Friday, May 11, 2012

Geagea: Christians must spearhead change

May 11, 2012 News
Geagea: “It is beneficial for Christians in Syria to side with” the revolution. (The Daily Star/Aldo Ayoub/HO)

By Nicholas Blanford The Daily Star 11/5/2012 MAARAB, Lebanon: The Christians of the Middle East should not view with trepidation the turmoil engulfing the region over the past 18 months, Syria especially, but should instead seize the initiative to advance change and ensure communal survival, says Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea. “We should spearhead any [...]

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Clergymen demand changes in oil Bills

May 11, 2012 News
A delegation of religious leaders led by Bishop John Baptist Odama (2nd L) after presenting the memorandum of the IRCU on the petroleum bills before Parliament’s Natural Resources Committee yesterday. L-R Hajj Badru Kateregga, Bishop Stanley Ntagali of Kitara Diocese and Apostle Julius Peter Oyet. Photo by Geoffrey Sseruyange

By Nelson Wesonga 11/5/2012 Posted Thursday, May 10 2012 at 12:28 A consortium of five faith-based organisations has asked Parliament to re-write some of the contentious clauses in two proposed laws that will govern the oil sector. The petition comes on the back of a running parliamentary and wider public demand for greater transparency from [...]

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Holy Trinity Monastery to open its doors to the public

May 11, 2012 News
Holy Trinity Monastery, on Robinson Road in Jordanville, will have an open house on Saturday, May 19.

By Stephanie Sorrell-White GateHouse News Service 9/5/2012 Jordanville, N.Y. —Holy Trinity Monastery will open its doors to the public later this month to educate people on their history and the Russian Orthodox faith. “It’s the first time ever we’ve had an open house,” said Protodeacon Victor Lochmatow on Tuesday. “We’ve been talking about the need [...]

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Armenian Catholicos addresses on Victory, Peace Day

May 11, 2012 News

9/5/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II issued a congratulatory message in connection with the Victory and Peace Day. “The victory, which was achieved against fascism [during the Great Patriotic War in World War II], is celebrated on this day. This celebration causes a double joy for the heart of each Armenian, [...]

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Aram I hails Christian education efforts by Tehran diocese

May 11, 2012 News

11/5/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net – Meeting with the General Assembly of Tehran diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, emphasized the particular importance of Christian education as a vital dimension of the Christian mission. He said: “The church fulfills itself as a community of faith through its [...]

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Ark of Covenant plans for historic Hackney cinema

May 11, 2012 Featured News
The New St Mary C Gabagoo church in Ethiopia which the church would like to emanate

9/5/2012 Plans by an Ethiopian Orthodox Church to turn a rare example of an Edwardian cinema into a 1960s pastiche replica of the Ethiopian church which claims to house the Ark of the Covenant are being fought by a conservation group. The Friends of Clapton Cinematograph Theatre (FCCT) have been campaigning for five years to [...]

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From Catholic To Orthodox

May 11, 2012 Featured News
In the Orthodox cathedral of Helsinki- Finland. Laying the groundwork with a monk.

By Thom Nickels Special to the Weekly Press 9/5/2012 The word ‘orthodoxy’ can conjure up foul associations. There’s Bertrand Russell’s famous quote, “Orthodoxy is the grave of intelligence,” which covers any sort of rigid or right thinking at the expense of creative thought. Orthodoxy (lower case) implies a strict adherence to tradition against which Modernism [...]

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