Sunday, February 12, 2012

Patriarch of Antioch: Syrian Unrests Instigated by Foreigners

February 12, 2012 Featured News
His Holiness Zakka I Iwas - Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, 122nd successor of St.Peter in the Apostolic See of Antioch Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church

(RIA Novosti) 12/2/2012 Ongoing Syrian unrests are being instigated by foreigners, The Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka said on Sunday at a meeting with Russian political experts visiting the country. “The tumult is being instigated by external forces, not members of the Syrian society,” the patriarch [...]

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Armenian killed in Syria

February 12, 2012 Featured News
Funeral Ceremony

First Armenian killed in Aleppo blast.He was Sergeant Vigen Hayrapetian, who served in the Syrian army. 12/2/2012 ALEPPO. – Due to double explosions in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday an Armenian man died, the spokesperson of the Armenian MFA Tigran Balayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. “As the Armenian Consulate in Aleppo has been informed, Armenian Vigen Hayrapetyan [...]

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Turkish elderly man guards Armenian Church

February 12, 2012 News

10/2/2012 TRABZON. – Hasim Kantekin, 78, guards St. Amenaprkich Armenian Church (built in 1424) in Trabzon, Turkey. Hasim Kantekin told Anadolu agency that the church is located on his territory which he has inherited from his father. The old man informed that he does not keep anything in the church. He said that he has [...]

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Clergyman: “Armenian Church protects Armenian national traditions”

February 12, 2012 News

12/2/2012 Priest Nikoghayos Hovhannisyan, head of the “For protection and development of Armenian kitchen traditions” NGO Sedrak Mamulyan and the secteraty of the same NGO Vahe Antanesyan met journalists at “Armat” (“Root”) press-club and spoke about the Armenian religious feast called Tyaryndaraj. During this feast newly- married couples gather and jump over the fire. Priest [...]

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Interior Ministry Says It Helped Secure Release of Georgian Monk from Captivity in Abkhazia

February 12, 2012 News

Civil Georgia 12/2/2012 The Georgian Interior Ministry said in a brief statement on February 11 without providing further details, that a Georgian priest-monk was released “after 25 days of captivity on the occupied territory of Abkhazia as a result of efforts” undertaken by the Ministry. Last month the Georgian media sources reported, that priest-monk Iona, [...]

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Hanna: Aleppo Twins Blasts Clear Indicator of Heinous Terrorist Aggression against Syria

February 12, 2012 Featured News

11/2/2012 CAIRO, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (SANA)- Archbishop of the Sebastian Roman Orthodox Church, Attallah Hanna, on Friday affirmed that Aleppo twins blasts are a clear indicator of the heinous terrorist aggression against Syria, the country, people and institutions. Archbishop Hanna expressed the Palestinian people’s solidarity with Syria in the face of the civil war. Hanna called [...]

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Egypt’s Copts willing to support MB-led coalition

February 12, 2012 Featured News

12/2/2012 Cairo: The patriarch of Egypt’s Coptic Church has expressed willingness to support a new government led by the Muslim Brotherhood, days after the largest political party demanded that the incumbent military-appointed cabinet be sacked to make way for a coalition government. Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria has expressed willingness [...]

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Ethiopian church preserves its African culture, faith

February 12, 2012 Featured News

12/2/2012 Visiting the early Sunday morning service of Fresno’s only Ethiopian Orthodox congregation is like stepping into a land far away. Just like in Ethiopia, men and women wear gabri, white linen garments that symbolize the biblical account in John 20:12 of “two angels in white garments, one at the head and one at the [...]

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Maronite and Jerusalem Patriarchs visit

February 12, 2012 News

Natalie Hami 11/2/2012 THE NEW Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi and the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos arrived in Cyprus yesterday on separate official visits. “We are very happy to get to know the culture of Cyprus a lot better and the values that Cyprus holds dear so that we may be able to [...]

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‘Kosher Jesus’ book raises Jewish furor

February 12, 2012 News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, right, best-selling author and TV host, discusses his latest book, “Kosher Jesus,” moderated by Rabbi Yonah Bookstein at the Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills, Calif. Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times

By Mitchell Landsberg / Los Angeles Times 12/2/2012 Orthodox rabbi’s story delves into Jesus’ Jewish upbringing For an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Shmuley Boteach has a deeply unorthodox streak. The best-selling author and TV host has written books on “Kosher Sex,” “Dating Secrets of the 10 Commandments” and his relationship with the late pop star Michael [...]

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Metropolitan Amfilohije gets an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) of the Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris

February 12, 2012 News

9/2/2012 Serbian Church The Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris announced that a formal session, at which the Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral would be awarded with an honorary doctorate, to be held on February 12 of this year, commencing at 3 p.m. hours. The session will be presided by His Eminence [...]

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A New Daily Centre For Children In Bucharest

February 12, 2012 News

12/2/2012 Romanian Church A new daily centre for children operates within the Archdiocese of Bucharest. “Saint Martyr Sofia” Centre within the Social Philanthropic Settlement of Scaune parish of deanery III of Capital was consecrated today, 11 February 2012, by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. After the consecration service, worthiness distinctions have been awarded for those who [...]

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7 Years of „Lumina” Newspaper Celebrated at the Patriarchate Palace

February 12, 2012 Featured News

Romanian Church 7/2/2012 On 7 February 2012, “Lumina” newspaper, daily publication of the Romanian Patriarchate, celebrates seven years of uninterrupted appearance, seven years of Orthodox mission. The anniversary moment was marked in Europa Christiana room of the Patriarchate Palace in the presence of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Also present at [...]

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Bulgarian Church Launches Donation Campaign for Flood-Distressed

February 12, 2012 Featured News

12/2/2012 The Bulgarian Red Cross has announced a bank account for money donations (in BGN). Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church has joined the efforts to help the distressed citizens in the aftermath of last week’s disastrous floods in the country. Donations are gathered in the temples of the Sofia bishopric. The campaign is overseen by Bishop Joan, [...]

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St. George’s Orthodox Church myrrh-seeping icons attract hundreds of believers

February 12, 2012 Featured News

BY JOSH MCAULIFFE (STAFF WRITER) 12/2/2012 The mood was appropriately solemn, the faithful quiet and orderly in their movements. Fragrant myrrh filled the air. The encounters with the centers of attraction were quick, but the reactions were indelible. Some came away shaken and streaming tears. A few talked of a wave of peace and calm [...]

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Bulgarian Orthodox Christians celebrate honey, pray for health of bees amid threat of cold

February 12, 2012 News

11/2/2012 BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria — Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria on Friday observed a holiday traditionally associated here with bees and honey. It was the Day of St. Haralambos, a patron saint of beekeepers, who also is known as “the lord of all illnesses.” Believers pray to him to protect their home and health. Hundreds came to [...]

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