Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Greek-Orthodox archdiocese in Beirut Looted, Vandalized

November 16, 2011 Featured News
Crime scene investigators collect evidence from the Geek-Orthodox archbishopric in Ashrafieh, Beirut, on Nov. 16, 2011. (Photo: Mohammad Azakir/The Daily Star)

16/11/2011 The Daily Star BEIRUT: Thieves broke into the Greek-Orthodox archdiocese in Beirut overnight, stealing money from a safe and vandalizing a number of its offices. “The archdiocese had been sabotaged, destroyed and stolen by unknown vandals,” Father George Dimas told a local radio station Wednesday. Priests and staff of the Orthodox archdiocese were shocked [...]

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Georgian Church Leader Meets Ivanishvili

November 16, 2011 Featured News
Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church Ilia II and Bidzina Ivanishvili after the meeting in the Patriarchate on November 15. Photo: InterPressNews

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 15/11/2011 Billionaire-turned-politician, Bidzina Ivanishvili, met with Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church Ilia II in the Patriarchate on Tuesday evening. After the meeting the Patriarch and Ivanishvili appeared jointly before the press to make brief statements. “We are glad that Bidzina Ivanishvili came to the Patriarchate. We talked about many issues, especially [...]

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Church: Bring strong Lokpal that includes PM with riders

November 16, 2011 News

By: Dibin Samuel 16/11/2011 India While demanding that the government pass a strong Lokpal Bill in the coming winter session of Parliament, churches and ecumenical bodies are insisting that the jurisdiction over the Prime Minister come with certain riders as his office carries a “moral and ethical responsibility towards the citizens”. After a series of [...]

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Georgian Patriarch to leave for Moscow to celebrate Russian Orthodox Church’s Patriarch’s Anniversary

November 16, 2011 News

16/11/2011 The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II will leave for Moscow on Nov.18. As the Georgian Patriarchate told Trend, he will attend events in honour of the 65th anniversary of the Russian Patriarch Kirill in Moscow. The two heads of churches will hold an important service in Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow [...]

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The Patriarch: not a Politician, but a Peacemaker

November 16, 2011 News

Milena Faustova 15/11/2011 From November 12 to 15, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill visited Syria and Lebanon. At present, these two countries are populated mainly by Moslems. There are, however, quite a few Orthodox Christians there who still remember their centuries-old traditions. The Orthodox Christians of Syria and Lebanon belong to [...]

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Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church visits Balamand Monastery in Lebanon

November 16, 2011 Featured News

On 15 November 2011, the last day of his official visit to the Patriarchate of Antioch, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Balamand Monastery of the Dormition of Our Lady. Meeting the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church at the monastery’s gates were many children and adults, brethren of the [...]

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