Sunday, March 20, 2011

OCP Article Update

March 20, 2011 Featured News

20/3/2011 New Items added to article section. Questions about Youth and Family What’s so appealing about Orthodoxy? Metropolitan Hilarion: Orthodox China suffers from a lack of Priests The Light Of Christ In Kurdistan The Glories of Byzantium Click here to read: Don’t Forget to Join OCP at Facebook and Twitter CLICK HERE TO JOIN OCP [...]

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Egypt Pope, al-Azhar Imam encourage Egyptians to Vote

March 20, 2011 Featured News

By Mohamed Abdel Salam 19/3/2011 CAIRO: Head of the Egyptian Coptic Christian Church, Pope Shenouda II, returned to Cairo on Friaday after a 19-day medical trip to the U.S., where he was undergoing tests at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Shenouda returned one day before the scheduled referendum on constitutional amendments. The Coptic Church had [...]

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Armenian and Azerbaijani religious leaders may Meet

March 20, 2011 News

19/3/2011 Religious leaders of Armenia ad Azerbaijan, chairman of Caucasian Muslims Board Allahshukur Pashazadeh and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II will likely meet in November within the framework of the meeting of the CIS Interreligious Council, Azerbaijani media report quoting Russian sources. Note, the CIS Interreligious Council co-chaired by Allahshukur Pashazadeh will hold a [...]

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European Court of Human Rights observes the spiritual tradition of the European states

March 20, 2011 Featured News

20-03-2011 The Juridical Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: The Romanian Patriarchate salutes the decision of 18 March 2011 of the Grand Chamber of the ECHR which admitted, with 15 votes against 2, the appeal of Italy in the well-known cause Lautsi contra Italia concerning the presence of the religious insignia in the public [...]

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Consecration of Pharos Printing House

March 20, 2011 News

20-03-2011 His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church consecrated Pharos printing house situated at Popesti-Leordeni, as Trinitas TV channel informs us. Several members of the Holy Synod of our Church attended the event. “We congratulate Rev. Mihai Hau, Patriarchal Counsellor, who worked hard to organise this printing house which includes both a rotary [...]

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His Eminence Andrei Andreicuţ Is The New Metropolitan Of Cluj, Alba, Crişana and Maramureş

March 20, 2011 News

THE PRESS OFFICE OF THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE informs us: On 18 March 2011, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met in working session in the Synodal Room at the Patriarchal Residence, under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and elected by ballot, with 29 votes out of 46 expressed, His Eminence Andrei [...]

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Paris skyline to be remodelled by Russian Orthodox Church

March 20, 2011 News

Kim Willsher 18/3/2011 Cathedral with five onion domes to be erected next to Eiffel Tower will include cultural centre and public garden It is one of the most recognisable skylines in the world, featuring one of the most famous monuments. On the banks of the river Seine, Gustave Eiffel’s iron tower, the symbol of France, [...]

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