Wednesday, August 17, 2011

5th anniversary of the consecration of Trinity Church marked in Pyongyang

August 17, 2011 Featured News

16.08.2011 With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a Russian Orthodox Church delegation led by Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s office for institutions abroad, visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for celebrations marking the 5th anniversary of the consecration of the Trinity Church in [...]

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Alexander the Great: Impressions Of The Community And 2011 Zoullas Lecture – Next Edition!

August 17, 2011 Featured News
Fresco of Alexander the Great in the Monastery of Varlaam, Meteora, Greece.

By Catherine Tsounis 17/8/2011 “There is and will be only one Alexander the Great in history,” said my late father, George, a WWII decorated POW. The handsome figure of a blonde, blue eyed youth on a black horse has mesmerized school age children for generations. Alexander the Great of Macedon spoke only Greek. He made [...]

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What is Bartholomew grateful for?

August 17, 2011 News

ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ o.cengiz@todayszaman.com 16/8/2011 What each person may be grateful for can vary quite significantly; of course, some factors might contribute to your sense of gratitude quite dramatically. Your level of optimism, your love and passion for others, whether you are a spiritual person and so on are all factors that may contribute to [...]

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Parish Priest escapes bombing of Iraqi Church

August 17, 2011 Featured News

BY JOHN PONTIFEX 16/8/2011 Another church in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk has been bombed bringing the tally to three within less than two weeks. No one was hurt in the explosion yesterday at St Ephrem’s Syrian Orthodox Church at 1.30am local time. Parish priest Fr Gewargis Elias was lucky to escape with his life [...]

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Vyshhorod Icon of the Mother of God

August 17, 2011 Featured News
AN ICON PAINTER FROM STUDION MONASTERY IN CONSTANTINOPLE, BYZANTINE EMPIRE. THE ICON OF THE HOLY VIRGIN OF TENDER MERCY (ELEUSA), ALSO KNOWN AS WONDERWORKING ICON OF VYSHHOROD IN UKRAINE-RUS’. THE LATE 11st CENTURY. A FRAGMENT

By Dmytro STEPOVYK, Ph.D. (Fine Arts, Philosophy, Theology), full-fledged member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 17/8/2011 A case study in Eurasian practice of temple robbery. What made this 11th-century Byzantine icon, a gift from Constantinople to Kyiv, transform into Russia’s relic? If one proceeds from what is laid down in Acts, 13:47 [...]

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Priests move to protect Churches

August 17, 2011 News

Greek Orthodox Church 17/8/2011 Hundreds of churches have been burgled this year and faced with a rapid rise in the number of break-ins over the past few years, Greek Orthodox priests across the country are taking extra measures to protect church property. Sunday’s Kathimerini has learned that an increasing number of Orthodox places of worship [...]

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Patriarch Kirill thanks Fidel Castro for caring for expatriate Russians

August 17, 2011 News

Moscow, August 15, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has thanked former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on his 85th birthday. “The Russian Orthodox Church will always gratefully remember your personal contribution to the cause of building the Russian church in Havana, the sincere care that you have shown for the community of [...]

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Putin visits ancient Monastery

August 17, 2011 News

14/8/2011 On Sunday, the Orthodox Christian Church celebrates a holiday named “Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross”. This holiday originates from an ancient tradition in Constantinople to make a procession with a particle of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. It was believed that this ceremony saves the city from the [...]

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