From the monthly archives:

January 2011

Patriarch Filaret: Government Intends To Liquidate Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of Kyiv Patriarchate Before June

by OCP January 31, 2011 Featured News

30/1/2011 Ukrainian News Agency Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate said the government wants to liquidate the church before June. He announced this in an interview with the Ekspress newspaper in Lviv. ‘They want to liquidate the Kyiv Patriarchate before the summer… In all regions of Ukraine representatives of the government [...]

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His Beatitude Ieronymos-II, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece visits the Holy father

by OCP January 31, 2011 Featured News

Greek-Syrian Orthodox Churches MA`ARAT SAYYIDNAYA, SYRIA: On the evening of Tuesday 25 January 2011, His Beatitude Ieronymos-II, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and the accompanying delegation were given a warm welcome at the St. Ephrem Syriac Orthodox Monastery in Ma’arat Saydinnya, Damascus. His Holiness Ignatius Zakka-I Iwas the Patriarch of Antioch & All [...]

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Islam and Christianity in Syria

by OCP January 31, 2011 News

(Dp-news – Sana) 27/1/2011 DAMASCUS- The Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments), Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed on Tuesday, highlighted the importance of spreading the culture of dialogue and exchange of ideas and strengthening the concept of religious fraternity and its role in spreading peace, security and stability in the world. “What brings the Syrians together is their [...]

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To Enhance Dialogue among Various Cultures and Religions

by OCP January 31, 2011 News

(Dp-news – Sana) 27/01/2011 DAMASCUS- President Bashar al-Assad reviewed on Thursday with Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and the accompanying delegation the historical ties between Syria and Greece, and the friendly relations binding the churches of the two countries, and means of enhancing and consolidating them. The two sides underlined the importance [...]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Dollis & Patriarch Theophilos Conduct Positive Meeting

by OCP January 31, 2011 News

Apostolos Papapostolou 25/1/2011 A meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister, Dollis and Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem on the 19th of January was held in a very positive atmosphere. The Deputy Foreign Minister and Patriarch Theophilos discussed issues faced by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Dollis addressed the Patriarch and said, “I am making my first official visit [...]

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Armenian Catholicos meets AGBU President

by OCP January 31, 2011 News

29/1/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II held a meeting Jan. 29 with Berge Setrakian, President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU). The sides discussed the AGBU`s activities in the Armenian communities worldwide. Garegin II pointed out the possibility of the AGBU`s cooperation with the dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church worldwide – cooperation [...]

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Armenian schools open doors to a different Audience

by OCP January 31, 2011 Featured News

30/1/2011 VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Armenian schools in Turkey are set to begin admitting students according to a new policy in light of the increasing number of children born to couples of mixed Turkish-Armenian and non-Armenian descent. A number of children born to intercultural couples are already attending a variety of the [...]

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Catholics, Orthodox in Belarus celebrate Christian Unity Week

by OCP January 31, 2011 News

30/1/2011 Minsk, Belarus, Jan 30, 2011 / 07:20 pm (CNA).- Catholic leaders in Belarus celebrated the annual week dedicated to Christian unity by gathering and breaking bread with local heads of Orthodox, Lutheran and other other Christian denominations. From January 18 – 25, Christians around the globe marked the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity, [...]

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10,000-Square-Foot Lincoln Park Church Conversion Drops $400K

by OCP January 29, 2011 News

28/1/2011 The granddaddy of Chicago church conversions has come back on the market: a 10,143-square-foot mansion in Lincoln Park. The massive home got the Wall Street Journal’s ‘House of the Day’ treatment a couple years ago, and from that we’ve learned that the place was built as a Greek Orthodox church in 1896 and converted [...]

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Muslim woman performs Epiphany ablution in Tatarstan

by OCP January 29, 2011 News

Kazan, January 20, Interfax – A Muslim woman participated in the Epiphany bathing in the Raifa Holy Virgin Monastery not far from Kazan. The girl plunged into the water in a dress with her head covered. When she came up from the ice hole her companion wrapped her in a loose gown. When asked what [...]

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New book by ORI – “About the Holy Pascha”

by OCP January 29, 2011 Featured News

29/1/2011 The Orthodox Research Institute have published its new work titled “About the Holy Pascha”. Details of the New Book By Matthew Vlastares Edited, Translated and Annotated by Anastasios M. Ioannides Language: Original Greek side by side English translation Paperback (January 2011) ISBN: 978-1-933275-53-6 Price: $22.95 + S&H (USD) Click here to Purchase Source:

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New Life Flows Through Renovated Holy Cross Church of Akhalkalak

by OCP January 29, 2011 Featured News

28/1/2011 The Holy Cross Armenian Church of Akhalkalak was renovated in 2010, receiving new furniture, cosmetic renovation, and a new heating system. The renovations have brought new life and hope to the church and its congregation, which still remembers having to endure freezing temperatures during mass in the winter. The number of people worshiping at [...]

