Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Is this the first ever portrait of Jesus? The incredible story of 70 ancient books hidden in a cave for nearly 2,000 Years

April 5, 2011 Featured News

By NICK PRYER 4/4/2011 The image is eerily familiar: a bearded young man with flowing curly hair. After lying for nearly 2,000 years hidden in a cave in the Holy Land, the fine detail is difficult to determine. But in a certain light it is not difficult to interpret the marks around the figure’s brow [...]

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Turkish Syriacs lament problems with education, Mor Gabriel

April 5, 2011 Featured News

VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News 4/4/2011 Syriacs in Turkey are fighting to regain their rite to educate their children in their own language, which is recognized by UNESCO as being in danger of extinction. At the same time, many Syriacs are hoping to stop a land grab against the community’s most symbolic center [...]

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Clerics rebelled in Abkhazia

April 5, 2011 News

05/04/2011 On April 4th around 400 clerics and laity gathered in the New Athos Monastery and expressed distrust towards self-proclaimed leader of the Abkhazian Church hierarchy Vissarion Aplia in connection with appointment of Hegumen Efrem (Vinogradov). “We are outraged that the father Vissarion decides unilaterally, in secret from the Christian people of Abkhazia fate of [...]

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Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Michael of Austria & Exarch of Hungary & Mid-Europe Receives Highest Austrian Honor

April 5, 2011 Featured News

By Anastasia Miskedaki 5/4/2011 A historical moment for Orthodoxy in Austria and a new milestone in its relations with the Austrian state is the forthcoming distinction to the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria and Exarch of Hungary and Mid-Europe, His Eminence Michael. The Metropolitan will be awarded with the Golden Commander’s Star of the Order [...]

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Serzh Sargsyan: Armenian peacemakers in Kosovo took every effort to protect Serbian Churches

April 5, 2011 News

5/4/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, currently on official visit to Serbia, met with the Patriarch Irinej of Serbia. At the meeting, the parties emphasized the importance of preserving and strengthening warm relations between the Armenian Apostolic and Serbian Orthodox Churches. Stressing the role of the church in the history of the Armenian nation, [...]

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Muslim Brotherhood-Coptic relations: A dubious Rapprochement

April 5, 2011 Featured News

Noha El-Hennawy 04/04/2011 As the Muslim Brotherhood begins its life as an official political player, it is attempting to revamp its image to appeal to all Egyptians, particularly the Coptic Christian minority that has long been skeptical of the Islamist group. But Coptic leaders say it will take more than public relations to quell fears [...]

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Lent in Jerusalem: The Holy Fire Ceremony

April 5, 2011 Featured News

By NICOLE JANSEZIAN, TRAVELUJAH 04/05/2011 For further information on Christian tourism and Holy Land Tours to Israel contact Travelujah. Easter in Israel is essentially centered on one specific tradition, the Holy Fire ceremony, which takes place on the Saturday before Easter, and is the hallmark of this holiday’s season in Jerusalem for local …

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The National Creation Contest Entitled Child in the Family

April 5, 2011 Featured News

5/4/2011 Romanian Orthodox Church Contest Children aged from 10 – 16 of the 29 eparchies of the Romanian Patriarchate are invited to express the way in which their own baptism is reflected in their life, within the National Creation Contest entitled “Child in the Family”. The competition is organised by the Youth Catechisation Department within [...]

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Bulgarian Church Canonizes Victims of Ottoman Atrocities in 1876

April 5, 2011 Featured News

3/4/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has canonized the martyrs of massacres committed against Bulgarian civilians by Ottoman irregulars and troops in the April Uprising of 1876. Thousands of Bulgarian freedom fighters rebelled against the authorities of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in April 1876 seeking to liberate their nation and create an independent nation state. The [...]

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Secretary of Holy Synod addresses concerns about recent Washington

April 5, 2011 Featured News

03/31/2011 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — On behalf of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, His Grace, Bishop Tikhon of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, sent a letter dated March 22, 2011 to Julia Duin of the Washington Post, in response to an article about His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, that appeared in [...]

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His Holiness meets Hon. Prime Minister of Turkey Dr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

April 5, 2011 News

1/4/2011 ANKARA, TURKEY: His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas visited Hon. Prime Minister of Turkey, Dr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his official residence at Capital City, Ankara. His Holiness was accompanied by Archbishops Mor Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim (Aleppo & Environs), Mor Themotheos Samuel Aktas (Tur-Abdin), Mor Philoxenos Yusuf Ceytin (Istambul) and Mor Philoxenos Mathiyas [...]

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The Graduates of the National Defence College at the Patriarchal Palace

April 5, 2011 News

Romanian Church On 4th April 2011, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received the graduates of the National Defence College, series 2010 – 2011, on the occasion of the end of the college courses. During the visit, the Patriarch of Romania congratulated the graduates and underlined the common role of the Church and Army. “We wish you [...]

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Explanations Concerning The Temporary Chapel On The Site Of The Cathedral For The Nation’s Salvation

April 5, 2011 News

05-04-2011 The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: Taking into account the organisation of the building yard of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation, as well as the permanent presence of a large number of workers who will unfold their activity here, the Romanian Patriarchate builds, on the site of the Cathedral, a [...]

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Regular session of the Commission for Preparation and Holding Events dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Chornibyl disaster Held

April 5, 2011 News

Ukrainian Church On March 30 at the Holy Dormition Kyiv Caves Monastery the regular session of the Commission for Preparation and holding Events dedicated to 25th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster was conducted. It was chaired by the commission’s head Bishop Nicodemus of Volodymyr-Volynskyy and Kovel. Taking part in the session also were …

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190th Anniversary of the Armenian College

April 5, 2011 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 2/4/2011 The 190th Anniversary of the founding of the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy (ACPA), Kolkata, India was celebrated on Saturday, April 02, 2011 at the college auditorium, with a program organized by the teachers of the institution. The celebration was initiated by members of the Church Committee, members of [...]

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EXISTENTIAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS

April 5, 2011 News

03/31/2011 On 31 March 2011, a group of German theologians met with His Holiness Aram I. During their conversation, the Catholicos said that Islam and Christianity lived together in the region since centuries. In view of present challenges, existential dialogue between Christianity and Islam should be based on common principles and values found in the [...]

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Department for External Church Relations marks its 65th Anniversary

April 5, 2011 News

4/4/2011 The Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), a most important Synodal department of the Russian Orthodox Church, marks its 65th anniversary on 4 April 2011. The DECR was set up by the Holy Synod on 4 April 1946 as the development of external activities of the Russian Orthodox Church demanded a special [...]

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75 of 100 victims of religious intolerance are Christians – Metropolitan Hilarion

April 5, 2011 Featured News

Moscow, March 24, Interfax – Head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion cited data according to which Christians prevail among victims of religious intolerance. “According to the data of non-governmental organization Aid To The Church In Need 75 of 100 victims killed from religious intolerance have been Christians in recent years,” [...]

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Russian icons are popular among Panama Catholics

April 5, 2011 News

Moscow, March 30, Interfax – Catholics often buy Russian icons at the Parish of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in Panama (the Moscow Patriarchate). “We also sell here our icons from Sofrino. (Artistic-Industrial Enterprise in the Moscow Region – IF) By the way, they are very popular not only among Orthodox parishioners, but among [...]

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