Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Armenian Catholicos declared honorable Buenos Aires citizen

May 17, 2011 News

16/5/2011 Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri declared Armenian Catholicos Garegin II an honorable citizen of Buenos Aires. Catholicos thanked the city authorities for showing a care for the Armenian community. Garegin II participated in AGBU dinner devoted to the hundredth anniversary of local AGBU branch. He stressed that 80% of Armenian Church’s budget is composed [...]

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Icon museum hosts concert of Sacred Music

May 17, 2011 News

By Joyce Tamer Telegram & Gazette Reviewer 16/5/2011 With a replica of Andre Rublev’s icon of the Holy Trinity as a background, seminarians from Holy Trinity Seminary sang a program of Russian sacred music to a capacity audience in the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton on Saturday afternoon. The five young men from the [...]

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Egypt’s Pope Shenouda meets with Ethiopia’s Archbishop

May 17, 2011 News

MENA 16/05/2011 The head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, met on Monday with a delegation of seven Ethiopian clerics led by Ethiopia’s archbishop. In a statement to MENA, Shenouda’s secretary, Anba Armia, said the meeting was dominated by a new atmosphere of understanding between Egypt and Ethiopia, which has developed since the [...]

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Coptic Church: Pope has not withdrawn his call to end Protests

May 17, 2011 Featured News

Emad Khalil Fatma Abo Shanab 16/05/2011 Bishop Moussa, the Coptic Orthodox Church’s bishop for youth, has denied earlier reports that Pope Shenouda III has withdrawn his call for Copts to end their protest before the Egyptian Radio and Television Union building on the Maspero Corniche. He said the Pope’s statement to end the protest was [...]

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The Patriarchate of Jerusalem Has Severed Communion With the Patriarchate of Romania

May 17, 2011 Featured News

10/5/2011 The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem met on Monday 9 May 2011 regarding the resolution of the anti-canonical actions of the Patriarchate of Romania, which has built a church and hostel in Jericho without their permission. The Holy Synod of Jerusalem, after an in-depth investigation, regretably decided to sever communion with the [...]

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