Saturday, December 24, 2011

Nativity and New Year Greetings

December 24, 2011 Featured News

24/12/2011 Dear Readers, well wishers, supporters and loved ones On behalf of the entire OCP family, I take this opportunity to convey our prayerful Nativity, especially all those who celebrate it on 25th of December. I wish you a peaceful New Year with lots of love and prayers. May this season bring prosperity in abundance [...]

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EMERGENCY RELIEF DRIVE – PHILIPPINES

December 24, 2011 Featured News

Theophilus 14/12/2011 Saint Stylianos Orthodox Children’s Charities Inc Our Mission to the Philippines, led by the venerable reverend Father Abe D’Iesu in Cagayan De Oro has been destroyed. Thousands there are without food and water. Hundreds are dead. The following is from MSNBC and it is estimated that 1,400 people are dead or missing. “Cagayan [...]

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Viewpoint: A Moment In Russian Byzantium At Kimisis Church Southampton

December 24, 2011 Featured News
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Catherine Tsounis 24/12/2011 The theme of Russian support for Greeks since the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 has been perpetuated in each generation. Russia played a major role in the creation of the Greek nation in 1832. Every generation is reminded in Modern Greek history and literature that Russia is their Orthodox brother who will [...]

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Greek government faces international criticism for jail threat to cleric

December 24, 2011 Featured News

International News Desk 24/12/2011 The Greek courts have ruled that a respected Orthodox Christian monk will be imprisoned over Christmas over a land dispute in northern Greece. Abbot Ephraim who leads the largest monastic order in the Orthodox Christian world, has strong links to the royal family in the United Kingdom, among others, and his [...]

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Egypt’s Embattled Christians Seek Room in America

December 24, 2011 Featured News

By LUCETTE LAGNADO 24/12/2011 Kirolos Andraws had every reason to be excited about the January uprising in his native Egypt, figuring democracy would bring hope for young people like him. Then one day in February, says Mr. Andraws, a gang of thugs beat him and told him, “you deserve to die.” His offense, he says: [...]

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DECR Deputy Chairman Hegumen Philaret (Bulekov) met with representatives of governmental and religious organizations during his trip to China

December 24, 2011 Featured News

24/12/2011 Chinese Orthodox Church Hegumen Philaret (Bulekov), Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate held a series of meetings in Beijing with government and religious organizations in China. Father Philaret led a DECR delegation at a round table, “Compatriots and the Russian Orthodox Church: Experience of Cooperation in [...]

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Russia church head warns against Internet before rally

December 24, 2011 News

MOSCOW 23/12/2011 (Reuters) – The leader of Russia’s Orthodox Church warned Russians Friday against trusting social networking sites, which have spearheaded the organization of mass opposition protests, saying they made people “vulnerable to manipulation.” Some 40,000 people have signed up on Internet sites to attend a protest in central Moscow Saturday against a disputed election [...]

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