Monday, December 12, 2011

An Awakening In An Ancient Christian Nation

December 12, 2011 Featured News

12/10/11 Ashley Sytsma, Rick’s publicist, is a guest writer this week. She’s reporting on her travels to Georgia (the one over by Russia). Georgia is a Christian outpost in a largely Islamic part of the world. Despite living farther east than Syria, Egypt, and parts of Iraq, Georgians have a strong Christian tradition. It was [...]

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Western, Eastern Armenian language classes being taught at St. Gregory of Narek Armenian Church in Richmond Heights

December 12, 2011 News

By Jeff Piorkowski, Sun News 11/12/2011 St. Gregory of Narek Armenian Church, 678 Richmond Road, is conducting Western and Eastern Armenian language classes. The Western Armenian language classes for adults and children will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. every Sunday. Each session will have a scribe to take notes on the lesson. For further information [...]

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Yerevan and Tbilisi to expand co-operation

December 12, 2011 News

11/12/2011 A delegation headed by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan recently paid an official trip to Tbilisi to meet to meet with Georgia’s Armenian community representatives and visit the Armenian church in Tbilisi’s Havlabar district. An Armenian delegation headed by Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan recently paid an official trip to Tbilisi to meet to meet with [...]

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Service marks sixth anniversary of Tueni’s death

December 12, 2011 News

The Daily Star 12/12/2011 BEIRUT: A prayer service was held at noon Sunday to mark the sixth anniversary of the assassination of prominent slain journalist Jibran Tueni. Friends, family and dignitaries gathered at St. George Church in Downtown Beirut to pay tribute to the politician and former publisher of An-Nahar newspaper who was killed in [...]

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Metropolitan Savas Enthroned New Greek Orthodox Bishop of Pittsburgh

December 12, 2011 News

11/12/2011 Metropolitan Savas was enthroned the new Greek Orthodox Bishop of Pittsburgh. Metropolitan Savas, 54, was nominated by his fellow American bishops and elected last month by the synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in Turkey. He succeeds Metropolitan Maximos, who resigned in September for health reasons. “Receive this staff and serve in faith, [...]

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Christmas Tree Lightening Celebration in Orthodox Schools

December 12, 2011 Featured News

2011-12-10 AMMONNEWS – Under the patronage of Archimandrite Khristoforous (Hanna) Attallah – the Patriarchal deputy of the North of Jordan- the National Orthodox School/Shmisani held its annual Christmas Tree Lightening Celebration. Archimandrite Attallah wished the celebrators a Merry Christmas, away from sorrow, filled of love, peace and spirituality and the best for the community. Archimandrite [...]

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Meretz reaches out to Christian Patriarchs

December 12, 2011 News

By MELANIE LIDMAN 12/10/2011 Haredi spitting at priests in Jerusalem has gotten worse in past six months, say city councilors. Jerusalem City Council members from the Meretz party met on Thursday with the Armenian patriarch, to apologize for the increase in ultra-Orthodox spitting at priests as they walk in the Old City. According to Meir [...]

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Nativity exhibit open in Clinton

December 12, 2011 Featured News
One of the icons highlighting the Russian Orthodox nativity on exhibit through Jan. 28 at the Museum of Russian Icons.

By Karen Nugent TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF 11/12/2011 CLINTON — A special exhibit highlighting the Russian Orthodox nativity opened Saturday at the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St. Laura Garrity-Arquitt, the curator of the exhibit, said seven significant icons from the 17th through the 19th centuries are featured, and depict the entire nativity. Also [...]

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