Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Photos of Changing Frescoes from Macedonia Orthodox Church

April 10, 2012 Featured News

10/4/2012 People attend divine liturgy at St. Dimitrie church in Skopje April 9, 2012. Hundreds of Macedonian Orthodox faithful flocked to the church in the capital on Monday to look at what they say is a self-restoration of hundred-year-old icons, which, according to a priest, had started to shine on their own. Source:

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Changing Frescos At Macedonia Orthodox Church Mystify Christian Worshippers

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10/4/2012 AP Saint Dimitrija: Changing Frescos At Macedonia Orthodox Church Mystify Christian Worshippers SKOPJE, Macedonia — Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers from across Macedonia are lining up to visit a church where a cleric says frescoes of saints have begun to appear brighter in color without any obvious explanation. Father Zoran of Saint Dimitrija church [...]

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Copts tour J’lem for Easter after their pope’s death

April 10, 2012 News

Photo: Marc Israel Sellem By BEN HARTMAN 9/4/2012 On first Easter since death of their pope, who banned pilgrimages, Egyptian Christian group’s members come to J’lem. Dr. Kahlida Mamdouhah of Cairo waited for years before fulfilling his dream of making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem out of respect for the late Coptic pope who had banned [...]

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The risk to Copts is moving away from a civil state in the coming constitution: Karima Kamal

April 10, 2012 News

Mary Mourad 9/4/2012 Karima Kamal’s new book signing event became a lively discussion about the rights of Copts in the wake of the passing of the pope and the context of an Islamist-dominated legislative body. Sectarian tensions can explode triggered by one of two things: a relationship between a Copt and a Muslim, or building [...]

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Istanbul: Historic Greek Orphanage to Become Environmental Center Under Patriarch Bartholomew I

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By Areti Kotseli 10/4/2012 The Büyükada Greek Orphanage of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate is set to become an international environmental foundation, according to a recent article of the Turkish newspaper todayszaman.com. A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in June 2010 stated that the Turkish government should re-register the historic Orthodox orphanage on [...]

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Christian clerics alarmed at growing threats, persecution in Turkey

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This file photo shows the Dirisu home church located in Istanbul’s Şişli district. Many Christian clerics say police [officers] keep watch at their door during mass. DAILY NEWS photo

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News 10/4/2012 Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr In the wake of an attack against an Istanbul Protestant Pastor, Christian Clerics in Turkey say they feel alarmed at the accelerating number of such incidents and even hesitate to open their doors to people Christian clerics in Turkey have expressed their anxiety regarding the growing [...]

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Turkey returns historic graveyards to non-Muslim communities

April 10, 2012 News

10/4/2012 Six historic graveyards were returned to İstanbul’s Jewish, Greek and Armenian communities. Six historic graveyards were returned to İstanbul’s Jewish, Greek and Armenian communities on Thursday, following a decision by a government board that regulates the practices of the country’s non-Muslim communities. The decision of the Directorate General for Foundations (VGM) to restore the [...]

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In Jerusalem, the spiritual and the physical can be overwhelming

April 10, 2012 Featured News

Photo by Millie Ball 10/4/2012 IF YOU GO TO JERUSALEM Arriving: Airlines fly into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, about 35 miles from Jerusalem. Hotels: Splurge hotels with a 15-minute walk of the old city include the historically important King David Hotel and the new David Citadel Hotel. Mid-priced hotels, in the same area, include [...]

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Ancient inhabitation beneath Armenia’s Tatev Monastery – newspaper

April 10, 2012 News

10/4/2012 YEREVAN. – There is an ancient city in the area of Armenia’s Tatev Monastery, under the earth. This city is not yet studied, and archaeologists from Russia are planned to come to carry out studies, Iravunk daily writes, referring to the information it has received. “Senior specialist Boris Gasparyan of the …

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Achadjian Introduces Return of Churches Bill in Calif. Assembly

April 10, 2012 News
Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian

9/4/2012 SACRAMENTO—The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region welcomed the introduction of Assembly Joint Resolution 34 (AJR 34) introduced by California Assembly Member Katcho Achadjian (R-33). The resolution calls on the Republic of Turkey to respect religious freedom and return church properties to its minority communities. “I believe that this resolution is an important step [...]

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Cyprus Church Plans to Invest in Banks, Energy, Archbishop Says

April 10, 2012 Featured News

By Paul Tugwel 9/4/2012 The Orthodox Christian Church of Cyprus wants to invest hundreds of millions of euros in the country’s economy to boost jobs and benefit the church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II said. “As a church, we are ready to invest so that the economy improves and people can work,” Chrysostomos said today following a [...]

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Serbian Patriarch Irinej celebrated its Patron Saint’s Day

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8/4/2012 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch served today on the Annunciation of the Lord and Lazarus Saturday, the Divine Liturgy in Belgrade’s Cathedral Church. On today’s feast day of Lazarus Saturday is also the Patron Saint’s Day of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, so today’s Liturgical gathering was especially solemn. His Holiness Serbian Patriarch was [...]

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Moldovan parliament speaker meets Orthodox Church representatives

April 10, 2012 News

10/4/2012 Chisinau, April 10. /MOLDPRES/. Moldovan Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu today met the members of the Holy Synod of the Moldovan Orthodox Church, headed by Metropolitan of Chisinau and All Moldova Vladimir, the parliament’s media relations department has said. The participants in the meeting discussed the draft law on prevention and combating of discrimination, which [...]

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St. Dionysius Indian Orthodox Church to be built in Al Ain

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St. Geevarghese Mar Dionysius Vattaseril of India

Indian Orthodox Church United Arab Emirates By Janice Ponce de Leon, Staff Reporter 8/4/2012 More on St. Dionysius With the new land, the church will soon have its own Parish Hall, which can accommodate up to 1,500 people. Al Ain: By the end of this year, the St. Dionysius Orthodox Church will have its own [...]

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