Friday, April 1, 2011

Experts: Catholicos must visit St. Nshan church in Javakhk

April 1, 2011 News

1/4/2011 “There are nearly 200.000 Armenians in Javakhk now and only three churches are able to serve them. An assisting institute also acts, but it isn’t enough to discuss the problems between Armenian and Georgian churches and give the appropriate solution for them,” Valeri Arabyan, the chairman of the “Lernashxarh” union told the journalists today. [...]

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Renovation Works Started at Historic Monastery of St. George, Cairo

April 1, 2011 News

By Marianna Kourti 31/3/2011 The historic monastery of Saint George in the old city of Cairo ̶ also known as “Rotonda” of the East ̶ has already started and being renovated. Yesterday afternoon, Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa his Beatitude Theodoros II, officially received from the Patriarchate the study concerning the renovation …

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Pope Shenouda welcomes dialogue with Al-Azhar and Salafis

April 1, 2011 News

28/03/2011 Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, met on Monday with Minister of Local Development Mohsen al-Nomani at the Papal Headquarters in Abassiya to discuss the latest developments on the political scene in Egypt. Shenouda said a number of important topics were discussed during the [...]

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Metropolitan Filaret declines to meet with Tatsyana Sevyarynets

April 1, 2011 News

1/4/2011 Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Filaret has refused to meet with Tatsyana Sevyarynets, the mother of political prisoner Pavel Sevyarynets. At the same time, he blessed Bishop of Borysausk, vicar of Minsk diocese Veniamin to this meeting scheduled for 6:00 pm March 31, the press service of the [...]

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Orthodox 3D cinema in Murmansk

April 1, 2011 Featured News

28/3/2011 The metochion of the Trifon Pechenga monastery in Murmansk plans to open an orthodox cinema for religious and educational films. The cinema will have 70 seats and will be equipped with 3D technology, Murmansk Vestnik reports. The cinema will not only be showing orthodox movies, but also educational films. The first viewers to test [...]

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Stolen Greek relics found in London

April 1, 2011 News

Helena Smith 20/3/2011 Six stolen icons discovered in an art gallery near the Greek embassy in London have become the focus of a police inquiry as Athens tries to unravel how the religious works ended up on the international art market. The magnificent pieces, painted over 200 years ago in typical Byzantine fashion, adorned Orthodox [...]

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Pechersk Lavra museums under threat of Eviction

April 1, 2011 News

Irina Sandul 31/3/2011 If you want to catch a glimpse of some of Kyiv’s most prominent art museums at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, you may have to hurry. This summer, the Russian Orthodox Church says it’s going to replace them with, among other things, a hotel for well-off pilgrims. The Museums of Ukrainian Folk Decorative [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church Changes Archbishops in Kamchatka and Khabarovsk

April 1, 2011 News

30/3/2011 Ignatiy (Pologrudov) moved from Petropavlovsk chapter to Khabarovsk VLADIVOSTOK, March 30, vladivostoktimes.com New head of Vyatskay Eparchy – Khabarovsk and Priamursk archbishop Mark was chosen and appointed by the order of the patriarch Kirill at the meeting of spring session of Sacred Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, as Kommersant reports. Archbishop Ignatiy (Pologrudov), [...]

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Chrysostomos of Cyprus: no desire for “human rights” war with Turkey

April 1, 2011 Featured News

NAT da Polis 31/3/2011 The Orthodox archbishop talks to AsiaNews about the situation on the island occupied by Turkey, the risks to Christianity in the Middle East and for interreligious dialogue. No clash of civilizations, he says, but the need for greater coordination among Christians, also to help Muslims of good will. Vatican City (AsiaNews) [...]

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Karekin II receives Swiss President

April 1, 2011 News

31/3/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received on Thursday President of Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey. His Holiness Karekin II appreciated Swiss President’s mediation efforts to normalize relations between Armenia and Turkey, the press service of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. The sides discussed the Armenian Genocide issues as well. Karekin II [...]

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Mental Health Services In Community

April 1, 2011 News

Bethany Firnhaber 31/3/2011 When Father James Soliman was first ordained as a priest for the Coptic Orthodox Church in Los Angeles, he knew it would be his duty to hear his parishioners’ confessions, month after month. What he didn’t know was that often times, instead of a list of sins, he would hear about how [...]

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MPs vote to allow state to pay Church for Social Care Projects

April 1, 2011 News

1/4/2011 Romania will pay the Orthodox Church to run social care projects, as MPs have voted for a law establishing state and church partnership for social assistance. The Church will be able to receive 80 per cent financing from the state for social projects, as long as it will bring the remaining 20 per cent [...]

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