Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Armenian Catholicos’ official epistle is made public

April 17, 2012 News

17/4/2012 The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II’s formal message, which is dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Armenian printed books, was publicized at the Holy See of Saint Etchmiadzin on Sunday. Karekin II’s official epistle was raised to the altar, during the Holy Mass at the Saint Etchmiadzin Cathedral, and it was read by [...]

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Coptic Christians celebrate Easter without Pope Shenouda

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Pope Shenouda’s III died on March 17, leaving the Coptic community without its well-loved and active leader. (Reuters)

By CLAIRE READ AL ARABIYA CAIRO 17/4/2012 Coptic Christians celebrate gathered to celebrate Easter but this year’s celebrations have been more subdued out of respect for Pope Shenouda’s III passing. Easter Sunday festivities were canceled and the Saturday night vigil from the Coptic cathedral was not projected in the streets outside the other churches of [...]

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Easter is celebrated at Armenian church in Turkey’s Diyarbakir

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16/4/2012 An Easter Liturgy was celebrated for the first time in the St. Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, Turkey, ever since its restoration. The Divine Liturgy was served by pastor Avedis Tabashyan of the Forty Children Church in Hatay Province, Turkish Haberfx informs. Aside from the Diyarbakir Armenians, Mayor Abdullah Demirbas …

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Archbishop Hanna: Syria Will Be Victorious against Conspiracy

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17/4/2012 R. Raslan/ Ghossoun DAMASCUS, (SANA) – The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, Atallah Hanna, Stressed that Syria will achieve victory thanks to the awareness of the Syrian people in the face of conspiracy targeting to undermine their position, role and sovereignty. In an interview with the Syrian TV, Archbishop Hanna said that the message [...]

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Pilgrimage Rights of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate

April 17, 2012 News

By Areti Kotseli 16/4/2012 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, known as the Church of the Resurrection, has been an important pilgrimage destination since the 4th century. There are three major rights of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate over the pilgrimage area. The first one is the key of the inside gate of the Church [...]

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Islamists force 50,000 Christians to flee from Syrian city of Homs

April 17, 2012 Featured News

Damascus: April 16, 2012. (PCP) The Syrian Orthodox Church, which represents over half of Syrian Christians, issued a statement saying revolutionary fighters had expelled some 50,000 Christians from the embattled city of Homs. That figure is estimated to account for about 90 percent of the Christian community there. Hundreds more — including women and children [...]

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Orthodox Christians take steps toward unity

April 17, 2012 Featured News

By Ann Rodgers / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 15/4/2012 USA As Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter today, they have resurrected a movement toward unity in America, where they are divided into a hodgepodge of overlapping ethnic jurisdictions. On orders from patriarchs in Constantinople, Russia, Serbia and elsewhere, all Orthodox bishops in this country are working on a plan [...]

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Egypt’s Copts face tough choices in looming presidential elections

April 17, 2012 Featured News
Late Pope Shenouda III (L), head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, cast his vote during a national referendum, at a school in Cairo 19 March, 2011. (Photo: Reuters)

Dina Ezzat 15/4/2012 Currently under an interim pope, the Coptic Church – and its roughly 10 million followers – grapples with the ongoing debate over Egypt’s imminent presidential contest amid fears of Islamist political ascendancy It’s Easter Sunday, but it’s hardly a joyful occasion for Egyptian Copts, who are still mourning the recent loss of [...]

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Greek Easter goes on, despite priest shortage

April 17, 2012 News

By Charlotte King Australia 16/4/2012 Hundreds of thousands of Greek Australians attended church services over the weekend to mark Orthodox Easter, but a growing shortage of priests is leaving some congregations without a Minister. Mildura has one Greek Orthodox Church – a stark white building that stands high above the neighbouring houses along the town’s [...]

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Land purchased for First Orthodox Church in Pakistan

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17/4/2012 Pakistan Pakistan: A piece of land has been purchased by the Greek Orthodox Church of Pakistan (Ecumenical Patriarchate) to build its own temple for worship. The land has been purchased under the leadership of Fr John Tanveer. Source: OCP News Service

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Church is the body of Christ, says Dr Mar Seraphim as St Gregorios Orthodox Chapel at Dibba is consecrated

April 17, 2012 News

Indian Orthodox Church 14/4/2012 FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates – The consecration of the new site of St Gregorios Indian Orthodox (Malankara) Chapel was held on April 13, 2012 Friday, by Bengaluru Diocesan Metropolitan HG Dr Abraham Mar Seraphim. A long felt dream of Dibba Orthodox Christians has thus been fulfilled. The public meeting started after [...]

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On Easter eve Patriarch Kirill urges society to leave behind “the spiritual emptiness”

April 17, 2012 News

Moscow, April 14, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated clerics and parish on the coming feast of Easter. “May our behavior, in contradiction to the evil spirit of this age, become the visible affirmation of Eternal Truth. For, although we live today in conditions of social and religious freedom, the striving [...]

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Just 7% of Russians say Pussy Riot girls should not be punished

April 17, 2012 News

Moscow, April 16, Interfax – Most Russians think that the late February punk-prayer concert staged by the Pussy Riot band at the Christ the Savior’s Cathedral in Moscow is hooliganism and blasphemy, while some see it as a political protest. An opinion poll held by the VTsIOM public opinion research center shows that the action [...]

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Beginning of the Process of Sanctification of Holy Myron

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Ecumenical Patriarchate On Holy Monday, April 9, 2012, following the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, His All-Holiness blessed the beginning of the process of sanctification of the Holy Myron in a special office. The Ecumenical Patriarch sprinkles holy water on the prepared materials, the utensils to be [...]

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Metropolitan Jonah consecrates Holy Chrism on Great and Holy Thursday

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OCA 15/4/2012 As widely reported, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, consecrated Holy Chrism during Holy Week, with the concluding rites being celebrated at the Monastery Church of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk here on Great and Holy Thursday morning, April 12, 2012. The preparatory rites began on the morning of Great and Holy Monday, April 9, and [...]

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