Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Communique From the Serbian Orthodox Church

November 2, 2011 Featured News

2/11/2011 The Committee of the Holy Assembly of Bishops for the preparation of marking the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan as a co-organizer along with the Association of non-government organizations of South-East Europe – CIVIS, Austrian foundation PRO ORIENTE and Swiss PEACE AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION organizes a promotion of the book – [...]

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An artistic night at the Abbasiya Cathedral commemorates the martyrs of Maspero’s Black Sunday

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Sherry El-Gergawi 31/10/2011 Poetry, song and pantomime at the Abbasiya Cathedral expressed deep sorrow after the Maspero massacre Different artistic performances were held on Saturday, 29 October, at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya, near Downtown Cairo, to commemorate the martyrs killed in a bloody night of violence on 9 October. The deaths occurred when [...]

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Vigil 4 Peace remembers 27 young lives lost in Egypt

November 2, 2011 News

2/11/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church is hosting a Vigil 4 Peace on November 4 in Federation Square to commemorate the young lives lost on October 9 in Egypt. Under the guidance and direction of His Grace Bishop Suriel, Head of the Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions, the Vigil 4 Peace will flood Federation Square [...]

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Coptic pope bans political campaigning in Churches

November 2, 2011 News

1/11/2011 The head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, has given directives to prevent Coptic parliamentary candidates from using churches for their electoral campaigns. The pope called on Coptic candidates not to mix religion with politics or use religious slogans in their campaigns for the parliamentary elections set to start on 28 November. [...]

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Metropolitan Hilarion accuses West of leaving Egypt Christians in the lurch

November 2, 2011 News

Moscow, November 1, Interfax – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations has accused the West of failing to stand up for Egyptian Christians during recent violence against them and has slammed Western governments for putting economic interests before human life. “Despite the unprecedented escalation of violence against [...]

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MOFEPN Award to be Given to Abbas

November 2, 2011 News

2/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 2, 2011 (WAFA) – The International Fund for the Unity of Orthodox Peoples (MOFEPN) Wednesday decided to award President Mahmoud Abbas the MOFEPN Patriarch Aleksei II Award, said an official letter. MOFEPN President, VA Alekseyev, sent a letter to the Palestinian embassy to Russia, saying Abbas is awarded for his outstanding …

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Armenian catholicos, US Ambassador discuss Karabakh Settlement

November 2, 2011 News

1/11/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with the newly-appointed US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern. At the meeting, the catholicos called the Ambassadors’ attention to OSCE Minsk Group for Karabakh settlement, praising their efforts in preservation of peace and stability in the region. Karekin II briefed the Ambassador on the activities of Armenian [...]

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Greeks in Hungary Celebrate National “Oxi” Day

November 2, 2011 News

Stella Tsolakidou 31/10/2011 Within a very emotionally tense atmosphere due to the recent loss of Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria and Exarch of Hungary Michael, Greeks residing in Budapest celebrated the national “Oxi” Day Anniversary with laurel wreaths, ecclesiastic blessings and a gala. Tributes were paid at the Monument of Hellenism in front of the [...]

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Hazim refuses transforming Orthodox to Political Party

November 2, 2011 News

NNA 1/11/2011 In an interview on L’Orient Le Jour on Monday, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim voiced refusing to transform the Orthodox confession to a political party, considering that there are no candidates from the Orthodox Church for administrative posts. Hazim said he hasn’t made any contact with the Syrian opposition, whose future program [...]

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Greek Church, Qatar Hold Talks on Developing Ecclesiastical Land

November 2, 2011 News

2/11/2011 Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) — The Archbishop of Athens, Hieronymos II, discussed with Qatar the development of church land in Athens during a recent visit to the emirate, the synod of Greek Orthodox bishops said in a statement on its website. While the statement didn’t identify the site, Imerisia reported that the talks were about [...]

