Thursday, June 14, 2012

Archbishop of Australia is Opposed to Gay Marriage

June 14, 2012 News

By Marianna Tsatsou 14/6/2012 Archibishop of Australia Stylianos announced his view on same-sex marriages. More specifically, he stated that he is opposed to the act, in contrast to the chain of archbishops across the world who have approved gay marriage, such as that of the Archdiocese of Thiateira and Great Britain. This announcement came as [...]

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Special Assembly of Diocesan Priests July 14, 2012

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The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church of the USA (Ecumenical Patriarchate) 14/6/2012 Christ The Saviour Cathedral Johnstown, PA 15906 Telephone: (814-539-9143) http://cathedral.acrod.org Presiding: His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of America, Diocesan Locum Tenens and Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate With thankfulness to Almighty God, a Special Assembly of Diocesan Priests will be convened on Saturday July 14, [...]

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Muslims in Turkey demand conversion of renowned Christian church site to a mosque

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The Hagia Sophia, or Aya Sofya is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as the.. (eleephotography via Flickr)

By: Nicola Menzie Christian Post 14/6/2012 Thousands of Muslims in Turkey, preparing to celebrate the Ottoman conquest of the country 500 years ago, are demanding that authorities allow them to convert the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque, despite laws forbidding worship at what was once the world’s most renowned Christian church. Instanbul’s Hagia Sophia, [...]

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Christian group demands Ontario school board use Bill 13 to protect students from ‘Christophobia’

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Father Geoffrey Korz, Dean of Ontario for the Orthodox Church in America

by Peter Baklinski 13/6/2012 HAMILTON, Ontario, June 13, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the wake the passage of Ontario’s “anti-bullying” Bill 13, Christian parents and leaders in the Hamilton area are demanding that their school board address what they say are instances of Christian children being bullied for their beliefs in public schools. “There is a [...]

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St. Lazarus’ relics brought to Moscow from Cyprus

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Moscow, June 13, Interfax, – A delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia brought part of the relics of St. Lazarus given to Russia by the Church of Cyprus to the Vnukovo-3 airport on Monday evening. The Patriarch and the clergy served a prayer service near the [...]

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Serb Orthodox monk assaulted in Kosovo

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Tanjug 14/6/2012 KOSOVSKA MITROVICA — A monk of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) was beaten up by two unidentified persons in southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica on Wednesday, Tanjug has learned. Monk Mitrofan, whose secular name is Milorad Bulajić, was admitted Wednesday to a health center in northern Kosovska Mitrovica with injuries to his head [...]

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Protection of the Virgin of Khabarovsk

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Protection of the Virgin of Khabarovsk

The Chinese Orthodox Church 14/6/2012 English Translation by Katherine Ilachinski Motor race participants from Russia to China gave a copy of the Khabarovsk icon of Our Lady to Russian cultural complex estate “Volga” in Harbin. Harbin. May 19. Interfax – FAR EAST – The motor race participants from Russia to China, visited the graves of [...]

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Martyrs and Confessors of Orthodoxy in China

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The Holy Chinese Orthodox Martyrs of the boxer Rebellion

14/6/2012 English translation by L. E. Demos As is well known, a severe persecution broke out in China against all Christians in general, and in particular against those of the Orthodox mission. Sufficient details of this persecution are already known. Let eyewitnesses inform us of the atrocities in China, since the horrors recall those such [...]

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