Friday, November 11, 2011

Mar Gerges Church in Daraa

November 11, 2011 News

(Dp-news – Sana) 11/11/2011 DARAA- Mar Gerges Church in Izra’a City in Daraa province was built in 515 AD at the place of a pagan temple with a unique architectural style which made it one of the most important historical monuments in Syria and in the world as most of the European churches have been [...]

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Thousands attend funeral of murdered Serb

November 11, 2011 News

TANJUG 11/11/2011 ZVEČAN — The funeral of 28-year-old Savo Mojsić, held near Zvečan in northern Kosovo, was attended by several thousand people, said news agency reports. Mojsić was shot and killed on Wednesday evening in the ethnically mixed neighborhood of Brđani, near Kosovska Mitrovica, when two other Serbs were wounded. Eyewitnesses said that they were [...]

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Greek Orthodox Youth Official Criticises Arsonists

November 11, 2011 News

11/11/2011 A high ranking church official today condemned arsonists who targeted a youth campsite in south Shropshire. Arsonists set fire to sheds containing marquees, tents and cooking equipment in Church Preen on Sunday morning. The Greek Orthodox Youth of Great Britain Camp organisers estimated £40,000 of damage had been caused. A statement from the office [...]

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State Historical Museum of Moscow Hosts Mount Athos Photo Exhibit

November 11, 2011 News

Stella Tsolakidou 10/11/2011 The new exhibition hall of the State Historical Museum in Moscow hosts an exhibition of 240 photographs from Mount Athos taken from the archive of the Simonapetra Monastery. In cooperation with the Greek Monastery, the Russian Geographical Society and the Narodnoye Predpriyatie Foundation have organized this exhibition presenting to the Russian public [...]

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Aram I Welcomes Clinton Call for Turkey to Return Properties

November 11, 2011 Featured News
Catholicos Aram I with ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian

10/11/2011 WASHINGTON—His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, has commended U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s statement of concern regarding Turkey’s confiscation of religious properties, and offered assistance in securing their rightful return, reported the Armenian National Committee of America. In a November 5th letter to Secretary Clinton, His Holiness Aram [...]

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Syrian Christian archbishop backs Assad – Newspaper

November 11, 2011 Featured News

11/11/2011 (Reuters) – A senior cleric from Syria’s Christian minority said “everyone loves” President Bashar al-Assad and that he was still the best man to enact reforms, despite his military crackdown on pro-democracy unrest. Yohana Ibrahim, the Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo, told the Austrian newspaper Die Presse that most Christians supported both Assad and [...]

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Diaspora communities celebrate Armenia day

November 11, 2011 News

11/11/2011 Leaders of the Armenian-American community and members of Armenia’s diplomatic corps were honored with presidential medals for their service to the Republic of Armenia on its 20th anniversary of independence during a banquet held to welcome Armenia’s President Serge Sargsyan to New York on September 23. Among the award recipients were Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, [...]

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Pope urges high turnout for Egypt parl’t polls

November 11, 2011 News

11/11/2011 CAIRO – The head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Shenuda III urged the nation’s Christians to turn out in force for the forthcoming parliamentary elections and practise their political rights. Pope Shenuda called on the Copts to ensure a high turnout in the polls for the lower house of the Egyptian Parliament on [...]

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AFTER SEVERAL CONSULTATIONS OF THE STATUS OF WESTERN ARMENIAN LANGUAGE, HIS HOLINESS ARAM I ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COUNCIL TO MONITOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE LANGUAGE

November 11, 2011 News

11/08/2011 On Tuesday 8 November, His Holiness Aram I presided over a meeting to discuss a future Council to Monitor the evolution of the usage of Western Armenian Language. The meeting included representatives of the Armenian Catholic and Protestant Communities as well as representatives of cultural organizations active in the community. After welcoming the …

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HIS HOLINESS ARAM I GREETS THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN LEBANON

November 11, 2011 News

11/06/2011 On Sunday 6 November 2011, the Sunday Schools year began. The students and their teachers first participated in the Holy Liturgy at Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral and then met with His Holiness Aram I to receive his blessings. The Catholicos welcomed them and told them that they were now part of a movement [...]

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HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES THE REPRESENTATIVE OF PATRIARCH H. H. IGNATIUS ZAKKA I IWAS

November 11, 2011 News

11/05/2011 On Saturday 5 November 2011, Mor Theophilus George Saliba of the Syrian Orthodox Church met with His Holiness Aram I and conveyed a special message from Patriarch Zakka I Iwas. The visit also provided the opportunity for the Metropolitan to discuss the forthcoming General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches to be [...]

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9th Circuit to Reconsider Armenian Genocide Case En Banc

November 11, 2011 News

Amanda Bronstad The National Law Journal 11/11/2011 A federal appeals court has ordered an en banc rehearing of a challenge to a California statute that has spawned lawsuits against insurance firms on behalf of victims of the Armenian genocide. The case, against two German insurers and their parent company, Munchener Ruckverischerungs Gesellschaft A.G., or Munich [...]

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KAZAKHSTAN: Prison mosques, churches, and prayer rooms closed down

November 11, 2011 News

By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service 11/11/2011 Kazakhstan has recently closed mosques, churches and prayer rooms in prisons, citing two laws restricting freedom of religion or belief before they came into force, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. “Mosques and Russian Orthodox churches were built in prisons in violation of building regulations and the [...]

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Patriarch Kirill to visit Syria, Lebanon

November 11, 2011 News

Moscow, November 11, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is expected to visit Syria and Lebanon from November 12-15, Moscow Patriarchate spokesman Archpriest Vladimir Vigilyansky told Interfax-Religion on Friday. “The program of the Russian Patriarch’s visits is being detailed now. By tradition, after election patriarchs visit all local Orthodox Churches,” he said. [...]

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Copts and supporters to commemorate Maspero martyrs in march to Tahrir on Friday

November 11, 2011 Featured News
Galaa Street, minutes before the bloody turn of events at Maspero, Downtown Cairo, 9 September, 2011 (Photo: Nada El-Kouny)

Nada El-Kouny 10/11/2011 In conjunction with the 40th Anniversary of of Coptic Pope Shenouda’s tenure as head of the Coptic Church, the Maspero Youth Coalition call for a march from the Abbasiya Cathedral towards Tahrir Square on Friday. In remembrance of the Maspero clashes that took place on 9 October, 2011, more popularly dubbed as [...]

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