Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Hundreds gather to help preserve an Armenian church in Turkey

May 24, 2011 Featured News
View of the Hovnanian Armenian School banquet hall.

By Taleen Babayan 22/5/2011 New Milford, N.J. – Though thousands of miles away from the St. Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir (Dikranagerd), Turkey, Armenians from the tri-state area filled the Hovnanian Armenian School Banquet Hall in New Milford, NJ, to capacity on Saturday evening, May 14 to learn more about this historic church and raise [...]

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Young Christian beheaded in northern Iraq

May 24, 2011 News

By: André Stiefenhofer and John Newton 22/5/2011 The decapitated body of a Christian man has been discovered in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, a few days after he was kidnapped. Ashur Yacob Issa, 29, was abducted late Friday night or early Saturday morning (13 or 14 May) and his mutilated body was discovered last Monday morning (16 [...]

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Armenian Church of Singapore Celebrates Major Anniversary

May 24, 2011 News

20/5/2011 SINGAPORE — One sometimes wonders about the lost communities of the Armenian diaspora. Singapore, whose 175-year-old church, The Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator, comes to mind as an example. Singapore’s Armenian heritage has not disappeared. The community, which had leaders that established notable Singapore institutions such as the Strait Times (national newspaper) [...]

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Russian, Georgian Orthodox Universities to Cooperate

May 24, 2011 News

24/5/2011 The Georgian Patriarchal University of Andrey the First-Called and the Orthodox Svyato-Tikhonovsky Humanitarian University (OSTHU) have signed a cooperation deal, RIA Novosti reports. The document was signed by Professor Sergo Vardosanidze, head of the University of Andrew the First-Called, and Arch-Priest of the OSTHU Vladimir Vorobyov. Vardosanidze congratulated Father Vladimir on his birthday. Metropolitan [...]

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Islamists Drive Cairo Church Shut Down

May 24, 2011 Featured News

Compass Direct News 23/5/2011 Hundreds of Muslims, angered by the prospect of a government-closed church re-opening in their neighborhood, protested outside the church yesterday, causing the provisional military authority to back away from its promise to allow Orthodox clergy to reopen it. Protesters started gathering on Thursday afternoon outside the Church of the Virgin Mary [...]

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Boundaries of Ras-Prizren Diocese remain Unchanged

May 24, 2011 News

BELGRADE — The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) decided that the boundaries of the Diocese of Ras and Prizren should remain unchanged. At the same time, new dioceses were formed in Europe and America, SPC Spokesman Bishop Irinej of Bačka said on Monday. He told reporters at the Serbian Patriarchate [...]

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Frequent looting of Serb churches in vicinity of Prizren

May 24, 2011 Featured News

24/5/2011 Radio Serbia The Eparchy of Raska and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church has pointed to the frequent breaking into the churches in the Sirnicka region near Prizren, and looting them. The Eparchy of Raska and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church has pointed to the frequent breaking into the churches in the Sirnicka [...]

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Twenty-six students receive degrees from St. Vladimir’s Seminary

May 24, 2011 News

23/5/2011 YONKERS, NY [SVOTS] — Twenty-six students from Saint Vladimir’s Seminary have earned their degrees and are “going forth” (Matthew 28:19) to serve the Church. At the Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 21, 2011, diplomas were awarded in three programs: one Master of Theology, 20 Masters of Divinity, and five Masters of Arts degrees were [...]

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The Holy Synod of Bishops of the SOC, May 2011 – Photos

May 24, 2011 News

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Patriarch and Bishops at the White Palace

May 24, 2011 News

19/5/2011 His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II hosted a dinner at the White Palace in honour of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch and the Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, on the occasion of the annual session of the Holy Assembly. Source:

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The Russian Orthodox Church surprised by the statement of Milo Djukanovic

May 24, 2011 News

17/5/2011 Statement of the father Nikolai Balashov, Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church to Tanjug. The Orthodox Churches of the whole world do not doubt that this so-called montenegrin orthodox church is the non-canonical schismatic organization , so these statements of the leader [...]

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250 years of Cathedral Church in Sremski Karlovci

May 24, 2011 Featured News

Serbian Church On Sunday, May 22 2011, on the day when the Serbian Orthodox Church prayerfully celebrates the St. Nikolaos of Myra His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch served the Divine Liturgy in Sremski Karlovci, with the concelebration of eleven bishops who gathered at the regular May session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops, priests and [...]

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Pontifical Visit of the Catholicos of All Armenians to the Armenian Diocese of Argentina (May 15-16)

May 24, 2011 News

On May 15, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, celebrated a Pontifical Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator of Buenos Aires. Present for the ceremony were Mr. Vladimir Karmirshalian, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia, and representatives of Sister Churches. During the celebration [...]

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Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin proposes to pack anonymous members of Internet community into a special dangerous Zone

May 24, 2011 News

Moscow, May 18, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate believes anonymity in Internet may create a threat to society. “I am opposed to anonymity in Internet; I think an individual communicating with others should not conceal his or her name, just as we never cover our faces while talking to other people. If an individual wears [...]

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Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at Russian Embassy in the capital of Jamaica

May 24, 2011 News

On 22 May 2011, the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman and the commemoration day of the translation of the relics of St. Nicholas of Myra in Lycia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Jamaica. In [...]

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