Saturday, March 26, 2011

OCP Chairman’s Request to Support the Earth Hour

March 26, 2011 Featured News

26/3/2011 Beloved Readers and Well wishers Greetings from Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE Kindly support the the Earth Hour 2011, by switching off your electrical equipments between 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm on the 26th of March. the technical department of OCP has informed us that all OCP work stations will be shut down for one hour. [...]

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Catholicos Urges to Support Earth Hour

March 26, 2011 Featured News

Indian Orthodox Church 26/3/2011 India/Kottayam/Devalokam: Catholicos of the East Baselius Marthoma Paulose II, primate of the Indian Orthodox Church has urged the faithful to support the Earth hour by switching of electrical equipment between 8.30 to 9.30 pm on 26th of March, 2011. The Catholicos reminded all to constructively and wisely use electrical energy for [...]

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Announcement from Al Orthodoxiya Radio Station

March 26, 2011 News

25/3/2011 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Great Lent has begun and we are already moving towards the great grace of Christ’s Holy Resurrection. This most blessed event in history burst upon us just three days after His Crucifixion, when the world thought that Christ’s ministry was over. The Holy Apostles were saddened too and [...]

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Greek Independence Day Celebrations in America

March 26, 2011 News

26/3/2011 WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 25: U.S. President Barack Obama hosts a reception in honor of Greek Independence Day with Archbishop Demetrios of America, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, in the East Room of the White House March 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. The President and the Archbishop celebrated Greece’s independence from [...]

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Ukrainian bishop visited Polish Ordinary

March 26, 2011 News

Karina Michaluk 25.03.2011 Polish Orthodox Church On Wednesday, March 23, bishop Vladimir (Slavutski and Szepietowski) from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church visited bishop George of Polish Orthodox Ordinary. The guest was greeted in the chapel of Ordinary by the parson of the military cathedral in Warsaw father Eugeniusz Boyko. Then the hierarch remembered his stay by [...]

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The Celebration of the Great Feast of Saint Vlash

March 26, 2011 Featured News

February-March, 2011 Albanian Orthodox Church Again this year for the Feast of Saint Vlash believers gathered at his monastery, not only from the surrounding area, but also from Divjaka, Berat, Elbasan, Tirana, etc. The celebration began on the evening of the 10th of February with the Great Vespers, the Blessing of Five Loaves, and the [...]

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Chazen presents sacred Soviet Iconography

March 26, 2011 Featured News

By Tyler Riefke 25/3/2011 Newest exhibit combines spiritual themes, artistic aesthetic to give viewers a glimpse of Russian theological history When viewing the Chazen Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “Holy Image, Sacred Presence: Russian Icons, 1500-1900,” the old is-it-idolatrous-or-isn’t-it conundrum takes a back seat to an appreciation of the at times stunning Eastern Orthodox Iconography [...]

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OCA Secretary responds to recent Enquiries

March 26, 2011 Featured News

03/25/2011 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — In response to numerous enquires with regard to the current situation of the Orthodox Church in America, Archpriest Eric G. Tosi, OCA Secretary, stated on Friday, March 25, 2011, that the work of the Church, especially with regard to the Holy Synod of Bishops, continues uninterrupted. “The members of the [...]

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Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide asks to meet Pope Shenouda

March 26, 2011 Featured News

Emad Khalil 22/3/2011 Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie has requested to meet with Coptic Pope Shenouda III, a Coptic church source said today. The source said the request came after a phone conversation between the two on Saturday, following the pope’s return from an 18-day therapeutic trip to the US. According to the source, [...]

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In Egypt, Coptic Christian Assaulted By Muslim Extremists

March 26, 2011 News

Al-Ahram, Egypt 25/3/2011 In the village of Qana, in Upper Egypt, Coptic Christian teacher Ayman Anwar Metari was attacked by a Salafist gang that cut off his ear and wounded him in the head and body, while shouting religious slogans. The gang also burned his home and his car. The attack came against a backdrop [...]

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Georgian Patriarch meets the Armenian Ambassador

March 26, 2011 News

23/3/2011 On March 23 Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia received the Armenian Ambassador Hrach Silvanyan, who is completing his mission in Georgia. Emphasizing the importance of friendship between the two Christian nations, the Georgian Patriarch hailed Hrach Silvanyan’s mission in Georgia and his contribution to the reinforcement of that friendship. During the meeting reference was [...]

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