Thursday, March 3, 2011

Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator Singapore marks 175th Anniversary

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28/2/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net – The Trustees of the Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator Singapore and the Armenian community in Singapore invite Armenians from around the world in celebrating the 175th anniversary of the consecration of the first church in Singapore, the Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator. Consecrated on 26 March 1836, the [...]

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Armenian church to be built in Baghdad

March 3, 2011 News

3/3/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net – The Mayoralty of Baghdad decided to allocate a plot to establish an Armenian church in the capital, according to an official statement. “Baghdad Mayor Saber al-Issawi received Head of the Armenian Community in Iraq Archbishop Avak Asadourian, and gave instructions to choose an appropriate land to set up a church as part [...]

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Egypt: Minya: Copts protest after governor decides to tear down Church Building

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Some 10,000 Copts march against the decision taken by the governor of Minya, southern Egypt, to demolish a five-storey building used a centre for the disabled. Shouting “Go, go after your master, [Mubarak],” they call for his resignation. Cairo – More than 10,000 Copts in Minya Governorate, 250 kilometres south of Cairo, took to the [...]

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Greek patriarch repeats call to reopen Halki Seminary

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FULYA VATANSEVER ,İSTANBUL 2/3/2011 The 40-year silence of the Halki (or Heybeliada) seminary must end, said Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, repeating a long-time demand of the patriarchate, on Monday night at the premiere of the documentary “The Silent School” commemorating the 50th anniversary of his graduation from the seminary. Tracing the historical background of [...]

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Church promotes dialogue on conflict Issues

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By Salome Modebadze 2/3/2011 His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia Ilia the Second appealed to the Georgian and Russian Governments to begin negotiations. In a statement released to the media yesterday, His Holiness encouraged the leaders of the both countries to “show wisdom and [...]

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3 Greeks Plead Guilty for Deception, Queens, N.Y.

March 3, 2011 News

2/3/2011 Three Greek residents of Queens, Spiros Moshopoulos, Tommy Skiada and Daniella Radulescu, have pleaded guilty for deception. Meanwhile, they agreed to pay one million dollars compensation. As it was mentioned in the “National Herald”, the three of them were presented in front of the judge, Stephen A. Knopf, and they accepted their guiltiness and [...]

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Government to fund five per cent of national Cathedral

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3/3/2011 CALEA 13 SEPTEMBRIE Romania’s state will help fund work on the construction of five per cent of the Cathedral Of The Nation’s Salvation, including 2.4 million Euro in 2011 The remaining cash for the 400 million Euro project will come from the Patriarchy of The Romanian Orthodox Church’s own funds and contributions from citizens. [...]

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Patriarch Kirill pays tribute to Gorbachev’s contribution to ensure cooperation between Church and State

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Moscow, March 3, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All-Russia congratulated the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on his 80th anniversary. “The end of the 20th century has seen a number of changes in this country. The cooperation between the government authorities and the Russian Orthodox Church was substantially facilitated by your decisions,” Patriarch’s [...]

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Dean and Chancellor of St. Vladimir’s Seminary Appointed to Second Term

March 3, 2011 News

28/2/2011 [SVOTS Communications / Yonkers, NY] On Monday, February 28, 2011, at an academic convocation on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Anne Glynn Mackoul, Executive Chair of the seminary’s Board of Trustees, announced a decision by the Board to reappoint the seminary Dean, Archpriest John Behr, and Chancellor, Archpriest Chad Hatfield, to their positions [...]

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