Friday, May 20, 2011

Local authorities assume protection of Serbian heritage sites in Kosovo

May 20, 2011 News

16/5/2011 KFOR, the NATO-led peace support force in Kosovo protects, certain Serbian cultural and religious sites which have been repeatedly targeted by extremists. With the security situation in the country becoming more stable, KFOR, in accordance with the decision by NATO’s North Atlantic Council, started in 2010 handing over responsibility for these sites back to [...]

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Arabi says Egypt will remain homeland for all Faiths

May 20, 2011 News

20/5/2011 Foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi said on Thursday 19/05/2011 Egypt will remain a homeland for all religions without any discrimination between a Muslim and a Christian. In statements, Arabi said his visit on Thursday to Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese aimed at inquiring after the pope’s health and studying [...]

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Armenian Church will become a cultural house in Istanbul

May 20, 2011 News

BY TIMES.AM 20/5/2011 “This is a project of peace,” Gevorg Ozqaragyoz, head of the reconstruction project of the Armenian St. Vordvots Church in Istanbul said. According to Turkish “Taraf”, Armenian Church St. Vordvots, which is situated near the church St. Astvatsatsin will be restored finally. It will be opened as the cultural center on June [...]

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Russian Orthodox fight Sign

May 20, 2011 News

20/5/2011 WOOLLONGABBA: Parishioners of Australia’s oldest Russian Orthodox cathedral in Woolloongabba are fighting to remove a seven-metre-high billboard, blocking the view of the heritage site. Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St Nicholas submitted a petition to remove the billboard at 324 Vulture St to the Brisbane City Council during the summer recess. However, [...]

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Serbian Orthodox Church sues Montenegro

May 20, 2011 Featured News

20/5/2011 PODGORICA — Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Metropolitanate of Montenegro has sued the state of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The lawsuit was filed over the SPC property in Montenegro, Montenegrin internet news outlet Analitika reports. A significant property in Montenegro was seized from the SPC earlier and the Church [...]

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Annual Pilgrimage to Cappadocia

May 20, 2011 News

05/14-16/11 On Saturday, May 14, His All-Holiness presided over Vespers at SS. Constantine & Helen Church of Sinasos. A large group of pilgrims was led by Metropolitan Paisios of Leros, Kalimnos and Astipalaia. Afterward His All-Holiness visited the Mayor of Sinasos, the Hon. Levent Ak at the City Hall. On Sunday of the Paralytic, May [...]

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