Friday, February 3, 2012

Divine intervention saves shell-struck Syrian convent

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Founded in 547 AD, the convent of Our Lady of Saidnaya, is a leading Antiochian Orthodox nunnery which overlooks a mountain village of the same name, just 35 kilometers (22) miles from Damascus. (File photo)

By AFP SAIDNAYA 2/2/2012 Divine intervention prevented a shell that pierced the walls of a Syrian convent from detonating, swears the mother superior of Our Lady of Saidnaya, a spiritual retreat near Damascus. “The Virgin Mary stopped the shell from exploding with her own hands,” said Mother Verone, who interpreted the close call as a [...]

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Monastery that gives worldly blessings

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By Natalia MALIMON, The Day, Volyn oblast 3/2/2012 NOT FOR NUNS, BUT FOR CHILDREN Thousand years ago the Orthodox Monastery was only a spiritual center for village of Zymne, today people come here looking for ways to solve worldly problems. The students and teachers of Zymne school waited for this winter again with fear, not [...]

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Jerusalem’s Armenians outraged as city approves Jews-only parking lot in Old City

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By Nir Hasson 3/2/2012 For decades, the parking lot was open to all, though Jewish Quarter residents paid far less for a parking sticker than their Armenian neighbors. Armenian residents of Jerusalem’s Old City are protesting a municipal decision to designate a parking lot in the area solely for Jews, although part of it stands [...]

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Turkey welcomes appeal of ‘genocide’ law

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By Tony Todd 01/02/2012 Some 130 French parliamentarians have lodged an appeal with the country’s constitutional court to overturn a controversial bill that would criminalise denying that the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey was genocide. Turkey on Wednesday welcomed an appeal by some 130 French lawmakers for the Constitutional Court to overturn a [...]

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Azerbaijani ambassador: Armenians try to represent Karabakh conflict as religious to Europe

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Trend E.Tariverdiyeva 2/2/2012 Russia has recently proved that it wants the OSCE Minsk group to promote the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, the Azerbaijani ambassador to Italy Vagif Sadikhov said in an interview with the Italian Limes newspaper. “Russian presidents have organised over 10 meetings between the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents over the years. [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania: Righteous Simeon and Prophetess Anna Express the Joy the Righteous Feel When they Meet God

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3/2/2012 His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church explained in the sermon delivered to the faithful present in the chapel of Saint Gregory the Enlightener of the Patriarchal Residence the significance of the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. “This event is included in the Judaic tradition according to which 40 days [...]

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Inadequate Decision At The European Court Of Human Rights – Sacerdotal Vocation Assimilated To The Trade Union Action

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3/2/2012 The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: The Romanian Patriarchate learned with great surprise of the decision in the first analysis of the panel of judges of section III of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of the self entitled “The Good Shepherd against Romania” trade union of [...]

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First Volume of the Serbian Encyclopaedia

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1/2/2012 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch attended yesterday in the ceremonial hall of the Serbian Academy for Sciences and Arts the presentation of the Serbian Encyclopaedia (Volume I, book 1-2) in the joint publication of the Matica Srpska, SASA and the Institute for School Books and Teaching Aid. The Serbian Encyclopedia describes the historical and [...]

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St. Sava’s Day in Belgrade’s Sava Center

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Beyond the tales in Israel

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IFEOMA IKEJI 3/2/2012 The anxiety kept increasing as the journey progressed to the famous country along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. This could be easily deduced from the outburst of songs of praise and thanksgiving to God from the over 300 passengers on board when the airbus stopped over in Turkey for refuelling [...]

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Orthodox Rabbi Condemns Boteach’s ‘Kosher Jesus’

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By JTA 2/2/2012 A prominent Orthodox rabbi in Toronto has condemned the latest book by celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and pronounced it is “forbidden” for anyone to buy or read it. In an open letter published on the Jewish news website The Algemeiner, Rabbi Immanuel Schochet denounced Boteach’s newest book, “Kosher Jesus,” as “heretical.” The [...]

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Greek church leader says austerity ‘fatal’

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By Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press 2/2/2012 ATHENS, Greece — The leader of Greece’s Orthodox Church on Thursday warned rising poverty in the crisis-hit country could trigger a “social explosion,” as the government raced to push through more cost-cutting reforms needed to conclude debt deals and avoid a default in March. “Homelessness and even hunger — [...]

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Third anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia marked by Divine Liturgy at Church of Christ the Savior

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        2/2/2012 On February 1, 2012, the 3d anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Church of Christ the Saviour. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was assisted by Metropolitans Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, Juvenaly [...]

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