Tuesday, December 13, 2011

A conference on “Orthodoxy in China” was held in the Moscow Theological Academy [MThA]

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Chinese Orthodox Church 13/12/2011 With the blessing of the Archbishop Evgeny of Verey, Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy, a conference on “Orthodoxy in China” was held in the Moscow Theological Schools on December 9 (November 26), the feast day of St. Innocent of Irkutsk; it was timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of [...]

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Pope Meets Sarkisian, Hails ‘Good Relations’ With Armenia

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12.12.2011 Pope Benedict XVI met with President Serzh Sarkisian on Monday to discuss ways of deepening what the Vatican described as “good relations” existing between the Roman Catholic Church and Armenia. Sarkisian also had a separate meeting at the Vatican with Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone and visited the Armenian Catholic church of St. [...]

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ATAA, FTAA Call Congress to Reject Anti-Turkish Bill

December 13, 2011 News

13/12/2011 Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) and Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) issued a joint letter regarding H.Res. 306, which accuses Turkey of destroying its Christian heritage. The letter, is as follows; Dear Representative: We, the Presidents of America’s national Turkish American grassroots organizations, The Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA and Federation [...]

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Arab spring could threaten Christians, warns archbishop of Canterbury

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Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent 13/12/2011 Rowan Williams says non-Muslim communities in Middle East want to know what uprisings will mean for them The archbishop of Canterbury has warned that the Arab spring could lead to increased hostility towards Christians in the Middle East, describing their position as “more vulnerable than it has been for [...]

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Christians Face Murky Future After Egypt Polls

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By MATT BRADLEY 13/12/2011 SOHAG, Egypt—When Victor Anis goes to the polls Wednesday to vote in the second round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, he plans to cast his ballot for the Egyptian Bloc, a list of liberal politicians who represent the strongest answer to the rise of hardline Islamists. “What’s happening now is turning voting [...]

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Church bids to let tower bells ring out once more

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By Damian Fantato 12/12/2011 IT is the bell tower that has been silent for at least four decades. But now the tower at St Nicholas the Wonderworker, in Marston, Oxford, could ring out once more. Despite having a bell tower, the Russian Orthodox Church does not have permission to ring bells. Now the congregation at [...]

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For Malaysian Christians, an Anxious Holiday Season

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By LIZ GOOCH 12/12/2011 KUALA LUMPUR — Beneath windows framed with forest-green wreaths studded with red and gold baubles, worshipers at St. Mary’s Anglican Cathedral, one of the oldest churches in Malaysia, knelt and clasped their hands in prayer. As part of the Advent service, they celebrated a baptism and sang their way through a [...]

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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church will attend the unveiling of a Ukrainian Christmas tree in Vatican

December 13, 2011 News

By Nadia TYSIACHNA, Tetiana KOZYRIEVA, The Day 13/12/2011 The Day has already reported that a Christmas tree from Ukraine will be erected in Vatican this year for the first time ever. (The news about the Ukrainian gift to the Holy See will obtain even more publicity as it will be mentioned by commentators from various [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania at the Anniversary of the Saint Patron of Saint Spiridon the Old Church of Bucharest

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On 12 December, the church of Saint Spiridon the Old celebrates its saint patron. Today, 11 December 2011, on the eve of the feast of Saint Hierarch Spiridon, the faithful of the parish enjoyed the presence of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. After the Vesper service celebrated in the holy place [...]

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The Patriarch Of Romania on a visit to the Senate of the Czech Republic

December 13, 2011 News

On 10 October 2011, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and His Beatitude Krystoph, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, accompanied by His Eminence Casian, Archbishop of Lower Danube, by His Grace Ciprian Câmpineanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, and by Daniela Gâtman, Romanian Ambassador in Prague, met Senator Miroslav Antl, [...]

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The Foundation Stone To A New Romanian Church In Aubing, Munich

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On 11 September 2011, hundreds of Romanian and German faithful participated in the laying of the foundation stone to a new Romanian Orthodox church in Aubing, Munich, Germany, dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and to Saint Hierarch Calinic from Cernica. The consecration service was celebrated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel assisted by [...]

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Communique of the Archbishopric of Ohrid

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Serbian Church- Autonomous Archbishopric of Ohrid 13/12/2-11 On 12th December 2011, in attempt to enter the F.Y.R. Macedonia, on the border-crossing Medzitlija, on the border with Greece, the Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje kyr kyr Jovan was arrested and taken to the “Idrizovo” prison, near Skopje. Upon the false accusations by the schismatic [...]

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Jovanovic Among the Greats

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Serbian Church 12/12/2011 The remains of Slobodan Jovanovic were laid in the Alley of deserving citizens at the New Cemetary, in the presence of Serbian President Boris Tadic, high state officials and admirers of the famous historian and lawyer. On behald of the Holy Synod of Bishops the burial was attended by His Grace …

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Secretary for the Primate of the UOC denied widespread information about worsening of health of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr

December 13, 2011 News

13/12/2011 In connection with the spread of false information about the health of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr, Secretary for the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Alexander of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy and Vyshneve said: “The condition of His Beatitude is stable, although it remains serious. On Saturday, December 10, before leaving for Thessaloniki, the honorable relics [...]

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Qashisho Habib Önder, A senior priest of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Germany honored by the German Government

December 13, 2011 News

10/12/2011 Rev. Fr. Habib Önder, a senior priest of the Holy Syriac Orthodox Church in Germany was honoured by the German government for his outstanding charity works since 1989 and also for his dedicated work among the sister churches, within the syriac as well as non syriac community. This is one of the highest hounour [...]

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OCA, ROCOR Metropolitans, hierarchs concelebrate the Divine Liturgy at ROCOR’s NYC Cathedral

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SYOSSET, NY [OCA] 12/12/2011 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, and His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, concelebrated the Divine Liturgy for the first time at the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign, New York, NY, on Saturday, December 10, 2011. The celebration [...]

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Theological symposium held in Athens to highlight publication of Greek version of Patriarch Kirill’s book ‘Freedom and Responsibility

December 13, 2011 News

13.12.2011 On December 12, 2011, a theological symposium was held at the Megaro Mousikis palace in Athens to highlight the publication of the Greek version of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia’s book ‘Freedom and Responsibility’. Present at the event were Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece of Athens and All Greece and [...]

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Church urges not to allow new revolution in Russia

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Moscow, December 12, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church urges not to allow civil confrontations in Russia as the part of society is not conformed with results of votes counting at the parliamentary elections. “We can’t but express satisfaction that rallies in Russian cities are generally peaceful, in frames of law. No matter how political [...]

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