January 2012

NEW BIBLE VERSIONS REMOVE ‘FATHER’ AND ‘SON OF GOD’ BECAUSE IT OFFENDS MUSLIMS

January 30, 2012 Featured News

30/1/2012 Jihad Watch American Bible translators bowdlerize scriptures to avoid offending Muslims: no “Father” and “Son” If this is true, for the parties they are trying not to offend, anything short of Islam — of professing that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is his messenger — would be “offensive.” This is [...]

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Human Rights Watch Report on Eritrea 2012

January 30, 2012 Featured News

30/1/2012 Eritrea marked 20 years of independence in 2011, but its citizens remain victimized by one of the world’s most repressive governments. They suffer arbitrary and indefinite detention; torture; inhumane conditions of confinement; restrictions on freedom of speech, movement, and belief; and indefinite conscription and forced labor in national service. Arbitrary Detention Since September 2001 [...]

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The Syrian Expatriates Organization Condemns the Killing of the Father Basilious Nassar in Hama, Syria

January 30, 2012 Featured News

Hama, Syria (PRWEB) 30/1/2012 The Syrian Expatriates Organization condemns the most recent killing of Father Basilious Nasser of the Greek Orthodox Church, in Hama, Syria on January 26 2012. Father Nassar was shot and killed on the second day of a heavy assault by Syrian forces over the city of Hama, as reported by CNN. [...]

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Coptic leaders call for uniting Christians under one political party

January 30, 2012 Featured News

Emad Khalil 29/01/2012 Participants in a conference of Coptic leaders on Sunday called for uniting Coptic Christians under one political party, and requested that the pope investigate bishops who allegedly urged Coptic voters to vote for the Egyptian Bloc in the parliamentary elections, thereby “dispersing their votes,” as they put it. They also rejected the [...]

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St. Nshan was built on the basis of another Armenian Church, Samvel Karapetyan says

January 30, 2012 News

Alisa Gevorgyan “Radiolur” 30/1/2012 The Georgian Patriarchate issued a statement recently, questioning the Armenian origin of St. Nshan Church of Tbilisi, noting that the issue should be solved before the return of the church to the Armenian community can be discussed. The Georgian side says Armenian built their church on the basis of an older [...]

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3,000 attack Egyptian Christians over rumored cell phone picture

January 30, 2012 Featured News

Timothy Whiteman 30/1/2012 The Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) is reporting that a riotous mob consisting of extremist Muslim Salafists and members of the Muslim Brotherhood have attacked unarmed Christian villagers in Egypt. An estimated 3,000 Muslims essentially took over the town of Kobry el-Sharbat, and looted then burned a number of homes and shops [...]

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Patriarch Kirill says his meeting with Pope is not possible yet

January 30, 2012 Featured News

Moscow, January 30, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia again said there are no preconditions for his meeting with the Pope. “I still believe conflicts need to be resolved more energetically, if not fully, in order for this meeting to be successful,” the Patriarch said in an interview with the Serb newspaper [...]

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Metropolitan opens 95th Central Travancore Orthodox Christian Meet

January 30, 2012 News
Mathews Mar Savarios, Metropolitan of the Kandanad diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church, inaugurating the 95th Central Travancore Orthodox Christian Convention at the St Stephen’s Cathedral premises at Makkamkunnu near Pathanamthitta on Sunday. Photo: Special Arrangement.

Indian Orthodox Church 29/1/2012 The 95th Central Travancore Orthodox Christian Convention began at the St Stephen’s Cathedral grounds at Makkamkunnu near here on Sunday. Mathews Mar Savarios, Metropolitan of the Kandanad diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church, inaugurated the convention in the forenoon. Peter Ramban, Sleeba Ramban, Samuel Ramban, Yakoob Ramban, Paul Ramban and Fr [...]

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Untainted Bulgarian Bishop: Church Will Come Out Stronger

January 30, 2012 Featured News
Plovdiv metropolitan bishop Nikolay. Photo by DarikRadio.bg

29/1/2012 The Bulgarian Orthodox Chruch will come out stronger from its ordeals after the announcing of a number of senior clergy’s affiliation with ex-communist secret services, said Plovdiv biship Nikolay. Metropolitan Nikolay, a young bishop, was one of the very few Bulgarian metropolitan bishops to have no affiliation with communist State Security. 11 out of [...]

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The Beloved Son of Serbian Orthodox Church Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open 2012

January 29, 2012 Featured News
Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Novak Djokovic belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church. Read his biography here: 30/1/2012 By Ian Ransom Djokovic grinds down Nadal to win Australian Open MELBOURNE, Jan 30 (Reuters) – A fatigued Novak Djokovic stared down a ferocious challenge from Rafa Nadal to defend his Australian Open title early on Monday in the longest grand slam [...]

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Exploring the Tur Abdin a forgotten treasure of southeastern Turkey

January 29, 2012 Featured News
Stylite column at Mor Lozoor, Mercimekli (PHOTOS PAT YALE)

29 /1/2012 PAT YALE , MARDİN Imagine a landscape of narrow country roads hemmed in by dry stone walls. Imagine village after honey-colored village, each with its church tower punctuating the skyline. Imagine golden-stoned houses blending softly into the scenery. The cotswolds in the UK? No, believe it or not this is a description of [...]

