalists from Canada and the United States, representing different types of media, met with His Holiness Aram I in Antelias. In his welcome speech, Catholicos Aram I talked of how [...]

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Meeting of Prison Ministry Chaplains

November 24, 2010 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin From November 15 to 26, a meeting of Prison Ministry Chaplains is being held in Great Britain. During the meeting participants will discuss a variety of topics on the clergies work being done with the prisoners, the effective organization of rehabilitation activities and practical examples of those programs that have [...]

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