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Source: Egypt church to dissuade Copts from joining Protests

by OCP January 29, 2011 News

27/1/2011 An Egyptian Coptic Orthodox church source said the church will advise Copts not to protest, but will not stop “those who insist on taking to the streets in a peaceful civilized manner.” The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Copts participated as individuals in protests staged since Tuesday, noting that many have [...]

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Hegumen Filaret Bulekov: France respects Orthodoxy

by OCP January 29, 2011 News

28/1/2011 Russian Orthodoxy has been arousing great interest and respect in France in the past few decades. The head of the Orthodox community in Strasbourg Hegumen Filaret Bulekov, in a Voice of Russia interview, said that plans were being made to build new Orthodox churches in Strasbourg and Paris. The first Orthodox parishes in France [...]

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Formal academy in honor of national holiday of Serbian community in Macedonia

by OCP January 29, 2011 News

29/1/2011 A formal academy was held late Thursday in Skopje in honor of the national holiday of Serbian community in Macedonia – St. Sava – the first Archbishop of Serbian Orthodox Church, originator of Serbian legislation and literature, founder of the Monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos, and a diplomat. A formal academy was held [...]

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Iconography at South Bend Church Restored

by OCP January 29, 2011 News

29/1/2011 Images more than decoration, priest says By KIRBY SPROULS Tribune Staff Writer SOUTH BEND — The Byzantine iconography covering the walls and dome inside Saint Andrew Greek Orthodox Church is extraordinary. But the purpose of this sacred art is often misunderstood, according to the Rev. George Konstantopoulos. He is priest of the church on [...]

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Russian Church becomes closer to People

by OCP January 29, 2011 Featured News

Milena Faustova 28/1/2011 The dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the public is receiving new forms. The Moscow Patriarchy has formed a body which had never existed anywhere in the whole history of Christianity – the Interim Council of Bishops. In the Orthodox Church, a council of bishops is the supreme ruling body. The [...]

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Pope encourages talks with Oriental Orthodox Churches

by OCP January 29, 2011 News

28/1/2011 Pope Benedict XVI met on January 28 with members of a joint commission for dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox churches. The Pontiff expressed appreciation for their work and confidence for the future of the ecumenical dialogue. The Oriental Orthodox churches are those Christian bodies that broke away with Rome in [...]

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Christian Unity Service at Babingley

by OCP January 27, 2011 News

The British Orthodox Church 23/1/2011 Each year in January the British Orthodox Church at Babingley hosts one of the events for Churches’ Together in King’s Lynn to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which has proved very popular and has always been well attended. As British Orthodox clergy and members from the …

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Anglican-Oriental Orthodox Regional Forum Meets

by OCP January 27, 2011 News

The British Orthodox Church 26/1/2011 The Anglican-Oriental Orthodox Regional Forum met for its half-yearly meeting on 24 January at the Syrian Orthodox Church in Acton. It was c0-chaired by Bishop Geoffrey Rowell of Gibraltar in Europe and Bishop Angaelos. Hosting the meeting was Archbishop Athanasios Thoma Dawood and the Anglican representatives were joined for the [...]

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Gul says genocide was not part of Turkey’s History

by OCP January 27, 2011 News

26/1/2011 Gul said, “if we concentrate on the history, no one in Europe cannot look at each other’s face.” Turkish President Abdullah Gul said that genocide had never been a part of Turkey’s history, adding, “if we concentrate on the history, no one in Europe cannot look at each other’s face. What we have to [...]

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Egypt interior minister: Alexandria Church bomber is dead

by OCP January 27, 2011 Featured News

Ahram Online 25/1/2011 Alexandria church bomber ‘unidentified’ but he is not ‘Egyptian at all’, the Egyptian interior minister tells Al-Ahram In a rare and lengthy interview, Interior Minister Habib El-Adly spoke to Al-Ahram’s editor-in-chief Osama Saraya, on the New Year’s Eve bombing of the Coptic church in Alexandria. Discussing the details of the attack, El-Adly [...]

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Patriarch may visit Abkhazia

by OCP January 27, 2011 News

26/1/2011 Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Illia Second Archepiscope of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Mitropolite of Pitsunda and Tkhum Abkhazia, His Holiness and Beatitude probably will visit Abkhazia, GHN reports. The information was approved by the Press Service of the Georgian Patriarchate. They noted that Illia Second has a great wish to visit Abkhazia. “At this time [...]

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Orthodox seat in Mostar revived

by OCP January 27, 2011 Featured News

26/01/2011 After nearly two decades, Mostar is again the seat of the Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The seat was temporarily transferred to Trebinje in the beginning of the 1992-1995 conflict. Bishop Grigorije of Zahumlje and Herzegovina announced the return earlier this month. This revival of the Eparchy seat, according [...]

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Ecumenical all night vigil in Warsaw

by OCP January 27, 2011 News

Karina Michaluk 24.01.2011 “Only with mutual understanding and respect, by mutual enrichment, without forcing the partner to no longer represent their views (…) only the way of understanding and tolerance leads to a community and being together.” – So about the conditions of ecumenism said head of Orthodox Church in Poland , Metropolitan Sawa during [...]

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