Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Patriarch Kirill warns people against rallies and urges not to listen to populists

February 1, 2012 News

Moscow, February 1, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia urges believers to share his prayers about Russia as the country “is going through a very responsible and difficult stage of its development.” “Let’s unite our forces. Orthodox people can’t go to demonstrations, they stand in queues to venerate the Belt of the [...]

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Orthodox convent in Syria – target for terrorists

February 1, 2012 News

1/2/2012 Terrorists fired two missiles at an Orthodox convent 20km from Damascus. The convent is the site of the miracle-making icon of the Virgin Mary believed to be painted by St. Luke. According to the Syrian media, none of the inhabitants or visitors of the old Orthodox convent were affected. Sources in the Church of [...]

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Jewish man with a Jesus message!

February 1, 2012 Featured News
HOLOCAUST: At the Holocaust Day exhibition at St James' Church Selby is Roy Sherrard, Adrian Glasspole, Christine Sherrard and Sarah Baker. (L5001TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

1/2/2012 A former Orthodox Jew is now working to persuade his people that Jesus was, after all, their Messiah. Adrian Glasspole, who lives in Barlby and is based at St James’ Church in Selby, is the national evangelist for the Church’s Ministry among Jewish people (CMJ) – an organisation set up over 200 years ago [...]

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U.S. Copts Decry Egyptian Persecution of Christians (VIDEO)

February 1, 2012 News

30/1/2012 Coptic Christians in Rhode Island told their Christian neighbors about the suffering their friends and relatives have endured in Egypt in the aftermath of the Jan. 25, 2011 uprising that resulted in the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. They told their story at a service of prayer for Christian unity at the Coptic [...]

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Macedonia: Orthodox Church Saved From Blaze

February 1, 2012 Featured News
The storage shed for fire wood built beside the Christian Orthodox church St. Nikola is seen burnt, front, in the dominantly Muslim village of Labunista in southwestern Macedonia, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. An Orthodox Christian church famed for its valuable icons was almost set alight in southern Macedonia Monday overnight, amid religious tension between Christians and Muslims in this part of the country. Photo: BORIS GRDANOSKI / AP

By Sinisa Jakov Marusic Balkan Insight 31/1/2012 An Orthodox church was set on fire on Monday night in the latest in a series of violent incidents that started when Muslims in Struga took offence at a local carnival. Unknown arsonists on Monday night set ablaze an Orthodox church near Struga in southwest Macedonia in the [...]

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Jaffa Christian leader murdered over real-estate dispute, Israel Police say

February 1, 2012 News

By Yaniv Kubovich 1/2/2012 Suspect in murder of Gabriel Cadis, head of Jaffa’s Orthodox Church Association, says stabbing was linked to legal battle over property worth NIS 10 million. Police unveiled Tuesday further evidence regarding the murder of a senior leader of the Christian community in Jaffa. Gabriel Cadis, 51, head of Jaffa’s Orthodox Church [...]

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Christians fear losing freedoms in Arab Spring movement

February 1, 2012 Featured News

By Oren Dorell and Sarah Lynch, USA TODAY 1/2/2012 CAIRO – From her home in a labyrinth of stonewalled alleyways, Samia Ramsis holds a key chain bearing the face of the Virgin Mary as she sits in her yellow pajamas on the morning of Orthodox Christmas. Sunlight pours in through a window. Outside, visitors come [...]

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Russian Church remains the most dynamically growing religious organization in Russia

February 1, 2012 News

Moscow, February 1, Interfax – According to the data on registered religious organizations of January 1, 2012, the Russian Orthodox Church remains a leader for dynamic growth, director of the Center of Religions Geography at the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations Roman Silantyev told Interfax-Religion. “In 2011, the share of organizations of the [...]

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