Thursday, April 21, 2011

Harry Potter converts to Orthodoxy

April 21, 2011 Featured News

By Alina Lobzina 20/04/2011 Harry Potter, the world’s most famous child sorceror, is to become an Orthodox Christian figure, in a play written by a priest from Tatarstan. Farther Manuil, who oversees the work of the youth department in the Bugulma diocese in the Russian regional republic, is willing to create an orthodox theatre in [...]

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Syria’s muted Easter Celebration

April 21, 2011 Featured News

Thomas McGee guardian.co.uk 19/4/2011 Easter is of particular importance to Christians in Syria, but the recent unrest means their traditional celebrations will be curtailed. In the recent unrest, Syria’s Christian population will be unable to celebrate Easter as they have for the last two millennia. Even in Aleppo – Syria’s second city, which remains strongly [...]

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For The Sake of Clarification

April 21, 2011 News

By Hagop Vartivarian 20/4/2011 For a while now, certain members of the mass media, both in Armenia and the diaspora, have publicized certain communiqués connected to the Armenian Church of Switzerland, by means of which they wish to disorient the public opinion. The issue pertains to the decision reached during the last meeting of the [...]

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Copts welcome Easter amid hope, fear and determination to fight for Rights

April 21, 2011 Featured News

Ekram Ibrahim 20/4/2011 In the midst of rising sectarian tensions, some Copts are considering fleeing the country while others opt to ready themselves to fight for social and political equality and emancipation The January 25 Revolution has succeeded in inspiring countless Egyptians and offering them hope of a new, egalitarian state. As Egyptian Copts celebrate [...]

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Easter Devotional: Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Church on the Resurrection

April 21, 2011 News

21/4/2011 An Easter reflection by Bishop Angaelos, head of the Coptic Church in the UK:
 Key verses: 1 Peter 4:12-13 As we celebrate the commemoration of the glorious feast of our Lord’s Resurrection on Sunday, we must never lose sight of the fact that as victorious as this resurrection is, it would never have come [...]

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Georgian Orthodox Church Prepares Holy Chrism

April 21, 2011 Featured News

20/4/2011 Orthodox priests make chrism at the Svetitskhoveli cathedral in ancient Georgia’s capital Mtskheta, outside Tbilisi April 20, 2011. Chrism or Holy anointing oil is used by Orthodox church for baptism and other religious ceremonies and it is made approximately once a decade during the holy week. Source:

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Russian Foreign Minister Visits Macedonian Orthodox Church – Snaps

April 21, 2011 News

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Libya’s Civil War Shrinks Christian Communities

April 21, 2011 News

20/4/2011 The Christian community in Libya is getting smaller as many believers continue flee the violence. Giovanni Martinelli, the Roman Catholic bishop of Tripoli, said only about 5,000 of his 100,000 strong flock remain in the city. The city’s Greek Orthodox Church usually has about 1,000 people who attend services. Attendance is down to about [...]

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Mount Athos featured in 60 Minutes segment on Pascha Evening

April 21, 2011 News

New York 4/20/2011 The Holy Mountain Athos, the over a thousand year sanctuary of Orthodox Christian monasticism, and which is directly under the spiritual jurisdiction of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, will be featured on the CBS News program “60 Minutes”, scheduled to air on Pascha Sunday. The segment, “The Monks of Mount Athos”, [...]

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Easter in Georgia

April 21, 2011 News

21/4/2011 Easter is the most important holiday for Orthodox Christians. The week before Easter is called Passion Week. This is when special services are conducted in almost every church in Georgia, but most particular days are PASSION THURSDAY and GOOD FRIDAY. Several days starting from Easter Sunday greet each other saying the following phrase „ქრისტე [...]

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Thousands at Passover and Easter in Jerusalem

April 21, 2011 Featured News

Contemporary Christian Travel by Ruth Hill 19/4/2011 NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 19, 2011 – Jewish Passover and Christian Holy Week are in motion this week in Jerusalem, and the Israel Ministry of Tourism has said it expects a quarter million visitors for the timeless iconic events observed in the Old City. Because Jesus was a …

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Moscow’s Catholic archbishop welcomes cooperation with Orthodox, seeks common Calendar

April 21, 2011 News

20/4/2011 Moscow’s Catholic archbishop sees a rich field for cooperation between Catholics and Orthodox in Russia, and hopes for a day when the two groups will adopt a common liturgical calendar. Archbishop Paolo Pezzi told the AsiaNews service that the Russian Orthodox Church has a vital role to play as Russia emerges from decades of [...]

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