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Pointools 3D Models Reconstruction of Russian Orthodox Church

November 2, 2011 News

1/11/2011 A project to reconstruct a Russian Orthodox Church located in the Czech Republic has deployed state of the art 3D laser scanning technology to quickly and accurately measure existing conditions; slashing survey times and costs. Local survey company, BW Precision Systems, in co-operation with design office Medika Projekt Karlovy Vary, first used a FARO [...]

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16th All-American Council opens Monday evening, October 31; Ancient Faith Radio to broadcast plenary session Podcasts

November 2, 2011 Featured News

OCA 1/11/2011 The formal opening of the 16th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America is taking place on Monday evening, October 31, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel here. In preparation for over two years, the All-American Council is composed of the Church’s hierarchs, clergy and lay delegates from parishes, seminaries, and monastic [...]

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10 – Years of Summer Camps in Kosovo organized by the Albanian Church

November 2, 2011 News

August 2011 File news Every year with the arrival of summer, children in Kosovo eagerly anticipate the beginning of summer camps held at their school. For the tenth consecutive year, the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, through its Central Children’s Office and many volunteers, held four summer camps for children in Malisheva, Kosovo. The camps, [...]

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Promotion of a new book: Full Serbian Translation of the Holy Bible

November 2, 2011 Featured News

2/11/2011 On Friday, October 28, at the Book Fair there was a presentation of the first edition of the Holy Bible Old and New Testament with translated deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament, which were translated into the modern Serbian language by His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and retired Bishop Atanasije [...]

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Metropolitan Amfilohije comes to Argentina

November 2, 2011 News

Serbian Church 2/11/2011 According to the decision of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church from this year’s session in May on creating of a new Diocese of Buenos Aires and South-Central American with a seat in Buenos Aires and on placing His Eminence Amfilohije Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro [...]

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Historical Visit to Dumbrava Monastery

November 2, 2011 News

Romanian Church On 31 October 2011, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, together with His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, visited the Monastery of “Saint Dimitrios, the Myrrh Bearer” in Dumbrava locality, county of Alba. The Metropolitan of Patras and other hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox [...]

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Proclamation Of The Canonisation Of Saint Simeon Stefan, Metropolitan Of Transylvania

November 2, 2011 Featured News

Romanian Church On 30 October 2011, the proclamation of the canonisation of Saint Simeon Stefan, Metropolitan of Transylvania, took place in the porch of the Reintegration Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Alba Iulia, in the presence of the Patriarch of Romania, of the Metropolitan of Patras, of the members of the Alexandrine and Greek delegations. Several hierarchs [...]

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Proclamation Of The Canonisation Of Saint Hierarch Andrei Saguna, Metropolitan of Transylvania

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Romanian Church On 29 October 2011, the proclamation of the canonisation of Saint Hierarch Andrei Saguna, Metropolitan of Transylvania, took place in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Sibiu, in the presence of the Greek and Romanian hierarchs. Many representatives of the state institutions, and Mr. Traian Basescu, President of Romania, too, were present, as well as [...]

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2011 – Homage year of the Holy Baptism and of the Holy Matrimony

November 2, 2011 News

Your Beatitude president, Holy Synod, Distinguished participants, Following the initiative of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decided, during the working session of 6 July 2010, that the year 2011 should be proclaimed “Homage Year of the Holy Baptism and of the Holy Matrimony”. During the same meeting, the [...]

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Orthodox students’ house opened at University of Fribourg, Switzerland

November 2, 2011 News

On October 28, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, led a solemn ceremony of opening a house for Orthodox students at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. The event was attended by Archbishop Diego Causero, apostolic nuncio to Switzerland, Rev. Gwido Vergauwen, rector of the university, Prof. Mariono Delgado, [...]

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“We ask to intensify prayers for recovery of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr,” – Archbishop Alexander

November 2, 2011 News

1/11/2011 On Sunday, October 30, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was put in hospital again. At present the doctors estimate the condition of health of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr as grave. We ask all who care about the health of the Primate of our Church to intensify the prayers for recovery of Metropolitan [...]

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