Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Why we all should defend Christianity in the Middle East?

April 3, 2012 News

By Dr Amer Al Sabaileh 3/4/2012 Although not a Christian myself, I feel that no one can doubt the important role of the “Christians of Levant” during the period of enlightenment in the Arab world. They played a significant part in creating a platform for an Arab socio-cultural and political consciousness. The Middle East is [...]

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Bill Gates visits Coptic Hope Center

April 3, 2012 Featured News

Reporting by Fady-Gina 3/4/2012 Coptic Mission Website Last Monday, Bishop Paul, one of two Coptic Orthodox general bishops here in Africa, told us that Bill Gates was coming for a visit to the Coptic Hope Center here at the hospital. At first we thought he was joking, but when he showed up and began making [...]

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Cleric hopeful over reopening of Istanbul Greek Seminary

April 3, 2012 Featured News
The Hagia Triada Monastery’s archpriest and Metropolitan of Bursa Elpidophoros Lambriniadis says they have a feeling that Turkey will take steps toward reopening the Heybeliada Halki seminary in, which was hit hard by the political turmoil between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus in 1971 and closed down by Turkish officials. DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 3/4/2012 The classrooms of the Halki Greek Orthodox Seminary on Istanbul’s Heybeliada Island are being renovated with the motivation that the school will reopen soon, archpriest and Metropolitan of Bursa Elpidophoros Lambriniadis says A recent meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Barack [...]

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Obama-backed Syrian Rebels “Ethnic Cleansing” Christians

April 3, 2012 Featured News

ALEX NEWMAN 2/4/2012 Armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria supported by the Obama administration and Western governments seeking to oust “President” Bashir al-Assad are engaged in “ethnic cleansing” of Christians, according to news reports and human rights organizations. And as the conflict escalates, the persecution of the once-protected Christian minority is growing as well. The [...]

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Spiritual resetting for Russia and US

April 3, 2012 News

Milena Faustova 1/4/2012 “Resetting relations between countries is impossible without changing attitudes to each other. Today we should think how we could add a humanitarian and spiritual dimension to relations between Russia and the US,” Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, said at a meeting with US Ambassador Michael McFaul in Moscow [...]

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Ilia II to baptize children

April 3, 2012 News

3/4/2012 Georgian Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II will have the 22nd mass baptism of children, News Georgia reports. Requests for part in the baptism ceremony are welcome at the Fund of the Georgian Patriarch from March 31 to April 2. The patriarch has baptized about 11,000 children. Ilia II expressed readiness to baptize the third and upcoming [...]

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Armenian Minister on Agriculture puts faith in God

April 3, 2012 News

20/4/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – All Armenian Catholicos Karekin II received Armenian Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan at the Holy See in St. Etchmiadzin on Monday. The event of starting the new agricultural year with the blessing of St. Etchmiadzin was discussed. Karekin II mentioned that the Armenian farmer has always plowed his land and harvested with [...]

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Catholicos Karekin II wishes PM Borisov luck in all his deeds

April 3, 2012 News

FOCUS News Agency 3/4/2012 Sofia. “Our Church was established in 301, when the Christianity was declared official religion. From here, we conduct the spiritual guidance of the Armenian nation all over the world,” said Catholicos Karekin II, Head of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church, who met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who is on [...]

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Galata school returns to Patriarchate, Bartholomew I demands legal recognition

April 3, 2012 News

NAT da Polis 1/4/2012 The school is located in Istanbul’s historic neighbourhood of Pera, once inhabited by the city’s Christians. The ecumenical patriarch wants the return of three churches confiscated by Ataturk’s government, and the legal recognition of the Orthodox Church as well as the right to use the title of ‘ecumenical patriarch’, something the [...]

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Easter around the world

April 3, 2012 News

2/4/2012 At this time of year it is fascinating to observe how different countries embrace different Easter celebrations. Kathryn Borg writes. Easter in Russia: Easter in Russia is celebrated according to the rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Apart from rites and rituals, the difference between Western Christians (Roman Catholics and Protestants) and Eastern Orthodox [...]

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KYIV. A meeting of the Commission for preparation of the 20th anniversary celebrations of primatial ministry of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr: main celebration is scheduled for 24-28 July

April 3, 2012 News

2/4/2012 At the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, chaired by Metropolitan Pavlo of Vyshgorod and Chernobyl the Commission for preparation of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Kharkiv Bishops’ Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the 20th anniversary of the Kyiv metropolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held a session under the chairmanship of Metropolitan [...]

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KYIV. His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr elevated three bishops of the UOC to the new rank

April 3, 2012 News

Ukrainian Church On March 24 for the first time since September, past year, His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St Nicholas church at the residence of the UOC Primate at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Concelebrating to His Beatitude Volodymyr were Archbishop Volodymyr of Pochayiv, Archbishop Alexander of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy, Bishop Seraphim of Yahotyn and [...]

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Ukrainian church leaders urge Yanukovych to pardon Tymoshenko

April 3, 2012 News
Former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko

Interfax-Ukraine 3/4/2012 The leaders of Ukrainian Christian churches have called on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to pardon former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko. “The church cannot intrude into state affairs, including judicial processes. At the same time, the church’s duty is to call for forgiveness, mercy, and love for neighbors. We think that pardon of Yulia [...]

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Clergy corner: Orthodox church has much to offer

April 3, 2012 News
Boulos Khoury

The Valley Chronicle 3/4/2012 Did you ever wonder what happened to the Church of the Apostles? Where are the churches that St. Paul started during his missionary journeys? Did they die out or do they still exist? The churches that were started by St. Paul and the other apostles continue to exist, uninterrupted, to this [...]

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