Sunday, April 8, 2012

Ethiopia : Hyenas Deprived of Butcher Scraps During Orthodox Lent Started Hunting Donkeys

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Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer 8/4/2012 Humans aren’t the only ones who give up certain foods for Lent. In the 55 days before Easter in Ethiopia, hyenas are forced to turn from scavenging to hunting to make up for Christians’ fasting traditions. Members of the Orthodox Tewahedo Church give up meat and dairy during the [...]

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A Palestinian Christian Eyewitness Remembers The Israeli Military Siege Of The Church Of The Nativity

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By Sharat G. Lin with Jiries Canavati in Bethlehem 8/4/2012 Ten years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in response to a rapid succession of suicide bombings by Palestinians inside Israel and against Israeli settlements in the West Bank , vowed revenge, calling for “an uncompromising war to uproot these savages.” Calling Palestinian leader Yasir [...]

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Eastern Orthodox Christians in Gaza Prepare for Holy Week

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8/4/2012 On Friday I went with a friend to the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Old City of Gaza, to help make palm crosses for Palm Sunday which, for them, is tomorrow. The place was a hive of activity, with many young people busily making crosses and other decorations from palm fronds, under the tutelage [...]

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Syria’s Christians caught in the middle

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7/4/2012 As the year-long conflict polarises Syrian society, Omar Abdel-Razek from BBC Arabic finds an Orthodox Christian community worried it could face trouble from both the government and opposition. “The university has become a battlefield between the supporters and the opposition of the regime.” That was what Lena (not her real name), a medical student [...]

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It may be tragic, but I’ll never have a Breguet. And I also won’t have “not expensive watch with the coat of arms” – Patriarch Kirill

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Valentina TRUBETSKAYA, Interfax-Religion editor-in-chief 8/4/2012 It may be tragic, but I’ll never have a Breguet. And I also won’t have “not expensive watch with the coat of arms”. I just don’t wear watch. As happiness takes no account of time and I affiliate myself to those happy people who live in a real, not virtual [...]

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It’s Paskha on April 15 for Russians in Goa

April 8, 2012 News

8/4/2012 Come April 15, there will be the famous exhange of three kisses on either cheek, easter eggs and merry making to celebrate Paskha (great night) among the Russians who live in the state. Like with Christmas and New Year, the Russians follow a different calendar when it comes to observing Easter. So while most [...]

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After Arab Spring, experts fearful of Christian targeting at Easter celebrations

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By Dan Merica, CNN 7/4/2012 (CNN)– For Christians in countries thrown into tumult by the Arab Spring revolutions, Easter celebrations may prove dangerous. According to experts and academics in the United States, the changing balances of power in each country, along with a history of anti-Christian sentiment, have made overt celebrations like Easter a cause [...]

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Most Americans believe in resurrection of Christ, polls show

April 8, 2012 News

8/4/2012 Nearly a third of humanity is celebrating the central tenet of the Christian faith this Easter season: the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Polls suggest Americans’ belief that Christ was physically raised from the dead has slipped somewhat in recent years but remains strong. A 2010 Rasmussen Reports survey found that 78 percent of Americans [...]

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Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church blasts priest caught with drugs at airport

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By Associated Press 6/4/2012 NICOSIA, Cyprus — The Orthodox Christian Church of Cyprus said Friday that it is “deeply distressed” over the arrest of a parish priest on suspicion of trafficking drugs to the island from abroad. The Church said in a statement that the “abhorrent actions” of Father Panayiotis Triantafyllou, a Greek national who [...]

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Coptic church denies lifting ban

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By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 8/4/2012 Cairo: The Coptic Orthodox Church has denied lifting a ban on pilgrimage to occupied Jerusalem as more Egyptian Christians have flown to Israel to visit the holy city in the past few days. “We continue to follow in the footsteps of late Pope Shenouda III with regard to national [...]

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Outremont bans annual Eastern Orthodox parade

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Michael Metni and his St. Nicholas church will be forced to suspend its longstanding parade tradition next week, following a ruling that sprouted from a dispute between the borough of Outremont and the local Hasidic community.

7/4/2012 MONTREAL — Eastern Orthodox worshipers celebrate their holiest days of the year next week but parishioners at one Russian Orthodox Church in Outremont won’t be allowed to hold their procession planned for next Saturday night. That’s because the borough of Outremont has banned parades and processions, including those for Eastern Orthodox Easter. The ban [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church apologises for doctored photo

April 8, 2012 News

5/4/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church apologised on Thursday for doctoring a photograph of Patriarch Kirill to remove what bloggers said was a luxury wristwatch following accusations that he lives a lavish lifestyle. It responded after eagle-eyed bloggers said an archive photo of the Patriarch on its website showed the reflection of a Breguet watch worth [...]

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