Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Left-wing intellectuals petition against ‘smear campaign’ against Bulgarian Orthodox Church

January 4, 2012 Featured News

3/1/2012 A group of left-wing intellectuals, in an open letter to Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Maxim, have spoken out against what they call a smear campaign against the church. The group, which includes writers and academics – several of them former members of the Bulgarian Communist Party and some of them identified by the [...]

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New website of the Brazil Diocese

January 4, 2012 News

Michał Kalina 23.12.2011 The Polish Orthodox Church Brazil Diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church has launched an official website. It contains, inter alia, news, contact details of the parishes and clergy, theological and historical articles and photo and video galleries. Polish Orthodox Diocese of Brazil has eight parishes and two monasteries. It is ruled [...]

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Repose of Righteous John of Kronstadt (1908)

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2/1/2012 Moldovan Church Commemorated on December 20 and June 1 “Saint John of Kronstadt was a married priest, who lived with his wife in virginity. Through his untiring labours in his priestly duties and love for the poor and sinners, he was granted by our Lord great gifts of clairvoyance and miracle-working, to such a [...]

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Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church completes its final session of 2011

January 4, 2012 News

28/12/2011 The final of 2011 session of the Holy Synod was held at the Patriarch’s residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery on December 28. Members of the Holy Synod resolved to appoint Bishop Alexander of Dmitrov, a vicar of the Moscow diocese, Bishop of Bryansk and Sevsk. The Synod nominated His Eminence Feofilakt (Moiseev) Bishop of [...]

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Restoration threatens Georgian Medieval Masterpiece

January 4, 2012 Featured News
A 2011 picture shows the 11th century Bagrati cathedral clad in scaffolding in Georgia's second largest city of Kutaisi. Bagrati cathedral, a world-renowned but crumbling masterpiece of medieval Georgian architecture, is suffering not only from centuries of wear and tear but also from the impact of human meddling.

3/1/2012 AFP – Bagrati cathedral, a world-renowned but crumbling masterpiece of mediaeval Georgian architecture, is suffering not only from wear and tear but also from the impact of human meddling. Keen to please the influential Orthodox Church, the government in the deeply religious former Soviet republic has defied world heritage body UNESCO by starting to [...]

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48 hours In: Jerusalem

January 4, 2012 Featured News

Matthew Teller 3/1/2012 Every step you take in this holy city reveals an aspect of its history. Why go now? While Christmas may have already passed, for the Greek Orthodox (who follow the Julian calendar), it falls 13 days later: many Jerusalem churches celebrate midnight mass on January 6. From January 12 to 18, the [...]

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The phenomenal rise of Christians in Africa

January 4, 2012 News

By Christophe Le Bec 3/1/2012 Christians in sub-Saharan Africa represent nearly a quarter of the world’s Christians, according to a study by the Pew Forum. In 1910, only 1.4 percent of the world’s Christian population was African. A century down the line, Africans now make up 23.6 of Christendom. Published on December 20 by Pew [...]

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Orthodox Russian London

January 4, 2012 News

Phoebe Taplin 3/1/2012 The starry domes, beeswax candles and iconic art of Orthodox churches in London provide a home from home for the ex-pat Orthodox Russian community. There’s no better time to visit beautiful Orthodox Russian churches in London than for an Orthodox Christmas service, held in early January. Source:Phoebe Taplin and Rex Features On [...]

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