Friday, September 2, 2011

19th International Conference on Orthodox Spirituality

September 2, 2011 Featured News

CLICK HERE TO VISIT OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE CONFERENCE Bose, Wednesday 7 – Saturday 10 September 2011 in collaboration with the Orthodox Churches THE WORD OF GOD IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE Bose, 30 August 2011 In the tradition of the undivided Church Sacred Scripture and the Word of God that it contains have always been [...]

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Services in memory of the defenders and inhabitants of Port Arthur are conducted on the day celebrating the Port Arthur Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (Mother of God)

September 2, 2011 News

Chinese Orthodox Church 30/8/2011 On August 29, 2011, on the holiday celebrating the Port Arthur Icon of the Mother of God, also called “The Feast of the Most Holy Theotokos,” Fr. Sergei Voronin, priest-in-charge of the Dormition Church in Beijing, conducted a prayer service with an Akathist and a memorial service for compatriots – defenders [...]

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Cyprus Archbishop cautions over fate of Middle Eastern Christians

September 2, 2011 News

2/9/2011 Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos ΙΙ attended a gathering of the Primates of the four Patriarchates and the Αutocephalous Church of Cyprus, at the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, speaking about the dangers which Christians face in Middle Eastern countries, due to potential prevalence of extremist elements. The Archbishop referred to raids in places [...]

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Patriarch urges Orthodox community to boost its Role

September 2, 2011 News

2/8/2011 BEIRUT: Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim said Thursday it was time for the Orthodox community to promote its role in Lebanon, following years of marginalization in state institutions. The patriarch made his remarks during discussions with the Orthodox Gathering, which has recently resumed its efforts to boost the role of the community in [...]

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Orthodox leaders convene in Istanbul

September 2, 2011 Featured News

Vercihan Ziflioğlu ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News 1/9/2011 The religious leaders of the Orthodox Christian world met Thursday at the Fener Greek Patriarchate to participate in a ceremony marking the beginning of a new season on Sept. 1, in accordance with Orthodox traditions. The commemoration of World Peace Day on the same date added further [...]

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The continuity of the relationships of friendship and mutual good understanding between the Romanian Orthodox Church and The Mosaic Cult

September 2, 2011 News

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 1 September 2011, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received, at the patriarchal residence, His Eminence Menachem Hacohen, Great Rabbi of the Mosaic cult of Romania, at the end of his mission in our country. The Great Rabbi was accompanied by his [...]

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Continuation Of The Inter-Orthodox Co-Operation And Solidarity

September 2, 2011 News

The Press Office of The Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 30 August 2011, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, received the visit of His Excellency Mr. Spyros Attas, Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus in Bucharest, at the end of his diplomatic mission in Romania. His Excellency wanted to thank for the [...]

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Donors and Protesters: Differences of Horizon and Number

September 2, 2011 News

02-09-2011 The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: In connection with some late fading protests concerning the construction of the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation, the Romanian Patriarchate reminds those interested: the support of the state for sustaining the religious cults, as well as concerning the construction of places of worship, is ensured [...]

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Ordination of newly-elected Bishop Jovan (Culibrk) of Lipljan

September 2, 2011 News

Serbian Church 1/9/2011 The Holy Assembly of Bishops, on the session of May 26/13 brought this decision: ” Regarding the article 69 section 18 and article 105 of the Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Holy Assembly of Bishops have chosen Venerable Protosyngellos Jovan (Culibrk), a Ph.D candidate of the University in Jerusalem, for [...]

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Biography of Archimandrite Jovan (Culibrk) elected for Vicar Bishop of Lipljan

September 2, 2011 News

Serbian Church 31/8/2011 Archimandrite Jovan (Culibrk) was born on April 16, 1965 in Zenica. He finished a high school and the grammar school in (Bosanska) Gradiska. He studied South-Slavic languages and literatures at the universities in Banja Luka and Zagreb, where he graduated at the Department for stylestics with a work on Milos Crnjanski …

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On the Feast Day of SS Florus and Laurus, the Primate of the Russian Church Abroad Heads Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Monastery Cathedral

September 2, 2011 News

1/9/2011 On Wednesday, August 31, 2011, the feast day of SS Florus and Laurus, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, prayed during midnight office at 5 am at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Jordanville, NY, after which he officiated at Divine Liturgy. [...]

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“ARMENIAN YOUTH ARE THE ESSENTIAL ACTORS IN THE RENEWAL OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH AND REVITALIZATION OF THE DIASPORA” Said His Holiness Aram

September 2, 2011 News

09/01/2011 On Thursday 1 September 2011, His Holiness Aram I presided over the opening of the Inter-Diocesan Youth Conference organized by the newly constituted Youth Department. The participants represented Youth Departments of the Dioceses and youth organizations in the Diaspora communities. The purpose of the meeting was to share experiences, identify new areas of youth [...]

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Patriarch Kirill consecrated the largest cathedral in Far East

September 2, 2011 News

Magadan, September 2, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia consecrated the biggest in the Far East Orthodox church – Trinity Cathedral in Magadan. “Kolyma is the Russian Calvary and perhaps those who tormented people on this earth, pronounced terrible words during transporting convicts “step to the right, step to the left – [...]

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Orthodox Christian ghettoization and anti-Serb clampdown in Kosovo

September 2, 2011 Featured News

By Lee Jay Walker, Modern Tokyo Times 2/9/2011 If you reside in a parallel universe then welcome to Kosovo, the land of Albanianization and Islamization and all in the name of democracy. A flick back into history tells us that the Serbs were 98% of the population of Kosovo 600 years ago but today the [...]

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Karekin I: The All Armenian Catholicos of blessed Memory

September 2, 2011 News

by Ashot Vavyan 30/8/2011 The prophets are persons sent by God, transmitting His words, called to certain mission by the Almighty. They are the men of future, whose tellings and actions are not accessible for their circumstances and to understand them a certain period of time is needed. This is the reason for which they [...]

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Important New Book On Ethiopian Churches

September 2, 2011 Featured News

CLICK HERE TO ORDER A COPY August 18th, 2011 An important new book by David Phillipson has been published which demystifies the history of Ethiopia’s Ancient Christian Churches and provides research and commentary which is overdue about a significant period of architectural history in Ancient Christian culture which until now has not been fully justified [...]

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