Saturday, March 5, 2011

21 Years Since His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Was Ordained Hierarch

March 5, 2011 News

4/3/2011 Romanian Church On 4 March 2011, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates 21 years since he was ordained hierarch. His Beatitude was ordained Bishop on 4 March 1990, on the Orthodoxy Sunday, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Timişoara by His Eminence Nestor, Metropolitan of Oltenia, His Eminence Nicolae, Metropolitan of [...]

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Prime Minister of Republic of Srpska visits Diocese of Zahumlje-Herzegovina

March 5, 2011 News

2/3/2011 Serbian Church The President of the Government of the Republic of Srpska Mr. Aleksandar Dzombic with associates visited on Monday, February 28, 2011 Bishop Grigorije of Zahumlje and Herzegovina and the Diocesan seat in Mostar. Prime Minister Dzombic stated after the talks with Bishop Grigorije that the Government of the RS will continue to [...]

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IOCC Supports Earthquake Relief Efforts of the Greek Archdiocese of New Zealand

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1/3/2011 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — As survivors begin to piece back their lives in the New Zealand city of Christchurch following a 6.3 magnitude quake that struck on February 22, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of New Zealand has initiated efforts to provide assistance to those who have lost homes and places of work. The death [...]

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Orthodox and Western Churches celebrate Easter again on Same Date

March 5, 2011 News

3/3/2011 FLORIDA – The Orthodox Church Lent begins this Monday, March 7, and for the second consecutive year, Easter, the most important feast in the Christian calendar, will be celebrated on the same date, April 24, by both Orthodox and Western churches. In most years Eastern and Western Christianity celebrate Easter, which is a movable [...]

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Inauguration of the MOC Publications Office Complex

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4/3/2011 Indian Orthodox Church Indian/Kerala/Kottayam: MOC Publications, the official publications of the Indian Orthodox Church has a new Office Complex at Kottayam. The new building comlex was blessed and inaugurated by Catholicos Baselius Marthoma Paulose II. Fr Dr K M George (Principal of Orthodox Theological Seminary), Fr T J Josua and several other dignitaries attended [...]

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Inter-Orthodox consultation begins discussion on the nature of the Church

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04.03.11 A week-long inter-Orthodox consultation with the aim of studying the Faith and Order document “The Nature and Mission of the Church” began its work on Thursday 3 March in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. The aim of the consultation is to offer distinctly Orthodox insights as part of a world-wide discussion of the doctrine of the [...]

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PRIZREN – HOW TO GET SERBS BACK

March 5, 2011 News

3/3/2011 After the return of the seat of the eparchy of Raska and Prizren to that town in Kosmet, the seminary will be reopened again next fall. It is expected to encourage the expelled Serbs to more massive return. More from Snezana Milosevic. According to innumerous Serbs who still live in Prizren, the decision of [...]

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Medvedev calls for control over monastery reconstruction Spending

March 5, 2011 News

04.03.2011 GORKI, March 4 (Itar-Tass) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday instructed the board of trustees of the Charity Fund for the Reconstruction of the Voskresensky New Jerusalem Monastery to exert strict control over the fund’s spending. “Thanks to the support from the state and the Church, all conditions have been created so that [...]

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Election of New Metropolitans at the Phanar

March 5, 2011 News

3/3/2011 During its regular session on Thursday, March 3, 2011, the Holy and Sacred Synod, at the recommendation of His All-Holiness, unanimously elected the Grand Chancellor Stephanos to the rank of Metropolitan of Kallioupolis and Madytos, as well as its Chief Secretary Elpidophoros to the rank of Metropolitan of Proussa. The ordination of His Grace [...]

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Religious Leaders of Finland visit Phanar

March 5, 2011 News

28/2/2011 On Monday, February 28, 2011, His All-Holiness Bartholomew received religious leaders of various denominations in Finland. Among the visitors were Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland; Kari Makinen, Lutheran Archbishop; Elsigkiou Teemu Sippo, Roman Catholic Bishop; Archdeacon Jyrki Harkonen; and Mr. Kaj Appelberg. The religious leaders also visited the Orthodox Theological School of [...]

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Bones of Greek Patriarch ‘Araboğlu’ brought to Istanbul after 86 Years

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ISTANBUL – Hürriyet 4/3/2011 The bones of Patriarch Constantine the Sixth, or “Araboğlu,” who caused a crisis between Turkey and Greece in 1925, have been brought to Istanbul almost a century later with the permission of the Turkish government. His bones will be buried alongside the remains of other patriarchs at Istanbul’s Balıklı Greek Patriarchate [...]

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Greek Orthodox Bishop: Shen Yun ‘I will advise everybody to come and see it’

March 5, 2011 News

Epoch Times Staff 3/2/2011 MELBOURNE—On a chilly autumn night, the Melbourne audience warmed inside the Regent Theatre to the wondrous sights and sounds of Shen Yun Performing Arts International Company, providing them with food for thought on many levels. Greek Orthodox Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis, Assistant Bishop to the Archbishop in Melbourne, was in the [...]

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Demise of Archbishop Abune Yesehaq

March 5, 2011 News

4/2/2011 Archbishop Abune Yesehaq passed away last day. He was the Archbishop of ale Diocese of the Ethiopian Church. Memory Eternal. OCP News Service

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