Monday, December 19, 2011

Saudi Arabia: 42 Ethiopian Christians arrested for Prayer Meeting

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18/12/2011 If Muslim migrants were subjected anywhere in the world to the injustices Christians and other expat workers face in Saudi Arabia, it would be front page news. By contrast, these stories quietly trickle out and go largely unreported. Even so, behavior like this from the Saudis does not create the image of a strong, [...]

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Destroyed Armenian church will be rebuilt in Ankara

December 19, 2011 News

19/12/2011 To permit the building of a new military hospital in Ankara, Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry required that the Armenian Vank Church, which was completely destroyed at the turn of the 20th Century, be constructed at the given area. The Ministry noted that the Vank Church, which was built in 1759 and which functioned [...]

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“Armenia: From Centuries to Eternity” presented at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

December 19, 2011 News

19.12.2011 The “Armenia: From Centuries to Eternity” book was presented at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. It has been published by the Armenian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates. The book is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Armenia. It includes general information about the Republic of Armenia [...]

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Patriarch Hazim to Chinese Delegation: Misleading Media Reports on Syria’s Events Completely Baseless

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19/12/2011 DAMASCUS, (SANA) – Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox on Monday stressed that misleading media channels are fabricating false news and reports on Syria’s events. The remarks came during his meeting with a Chinese delegation comprising 15 intellectual, media and academic figures. Patriarch Hazim added “In [...]

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Christianity Sees Major Shifts In 100 Years, Percentage Of Population Remains Constant

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19/12/2011 Washington, D.C. — With Christmas fast approaching, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life published a new comprehensive demographic report on the size and distribution of the world’s Christian population. The study finds that there are 2.18 billion Christians of all ages in more than 200 countries around the world, representing [...]

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Metropolitan Hanna: Conspiracy against Syria Targets its National Stances, Support to Resistanc

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18/12/2011 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (SANA)_Metropolitan Attallah Hanna, Archbishop of Sevastia of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said that the conspiracy against Syria targets its stances and national and pan-Arab role, as well as its support to Arab rights and the Palestinian cause. In an interview with al-Manar TV on Saturday, Metropolitan Hanna said that there [...]

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Growing Number of U.S. Representatives Demand Turkey’s Return of Churches

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House majority leader Eric Cantor

19/12/2011 Turkish Government Lashes out at Adoption of Religious Freedom Measure WASHINGTON—A growing number of Members of the House of Representatives have praised the passage last week of a landmark resolution calling upon Turkey to return the Christian church properties it stole through genocide, and to end its repression of the surviving members of the [...]

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Maronite agreement on election law draws fire

December 19, 2011 News

By Hussein Dakroub The Daily Star 19/12/2011 BEIRUT: A radically new election law endorsed by Maronite leaders that would allow each sect to choose its own representatives during the 2013 parliamentary elections has come under fire from officials across the political divide, with some warning that it would deepen sectarianism in the country. Former Prime [...]

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Israel’s Red Carpet for Christian Pilgrims

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Pilgrims pray at the St. George’s monastery (Photo: Matthew Bell) By Matthew Bell 16/12/2011 Christians are a tiny minority in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. They account for about 2 percent of the population. But Christian pilgrims are visiting the Holy Land in record numbers these days. The Greek Orthodox monastery of St. George’s is [...]

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UK Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and others join Christians to wish Happy Christmas 4 All

December 19, 2011 News

The following is a guest contribution. Reuters is not responsible for the content and the views expressed are the authors’ alone. Alexander Goldberg is the chair of the Faiths Forum for London and Jewish chaplain to the University of Surrey. By Alexander Goldberg 19/12/2011 There are no Christmas trees in my home, not even a [...]

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Abu Faour denounces the attack on the Roman Orthodox Church

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18/12/2011 Minister of Social Affairs Wael Abu Faour denounced the attack on the Archbishop headquarters of the Roman Orthodox church in Rashaya . He called on the security forces to find and punish the perpetrators, stressing that it is time to reveal who does these acts of vandalism, and put an end to these attacks. [...]

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10 things to do over Christmas in the Holy Land

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By NICOLE JANSEZIAN, TRAVELUJAH 12/19/2011 From Christmas markets in Bethlehem to parades in Nazareth, the Holy Land is the place to truly experience seasonal festivity. There’s something for everyone to enjoy this Christmas. For further information on Christian tourism and Holy Land Tours to Israel contact Travelujah. 1. Go Shopping at a Christmas Market Christmas [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church Asserts Role in Civil Society

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The Church of the Fedorovskaya Icon of the Virgin Mary, at the central Moscow campus of the Russian State Social University, was consecrated in 2006 after debate about religion’s place.

By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY 18/12/2011 MOSCOW — Just over 20 years ago, any religious education outside church walls was still banned in the Soviet Union. Today, churches are being built on state university campuses, theology departments have opened around Russia, and the Russian Orthodox Church has built its own educational network with international contacts and even [...]

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Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, for the Nativity of Christ, 2011

December 19, 2011 News

To the Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of The Orthodox Church in America Dearly beloved in the Lord, Christ is Born! I greet you with the love, joy and hope that is so graciously granted to us with the Incarnation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today, we celebrate the “Winter [...]

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Carols Concert at the Patriarchate

December 19, 2011 News

On Friday, 16 December 2011, the traditional carols concert entitled East Up in Heaven of the Romanian Patriarchate took place in Patriarch Teoctist Aula Magna of the Romanian Patriarchate, in the presence of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Besides His Beatitude, also present were His Eminence Casian, Archbishop of Lower Danube, [...]

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Celebration of the Name Day of the Patriarch of Romania

December 19, 2011 News

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate, informs us: Saturday, 17 December 2011, feast of Saint Daniil the Prophet, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel will celebrate his name day. On this occasion, at 9.30 hours a.m., the Patriarch of Romania will celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral and say a thanksgiving prayer to God [...]

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