Saturday, August 13, 2011

XII Orthodox Children’s Assembly in Cetinje

August 13, 2011 Featured News

12/8/2011 Serbian Church – Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral Under the motto “Country celebrates our Saviour” in Cetinje yesterday, organized by the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, XII Orthodox Children’s Assembly was held with a participation of more than a thousand children from all over Montenegro, as well as guests from Sabac and [...]

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Living Museum in Koprivshtitsa Resurrects Bulgaria’s Revival Period

August 13, 2011 Featured News

12/8/2011 A new living museum in Bulgaria’s Koprivshtitsa – the town which gave the start of the 1876 April Uprising against the Ottoman Empire – has resurrected the unique life in Bulgaria’s 18-19th century National Revival Period. The five-day summer festival in Koprivshtitsa, which is also known for its impressive traditional Bulgarian architecture, has kicked [...]

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Venerable Mother Angelina of Serbia

August 13, 2011 News

12/8/2011 She was a daughter of the Orthodox Albanian prince Gjergj Arianit Komneni, sister-in-law of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg and a wife of Serbian despot Stefan Brankovic, son of George. With her husband she shared the full bitterness of his life, not only in Serbia but also, in exile in Albania and Italy. Their sons Maksim [...]

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SAINT HIERARCH NIFON, DILIGENT HIERARCH AND ARDENT PRAYING MAN

August 13, 2011 News

13-08-2011 Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, addressed on the occasion of the feast of Saint Hierarch Nifon, Patriarch of Constantinople and Metropolitan of Wallachia, 11 August 2011: It is with great spiritual joy that the entire Orthodoxy, and especially the Archdiocese of Târgovişte celebrates today Saint Hierarch Nifon, Patriarch [...]

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Coptic Christian Killed in Attack on Village in Upper Egypt

August 13, 2011 News

8/11/2011 Muslim mob murders him in his home in assault on village. ISTANBUL, August 10 (CDN) — A Coptic Christian was killed and several others were injured in Upper Egypt after Muslims on Sunday (Aug. 7) attacked a predominantly Christian village following an argument between a Muslim and Christian. The attack at Nazlet Faragallah village [...]

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Armenia: Property Disputes Fueling Church Tension Between Yerevan And Tbilisi

August 13, 2011 News

By Gayane Abrahamyan 11/8/2011 The Georgian Orthodox Church’s claim to several monasteries in neighboring Armenia is stoking religious tension between the two South Caucasus neighbors. The fact that Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as a state religion (in 301 AD) is a source of national pride in Yerevan, and government officials accordingly [...]

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Egypt: Why Are Christian Girls Converting to Islam?

August 13, 2011 News

Raymond Ibrahim 11/8/2011 Few things in Islam are as liable to provoke passion and violence as the issue of conversion. The health hazards involved in converting out of Islam—apostatizing—are well known. But even the issue of converting to Islam is fraught with drama. Consider Egypt alone: in recent months, wild rampages, burned churches, and murdered [...]

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Greek foreign minister visits Imvros, meets Patriarch

August 13, 2011 News
Lambrinidis is visiting the northeast Aegean island to attend events marking the 50th anniversary of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomaios's ordainment.

13/8/2011 Stavros Lambrinidis reiterates Greek support for Turkey’s EU membership Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis on Friday vowed that Greece will support the ethnic Greek community of Imvros and backed Turkey’s European Union ambitions saying full membership “would be good for Greece, Turkey and the broader region.” Lambrinidis has visited the northeast Aegean island — granted [...]

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Theological consultations held in Cambridge

August 13, 2011 News

10.08.2011 Theological consultations were held from August 3 to 5, 2011, at Westminster College in Cambridge to prepare a guide on Patristics for various Christian denominations, especially the Protestant ones. The preparation of this guide was initiated by Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, and has been carried out [...]

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A close encounter of Christianity’s East, West Traditions

August 13, 2011 News

12/8/2011 By The Rev. Patrick J. Howell Special to The Seattle Times I recently attended an informative, stimulating meeting in Romania of 25 Jesuits involved with ecumenical relationships. Our weeklong conference was a chance to encounter and better understand the Romanian Orthodox churches. I recently attended an informative, stimulating meeting in Romania of 25 Jesuits [...]

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Russian Orthodox church to open in Sharjah Saturday

August 13, 2011 Featured News

By Mariam M. Al SerkalStaff Reporte 12/8/2011 UAE’s first complex of its kind is to serve 200,000-strong community. Sharjah: The first St Philip the Apostle Orthodox Church in the UAE will open its doors to the public in Sharjah Saturday. The 1,800 square-metre complex is not only a church, but a cultural hub. Construction work [...]

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