Sunday, April 22, 2012

Remembering genocide and faith at Geghard Monastery in the mountains of Armenia

April 22, 2012 Featured News
Geghard Monastery, a Fourth Century Armenian Christian monastery, overlooks the Azat River gorge in the Caucasus region of Armenia. (Courtesy of Andy Anderson)

[/caption]The Huntsville Times 22/4/2012 HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Prior to my Sabbatical travels to Armenia last summer, the No. 1 FAQ was, “Where in the world is Armenia?” The rich Armenian culture developed in the Caucasus, the peninsula between the Baltic and Black Seas, several thousand years BCE. Armenia’s ancient borders were once much larger, including [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Present at the Conference on Medicine and Spirituality at the Patriarchal Palace

April 22, 2012 News

22/4/2012 The Conference entitled Medicine and Spirituality – a multi-disciplinary tackling of the aged patient continues at the Patriarchate Palace today, 20 April 2012. The proceedings were resumed with the opening speech of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, entitled Medical and Spiritual Care for the Aged Persons. His Beatitude said that [...]

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The Patriarch of Romanian met the young members of the Lord’s Army at Saint Spiridon the New Cathedral

April 22, 2012 News

On 21 April 2012, the 21st edition of the Youth Assembly of the Lord’s Army, at the country level, is taking place in Bucharest with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The meeting began with the Divine Liturgy celebrated in “Saint Spiridon the New” Metropolitan Cathedral by His Grace Varlaam Ploiesteanul, assisted by a [...]

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Serbian Patriarch Irinej in canonical visit to the Diocese of Canada

April 22, 2012 News

Istocnik, f. Milos Puric 20/4/2012 His Holiness Irinej , Serbian Patriarch arrived on Thursday, April 19, 2012 in late afternoon hours in Toronto, in his first canonical visit to the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Canada. His Holiness was welcomed at the Toronto airport by many Serbian believers led by the priesthood of Ontario and His [...]

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Surp Holy Cross Tibrevank Armenian Church granted foundation status

April 22, 2012 News

TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 20/4/2012 The Foundations Council of Turkey’s Directorate General for Foundations (VGM) has granted foundation status to the Surp Holy Cross Tibrevank Armenian Church. The decision to grant the church foundation status was discussed at a meeting of the Foundations Council on Wednesday. The council noted that the request by the Armenian church [...]

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Birth of the Coptic Calendar

April 22, 2012 News

22/4/2012 Sherry el gergawi The persecution of Christians began in the time of Nero. To commemorate such years of persecution, the Coptic Church introduced the Anno Martyrum, or Year of the Martyrs calendar. The persecution of the Christians began in the time of Nero and continued sporadically for nearly three centuries. It ended officially with [...]

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Annual From Easter to Ascension concert series graces Georgia

April 22, 2012 News

By Salome Modebadze 20/4/2012 The 7th International Festival From Easter to Ascension opened with an instrumental duets evening on April 18. Pianist George Vachnadze made the audience feel the beauty of music at Tbilisi State Conservatory alongside his cellist friend Suren Bagratuni. The festival founded by the International Charity Foundation of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All [...]

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Catholicos appreciates IAEA efforts toward Armenian nuclear plant’s safe operation

April 22, 2012 News

20/4/2012 The Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, on Thursday received Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Catholicos appreciated the IAEA-Armenia cooperation aimed at the safe operation of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant. He underscored the IAEA’s mission of enhancing nuclear energy and preventing the various hazards stemming from [...]

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Man’s greed leading to environmental issues: Catholicos

April 22, 2012 News
His Holiness Baselius Marthoma Paulose II

Indian Orthodox Church 20/4/2012 Man’s greed and selfishness was the root cause of all environmental problems facing the world today, said Moran Mor Baselius Mar Thoma Paulose-II, Malankara Metropolitan and Catholicos of the East. The Catholicos was inaugurating the valedictory function of the three-day international conference on `religious response to ecological challenges’, organised by the [...]

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Crisis proves a curse for Greece’s Orthodox Church

April 22, 2012 News

By Harry Papachristou ATHENS 20/4/2012 (Reuters) – Close links between the Greek state and the Orthodox Church are turning from a blessing for the clergy into a curse as the debt-laden government struggles to fund the ancient institution, just as impoverished Greeks need its charitable work most. Starved of money as the state makes huge [...]

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WATERGATE FELON-TURNED-PROPHET COLSON DEAD AT 80

April 22, 2012 Featured News

ART MOORE 22/4/2012 ‘I will stand for the Lord, regardless of what my state tells me’ News in 1973 of convicted Watergate figure Chuck Colson’s profession of faith in Jesus Christ was met with skepticism and ridicule by many in media. But nearly four decades later – with his death today at the age of [...]

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