Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Prevented

March 9, 2011 Featured News

9/3/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net – The Turkish police have prevented another assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, according to the Austrian catholic news agency. The Turkish police have arrested two suspects aged 17-18. The assassination attempt was planned in the Fanar district, where the residence of the Patriarch is located. According to representative of [...]

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Islamic Mob Burns Down Church in Egypt

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‘Kill all the Christians,’ local imam tells villagers. CAIRO, March 8 (CDN) — A Muslim mob in a village south of Cairo last weekend attacked a church building and burned it down, almost killing the parish priest after an imam issued a call to “Kill all the Christians,” according to local sources. The attack started [...]

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Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt kill 11, over 90 hurt

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9/3/2011 Security and hospital officials say Muslim—Christian clashes in the Egyptian capital Cairo killed 11 people and wounded more than 90. The clashes broke out on Tuesday night when a Muslim mob attacked thousands of Christians protesting against the burning of a Cairo church last week. Muslims torched the church in a Cairo suburb amid [...]

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OCA Treasurer releases report for January 1-December 31, 2010

March 9, 2011 News

03/08/2011 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — The Treasurer of the Orthodox Church in America, Melanie Ringa, released the “Treasurer’s Report for the Period of January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010″ on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. The complete document in PDF format may be accessed HERE. Source:

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The Second Day Of The Great Canon At The Patriarchal Cathedral

March 9, 2011 News

9/3/2011 Hundreds of faithful attended the service of the Canon of Saint Andrew the Cretan celebrated in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest. The Canon service was celebrated yesterday, 8 March, the second day of the Lent by His Grace Ciprian Câmpineanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch. In this part of the service of the Great [...]

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St. Simeon ceremony in Podgorica

March 9, 2011 News

5/3/2011 His Grace Bishop Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic served on Saturday, March 5th, the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy which was led by His Eminence Metropolitan Nikolaj of Dabro-Bosna in the Cathedral church of Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica. Along with His Eminence Metropolitan Nikolaj, His Eminence Amfilohije Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral [...]

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New parish in Sidney

March 9, 2011 News

7/3/2011 The Serbian Orthodox Church has become richer for one more parish, especially because it is the only one in the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand in which the official liturgical language is English. The Parish of St. Michael the Archangel in Homebush,a western suburb of Sidney, closed to the Sidney Olympic village, has [...]

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His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr read the first part of the Great Canon of Repentance by St Andrew of Crete at the Refectory Church of the Kyiv Caves Monastery

March 9, 2011 News

On Monday, March 7, according to the church calendar the Great Lent begins. On that day the Primate of the UOC His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr performed the reading of the first part of the Great Canon of Repentance by the Venerable Andrew, Bishop of Crete during the Great Vespers. At the same time, on the [...]

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Lviv City Mayor Met with Heads of Religious Confessions

March 9, 2011 News

On March 3 in Lviv, the city mayor Andriy Sadovyy met with the heads of religious confessions of the region. On behalf of the UOC attending the meeting were the ruling bishop of the Diocese of Lviv Archbishop Augustine of Lviv and Halych nd Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Lviv, Bishop Philaret of Drohobych. [...]

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CIS and Baltic Christian Inter-confessional Committee supports initiatives by Patriarch Kirill for improving national Population Policy

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5.03.2011 CIS and Baltic Christian Inter-confessional Committee supports initiatives by Patriarch Kirill for improving national population Policy The CIS and Baltic Christian Inter-confessional Committee (CIAC) held a working meeting on March 4, 2011, at the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, to discuss cooperation between religious and public organizations in the population policy. The [...]

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150th anniversary of the end of serfdom in Russia is marked at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

March 9, 2011 News

On 3 March 2011, a grand meeting, “Great Reforms of the Emperor Alexander II – a Successful Example of Modernization,” dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the end of serfdom in Russia took place at the Bishops’ Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Archpriest Mikhail Ryazantsev, the sacristan of the Cathedral, sang prayers [...]

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Modernization in Russia to base on moral norms – Patriarch Kirill

March 9, 2011 News

Moscow, March 3, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia urged to modernize Russia basing on moral principles and historical experience. “True modernization always bases on modern principles… Modernization without moral dimension turns to unrestrained pursuit of temporary goods and pleasures, heartless technocracy, results in perverted relations between people,” the Patriarch said on [...]

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