Sunday, May 20, 2012

Muslim Persecution of Christians: April 2012

May 20, 2012 Featured News

Raymond Ibrahim 20/5/2012 “The police are also involved in this.” “500 Muslims had gathered and were watching in amusement as the extremists chased and harassed the Christians, attempting to murder them all, for about 90 minutes.” As Easter, one of the highest Christian holidays, comes in April, Christian persecution in Muslim nations—from sheer violence to [...]

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Trash removed from Armenian Church in Tbilisi

May 20, 2012 News

19/5/2012 TBILISI. – The trash removal works in Tbilisi’s Surb Nshan Armenian Church are completed, leader of Armenian Hayartun Cultural Center Levon Chidilyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. “The workers fully removed the trash and debris, sculptures were cleaned, the surrounding houses were insulated from the threat. Estimations on reconstruction are being compiled now,” Levon Chidilyan said. [...]

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Armenian School and Church in Homs were shelled by the rebels

May 20, 2012 Featured News

19/5/2012 YEREVAN, MAY 19, ARMENPRESS: Armenian community in Syria also suffered from the latest events taking place in the country. The rebels did not cease their riots and lately have captured Armenian ‘’Isahakyan’’ school. Nazaret Elmadjyan , representative of Armenian community informed Armenpress that the school belongs to Armenian Apostolic Church in Homs, …

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Georgian, Azerbaijani FMs Discuss Disputed Border Section in Monastery Complex Area

May 20, 2012 Featured News
Davit Gareji Monastery‎

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 19/5/2012 Georgian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers held a phone conversation on May 17 to discuss a recent controversy, caused after repositioning of Azerbaijani border guards on May 6 in a disputed border section running through Davit Gareji monastery complex, no longer allowing visitors from Georgia to access some of the sites of [...]

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Aram I visits Armenian communities in northern part of Tehran

May 20, 2012 Featured News

20/5/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net – As part of his pontifical visitation program, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, paid a pastoral visit to the Armenian communities in Ghazvin, Rasht and Anzaly, located in the northern part of Tehran, Iran. Accompanied by the Primate of Tehran Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, the Primate of Isfahan [...]

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Religion should not create fear and mistrust – Aram I

May 20, 2012 News

19/5/2012 TEHRAN. – The Armenian Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I calls on all the Christians and Muslims in the Near East for a dialogue, he said during the fifth meeting of the Interreligious Dialogue in Tehran. The meeting was dedicated to “The role of religion in promoting ethical values in society,” [...]

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Human love and religious faith collide in Romanian film on exorcism

May 20, 2012 News

GNA 19/5/2012 Romanian director Cristian Mungiu said Saturday he didn’t necessarily expect audiences to like his latest film, about exorcism in the modern-day Orthodox church. “I don’t want the film to be liked,” Mungiu told a press conference marking the premiere of the movie, Dupa dealuri (Beyond the Hills) at the Cannes Film Festival. “I [...]

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Episcopal Synod of Syrian Orthodox Church in India From May 23

May 20, 2012 News

Syrian Orthodox Church in India 20/5/2012 KOCHI: The annual Episcopal Synod of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church will be held at the Patriarch Centre, Puthencruz, from May 23 to 25. The three-day synod assumes significance at a time when the relationship between the Church and the UDF Government is at its lowest ebb. Dispute with [...]

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