Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Why We Build The Cathedral For The Nation’s Salvation And What Its Significance Is

August 3, 2011 Featured News

Romanian Orthodox Church 03-08-2011 The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: As there are still some persons and groups that continue to contest in the country and abroad the need and opportuneness to build the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation in Bucharest, the Romanian Patriarchate explains that the New Cathedral is a necessity [...]

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Prayerfull remembrance on heroes of the First World War

August 3, 2011 News

2/8/2011 Serbian Church On the occasion of 97th anniversary of the First World War, His Grace Vicar Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno served yesterday in front of the Monument to the Russian Soldiers at the New cemetary in Belgrade a memorial service for the glorious heroes fallen for freedom of the Russian and Serbian people. This [...]

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Georgian authorities must assist Catholicos-Patriarch to normalize relations with Russia

August 3, 2011 News

Tbilisi, August 1, Interfax – Ex-Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has urged Georgian authorities to assist the dialog of Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia Ilia II and Russia. “His Holiness met with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in Kiev. It was reaffirmed at the meeting that Abkhazia and South Ossetia are inseparable parts of Georgia,” [...]

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First phase of the EUR 400 mln Redemption Cathedral project is Finalized

August 3, 2011 News

2/8/2011 The EUR 400 million partially state funded Redemption Cathedral, set to be finalized in three years times, is on schedule, with the first phase of complex foundation works being successfully completed. The Romanian government has offered the 11 ha land for the Redemption complex, in vicinity of The Parliament Building (People’s House), free of [...]

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Russian icons discovered in Egypt

August 3, 2011 Featured News
The Abbot of St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai

By Sophia Kishkovsky | From issue 226, July-August 2011 Published online 1 Aug 11 Conservators say Sinai’s climate helped preserve art and artefacts. SINAI. Researchers attribute the unique climate of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as a leading factor in the preservation of a treasure trove of Russian icons and liturgical objects recently found in St Catherine’s [...]

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