Thursday, May 3, 2012

Giving Helping Hands to Places of Worship

May 3, 2012 Featured News
The altar of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava

Snaps:Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal By KATHLEEN LUCADAMO Wall Street Journal 3/5/2012 The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava, a storied church nestled among offices and bustling shops on West 25th Street was in need of divine intervention in 1990. The roof of the 19th-century Gothic Revival landmark was near collapse. Restoration costs [...]

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Archimandrite Alexander [Golitzin] to be consecrated to the episcopacy in Toledo May 4-6

May 3, 2012 News

OCA 3/5/2012 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, and the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America will consecrate Archimandrite Alexander [Golitzin] to the episcopacy at Saint George Cathedral here Saturday, May 5, 2012. On October 4, 2011, the members of the Holy Synod canonically elected Archimandrite Alexander to the vacant [...]

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Walking in our forefathers’ footsteps: Memorial Day pilgrimage includes procession “from Mayfield to the Monastery”

May 3, 2012 Featured News

SOUTH CANAAN, PA [OCA] 3/5/2012 It was in 1905 that faithful Orthodox Christians processed from Saint John the Baptist Church, Mayfield, PA, to South Canaan for the formal opening of Saint Tikhon’s Monastery. This year, faithful are invited to “walk in our forefathers’ footsteps” on Sunday, May 27 in a procession that follows the same [...]

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HIS HOLINESS ARAM I ON A PASTORAL VISIT TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND THEN TO IRAN

May 3, 2012 News

2/5/2012 On Tuesday May 1 2012, Catholicos Aram I began his pastoral visit in the United Arab Emirates. He will preside on the activities organized by the Armenian community in Sharjah and Dubai, and in Abu Dhabi he will lay the corner-stone to the Church and community centre on the land offered by Sheikh Khalifa [...]

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Frontpage coverage of the Armenian Genocide in the foreign media opens in Beirut

May 3, 2012 News

2/5/2012 A temporary exhibition on “The Armenian Genocide: Frontpage Coverage in the Foreign Media” opened at the Capuchin Church in Beirut. The exhibition was organized by Central Body of Lebanon on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute with the support of the Beirut City Hall. The exhibition presents about [...]

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The case of an Armenian priest’s expired visa is upsetting many young parishioners

May 3, 2012 News

By Ruxandra Guidi 1/5/2012 Liliya Chobanian and Sossi Postajian attended the same services at Glendale’s St. Mary’s Church for years, but they didn’t know each other. As they sip tea in an Armenian-owned Pasadena restaurant, they chat about the fact that they have much more in common than their faith: They both followed the teachings [...]

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IOC-DER Secretary visits British Orthodox Church Secretariat

May 3, 2012 News
Fr Thomas P John, Metropolitan Abba Seraphim and Fr Abraham Thomas

Indian – British Orthodox Churches On 2 May, during a brief visit to the United Kingdom, Father Abraham Thomas, Secretary of the Department of Ecumenical Relations of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church, accompanied by Father Thomas P. John, Parish Priest of St. Gregorios Indian Orthodox Church at Brockley, paid a fraternal call on Abba Seraphim [...]

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Patriarch Kirill calls on Bulgarian PM to base policies on Orthodox Christian values

May 3, 2012 News

Sofia, May 2, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has said he attaches great importance to the fact that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is an Orthodox Christian. “I sympathize with your Orthodox Christian choice and would like to wish God’s help in your service and that your connection with the Orthodox [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church criticizes dissemination of opposition leaflets in Christ the Savior Cathedral

May 3, 2012 News

Moscow, May 2, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church considers the dissemination of leaflets on a church territory inappropriate and calls for respecting the sanctity of the place. It was reported earlier that unidentified people had thrown out leaflets on the territory of Christ the Savior Cathedral, calling on parishioners to join a protest rally [...]

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Ethiopian Church Bids for Surplus Property

May 3, 2012 News

3/5/2012 When Seattle City Light visited the May 1 North Beacon Hill Council meeting looking to sell a small and unused plot of land, representatives witnessed an overwhelming and unanticipated turn-out by the Ethiopian Church eager to build. Vacant since 1993, the former substation at 2107 14th Ave S suffered lead exposure until City Light [...]

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