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Photographer Focuses On Forgotten Orthodox Gems

January 29, 2012 Featured News

Andrei Cherenkov, standing in front of the Kazansko-Bogoroditskaya Church in Alekseevsky Region. Alina Khalimova 28/1/2012 Most tourists who come to Kazan pay visits to the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin and to Raifa Monastery, scarcely aware that Tatarstan is teeming with hundreds of other forgotten temples, churches, and ancient buildings. Majestic temples made from brick. [...]

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Catholicos of All Armenians: “God bless all Armenian soldiers”

January 29, 2012 Featured News

29/1/2012 On January 28 Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the Second sent a congratulation letter on the 20th anniversary of the formulation of Armed Forces of Republic of Armenia. Press center of Holy See St. Etchmiadzin informs about this. The message especially says: “Holy See Mother Etchmiadzin blesses Armenian Army and Armenian soldiers on the [...]

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Priest in probe over Facebook claims

January 29, 2012 News
Reverend Prokopios Kanavas's background is under scrutiny. Picture: Bianca De Marchi

Nigel Hunt /Sunday Mail (SA) 29/1/2012 A GREEK priest will be asked to produce evidence to substantiate claims he has made on his Facebook page. Reverend Prokopios Kanavas has been called to a meeting of Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia council leaders on Tuesday to discuss the revelations, which could lead to his sacking. [...]

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Russian Church will support neither side in political struggle

January 29, 2012 Featured News

25/1/2012 Russian Church will support neither side in political struggle Moscow, January 25, Interfax – Attempts to force the Church to side with any particular political force will yield no result, the Moscow Patriarchate said. “We need to think a thousand times before replying, whether spontaneously or emotionally and vehemently, to any call of this [...]

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Meeting of Polish President with representatives of different religions

January 29, 2012 News

25/1/2012 On January 24, in the Presidential Palace Bronislaw Komorowski held a New Year’s meeting with the representatives of different religions. The president paid attention to the value of community, which form the followers of different religions. Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church was represented by Archbishop Jeremiasz and Metropolitan Sawa. – The community does not have [...]

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SPEECH TO THE MAYOR AND THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF JERUSALEM

January 29, 2012 News

Holy City of Jerusalem, 24 January 2012 Your Excellency, Mr Mayor, Honorable Members of the Municipal Authority, Your Eminences, Distinguished Guests, We greet you with joy and hope as we begin this New Year. We are honored to be amongst our fellow Jerusalemites and on behalf of the Christian Churches, the communities of Jerusalem and [...]

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Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church convenes in Kiev

January 29, 2012 Featured News

27.01.2012 On 26 January 2012, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held its session in the Laura of the Caves in Kiev under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa and Izmail. His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine could not chair the session because of his illness. Members of the [...]

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HE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES DR. OLAV FYKSE TVEIT MEETS WITH HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

January 29, 2012 News

29/1/2012 On Saturday 28 January 2012, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, met with His Holiness Aram I in his office. After Dr Tveit informed the Catholicos of the activities of the WCC, they discussed the impact of the WCC on the life of the member churches. [...]

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Chief of the delegation of the European Union Mr. Leopold Maurer visits Diocese of Budimlje-Niksic

January 29, 2012 News

Serbian Church 26/1/2012 The chief of the EU delegation in Montenegro His Excellency ambassador Leopold Maurer accompanied by the spokesman of the Delegation Mr. Dragan Mugosa on January 19, 2012 visited the administrative seat of the Diocese of Budimlje-Niksic in Niksic. In an cordial and open talk with Bishop Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic ambassador Maurer exchanged [...]

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The Week of Prayer at the Patriarchate

January 29, 2012 News

Romanian Church 27/1/2012 The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ended on 25 January 2012, in Bucharest, with the religious service celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Representatives of several Christian churches and confessions and delegates of the state institutes attended the Vespers together with the faithful of the capital city of the country. The religious [...]

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Orthodox believers conveyed a batch of tinned stewed meat to Moscow Krishnaites in protest against burning Russian flag

January 29, 2012 News

Moscow, January 27, Interfax – Representatives of Orthodox Resistance Movement to Murdering of Children conducted an action and conveyed a batch of tinned stewed meat to the Moscow Society for Krishna Conciseness. The Movement officials told Interfax-Religion, thus they reacted to the burning of Russian state flag held near the Russian Embassy in India. “This [...]

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Sofia to Fund Repair of Burned Cathedral of Bessarabia Bulgarians

January 28, 2012 Featured News
Pictured: The fire at the Savior's Transfiguration Cathedral in Bolgrad destroyed its dome. Shapshot from Skat TV

28/1/2012 The Bulgarian government has announced it is going to provide a total of BGN 100 000 for the repair of the burned Orthodox Christian Cathedral in the ethnic Bulgarian-populated town of Bolgrad in Ukraine. The Savior’s Transfiguration Cathedral in Bolgrad, a spiritual center of the historical ethnic Bulgarian community in the southwest of Ukraine, [...]

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Georgia wants CoE to take charge of its Orthodox monuments in Abkhazia

January 28, 2012 News

Strasbourg, January 25, Interfax – Georgian parliamentarians are going to draw the attention of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to what in their view is a deplorable state of the historical monuments of the Georgian Christian Orthodox Culture in Abkhazia. “Georgian representatives in the Council of Europe have long raised the [...]

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Two Copts killed in southern Egypt

January 28, 2012 News

Agence France-Presse Cairo 27/1/2012 Unknown assailants shot dead two Coptic Christians in a village of southern Egypt prompting an angry protest by more than 1,500 of their co-religionists, police said. A police official on Friday said Muwad Hassaad and his son Hassaad Muwad Hassaad were gunned down as they were seated in front of their [...]

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