Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Committee for Jasenovac at Summer school in Holocaust Studies in Ohrid

October 5, 2011 News

4/10/2011 In the period from September 26 until October 2, 2011 in Ohrid an international seminar on the holocaust research took place entitled The Diverse Survival Strategies of Jewish and Roma Communities in Macedonia: From Resistance to Memorialization. The coordinator of the Committee for Jasenovac of the Holy Assembly of Bishops Bishop Jovan Culibrk of [...]

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The First Century of the Vozdovac Church

October 5, 2011 News

3/10/2011 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch served yesterday the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy in the Vozdovac church of Sts. Emperor Constantine and Helen which most solemnly its centenary was celebrated (1911-2011). The Divine Liturgy he served with hierarchal deputy protopresbyter-staurophor Branko Topalovic, the head of the church in Vozdovac, protopresbyter-staurophor Nedeljko Marjanovic, and protopresbyters Sima Klickovic, [...]

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Prayerful remembrance of the suffered in Jajinci

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1/10/2011 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch served today, on October 1, 2011 in the church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Jajinci a memorial service for the suffered in the greatest scaffold from the Second World War on the territory of Serbia. Serbian Patriarch previously has attended a commemoration at the Memorial park Jajinci. The [...]

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Estonia does not treat cultural sites so barbarically

October 5, 2011 News

Izborsk: ruins of the fortress with an Orthodox chapel | Photo: Wikimedia Commons Kristopher Rikken 3/10/2011 Critical of local government they say runs roughshod over locals, some residents of a small town in Russia’s Pskov oblast just over the border have proposed a last resort measure: to return the town to Estonia, — reported err.ee [...]

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Agenda of the canonical visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Republic of Moldova (October 8-10, 2011)

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5/10/2011 Metropolis of Chisinau and All Moldova announces the program of the canonical visit of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia that will be held on October 8 – 10, 2011. Satturday, October 08, 2011 19.30 – His Holiness Kirill is met at Chisinau International Airport. 19.45 – Message of blessing for [...]

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SPC restores Committee for Kosovo Office

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TANJUG 5/10/2011 The SPC said in a statement that the committee’s office will be headed by Bishop Jovan of Ljipljan, who was appointed secretary of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija. The task of the office will be organization and documentation of work of the Committee for Kosovo-Metohija, as well as creation of archives and [...]

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Children of Greek nationals could solve Istanbul Greek school problem

October 5, 2011 News

3/10/2011 It is already more than a month since the Turkish government made the historic decision to restore property taken from minority foundations through a dubious 1936 law to these communities. This impressive shift in the approach of the official Turkish state, which mainly affects the Greek, Armenian, Jewish and Syriac minorities, was hailed as [...]

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Greek minority schools await approval of books

October 5, 2011 News

Vercihan Ziflioğlu ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News 3/10/2011 Students in Turkey’s Greek minority schools use photocopies instead of regular books since the books sent from Greece still await approval to be distributed. Teachers ask for a immediate solution to the problem while the books are kept in a storage depot at the Private Greek Zapyon High [...]

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Armenian Catholicos meets with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker

October 5, 2011 News

5/10/2011 ETCHMIADZIN. – Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received, at the Holy See of St. Etchmiadzin on Tuesday, Lebanese National Assembly Speaker Nabih Berri and Armenian National Assembly Deputy Speaker Samvel Nikoyan. During the meeting, Karekin II reflected on the close relations existing between the two peoples, noting that Lebanese Armenians have always been [...]

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Armenian community of U.S. awaiting Aram I Armenian community of U.S. awaiting Aram I Armenian community of U.S. awaiting Aram I Armenian community of U.S. awaiting Aram I Visit

October 5, 2011 News

4/10/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net – The Armenian community of the United States is awaiting the arrival of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia and spiritual leader of Armenian Diaspora communities in the Middle East, Europe and North America, Asbarez reports. His Holiness will embark on His fourth Pontifical Visit to the Western [...]

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New Session of the Holy and Sacred Synod

October 5, 2011 News

Ecumenical Patriarchate 10/04/11 On Tuesday, October 4, 2011, His All-Holiness presided over deliberations of the new session of Holy and Sacred Synod. The members for the new period (September 2011-February 2012) include Metropolitans Geron Constantine of Nikaia, Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain, Ambrosios of Karpathos and Kasos, John of Pergamon, Iakovos of the Princes [...]

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Superior Administrative Court Finds Legal Bestowing Hero Of Ukraine Title To Metropolite Volodymyr Of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of Moscow Patriarchate

October 5, 2011 News

5/10/2011 The Superior Administrative Court has found legal President Viktor Yanukovych’s decree on bestowing Hero of Ukraine title to Metropolite Volodymyr, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate. The Court has announced this decision at a sitting. Thus, the Court dismissed a relevant suit Anatolii Ilchenko, a pensioner from Mykolaiv, filed against the [...]

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Meets with U.S. Congressmen

October 5, 2011 News

Stella Tsolakidou 3/10/2011 “We don’t believe in the clash of civilizations”, stressed the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during his meeting with two members of the U.S. Congress at the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Congressmen Steve King from Iowa and Wally Herger from California, accompanied by the Consul General of the US Embassy in Istanbul Mr. Scott [...]

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Egypt military uses violence with Coptic Christian Sit-in

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Joseph Mayton 5/10/ 2011 CAIRO: Egypt’s military police have fired in the air in an attempt to disperse a few hundred Coptic Christians who had entered into a sit-in on Tuesday evening after marching through the streets of Cairo demanding their rights be heard. Protesters also told Bikyamasr.com early Wednesday morning that military police and [...]

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Hundreds of Egyptian Coptic Christians protest in Cairo

October 5, 2011 News

English.news.cn 2011-10-05 CAIRO, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of Egyptian Christian Copts staged a sit-in on the road in front of the state TV building in downtown Cairo on Tuesday evening, demanding Aswan provincial governor Moustafa el-Sayed step down and a church be rebuilt in Marinap village in Aswan province. Copts rebuilt an old occasion [...]

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