Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Pope Shenouda III Celebrates 40th Anniversary of His Enthronement

November 15, 2011 Featured News

15/11/2011 His Holiness Shenouda III celebrates 40th year as Coptic Pope Oriental Patriarchs His Holiness Ignatius Zakka Iwas of Anthioch and All East , His Holiness Abuna Pulose of Ethiopia, His Holiness Aram I of the Armenian Church in Lebanon, representatives from Eritrean Church and several other dignitaries took part in the auspicious ceremony. His [...]

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Belarus – Alexander Lukashenko meets with Cardinal Koch, Metropolitan Filaret

November 15, 2011 News

15/11/2011 There are no inter-confessional conflicts in Belarus. The country may serve as a model of good relations between different religions, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Kurt Koch, Chairman of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and Metropolitan Filaret on 14 November. “Belarus is the place which can serve [...]

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Astana to host Religious Forum

November 15, 2011 News

15/11/2011 The capital city of Kazakhstan is preparing for the first forum of Kazakhstan’s religious scholars. On November 16, scientists, experts on Islam, and representatives of the clergy are to meet in Astana to discuss existing issues in the sphere of religion and the regulation of state-religious relations at the legislative level. The National Agency [...]

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Patriarch Kirill celebrates thanksgiving at St. George’s in Beirut

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15/11/2011 On November 14, 2011, in the course of his official visit to the Patriarchate of Antioch, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited St. George’s Cathedral in Beirut. There was a multitude of the faithful – Orthodox Arabs and people from the Russian diaspora in Lebanon. Patriarch Kirill led the congregation [...]

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Patriarch Kirill meets with President of Lebanon

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15/11/2011 On November 14, 2011, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with President of the Republic of Lebanon, Gen. Michel Suleiman, in Beirut. Participating in the meeting at the Presidential palace were also members of the Russian Orthodox Church delegation accompanying Patriarch Kirill on his official visit to the Patriarch of Antioch, including [...]

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KAZAKHSTAN: “Those who initiated and adopted such laws will answer before Allah”

November 15, 2011 News

15/11/2011 By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service , and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service Following the adoption of laws seriously restricting the ability of people to exercise their freedom of religion or belief, Kazakhstan has started closing Muslim and Russian Orthodox prayer rooms in social care institutions. “We’re all in shock,” Fr Vladimir [...]

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Thieves Steal Copper, Priceless Gospel from Church

November 15, 2011 News

By WKBW Internet 14/11/2011 BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) – Leaders and parishioners of Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Lovejoy were stunned to find out their parish was his by thieves over the weekend. Stolen were copper inlays along the rear roof of the church, along with a number of items from inside, including a [...]

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Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians Embark on 40-Day Christmas Fast

November 15, 2011 News

15/11/2011 Bulgarian Orthodox Christians enter Tuesday a 40-day fast that will end on December 24, Christmas Eve . The Christmas Fast is the second longest after the seven-week Eastern Fast. On November 14, Bulgarian Orthodox Christians mark Koledni Zagovezni, or Christmas Shrove, which is the last day on which one can eat meat before Christmas. [...]

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Commemoration of St. John Chrysostom

November 15, 2011 News

13/11/2011 Ecumenical Patriarchate On Sunday, November 13, 2011, His All-Holiness presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Church of St. George on the occasion of the feast of St. John Chrysostom, who served as Archbishop of Constantinople in the late fourth-early fifth centuries. In attendance also were the Deputy Minister of Culture, Religious Affairs [...]

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Six Bishops Consecrated for Armenian Church

November 15, 2011 Featured News

6/11/2011 On Sunday 6 November 2011, Holy Liturgy was presided over by His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Catholicos of all Armenians at the Cathedral Church of Holy Etchmiadzin. During the celebration 6 vartabeds (celibate priests) of the sister Armenian Orthodox Church were consecrated as bishops. Source:

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Prayerful remembrance of Serbian Patriarch Pavle

November 15, 2011 Featured News

14/11/2011 On the occasion of the death of Serbian Patriarch Pavle, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch will serve the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy and the memorial service in Belgrade’s Cathedral church with a beginning at 7 am, while His Grace vicar Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno will serve the Holy Liturgy and the memorial service in the [...]

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Coptic Church in Egypt prepares celebration for Pope Shenouda’s 40th year at its head

November 15, 2011 News

13/11/2011 Pope Shenouda III has been the head of the Coptic Church in Egypt for 40 years, an achievement to be celebrated by churchgoers. The Coptic Patriarchate in Cairo will hold a ceremony in celebration of 40 years since the inauguration of Egypt’s Pope Shenouda III. Coptic Patriarchs from Ethiopia, Syria and Lebanon will attend [...]

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