Friday, July 6, 2012

Armenian buried as Muslim in Turkey to be reburied as Christian

July 6, 2012 Featured News

5/7/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net – The body of a Turkish citizen of Armenian origin, who was buried in a Muslim cemetery due to financial problems, will be transferred to an Armenian cemetery after the required procedures are completed, Hurriyet Daily News reported. According to Agos weekly, 85-year-old Harutyun Kamparisoğlu passed away on June 17while staying in a [...]

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The Phanar meeting

July 6, 2012 Featured News

YUSUF KANLI 6/7/2012 It was “just” a return visit for a visit by Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew to the Religious Affairs Directorate a year ago to congratulate the new director, Mehmet Görmez. It was a get together of a top Muslim man of religion with a Greek Orthodox man of religion. Whatever, it was a [...]

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Patriarch Seeks Sponsor to Restore Istanbul Building, Aksam Says

July 6, 2012 News

By Benjamin Harve 4/7/2012 The Istanbul-based patriarch of the Greek Orthodox church is seeking a sponsor to fund restoration of an abandoned orphanage after Greece’s economic crisis precluded support from the Greek government, Aksam reported. The 19th-century building on the island of Buyukada outside Istanbul is one of the largest wooden buildings in the world [...]

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The Most Remote Orthodox Church in the World

July 6, 2012 News

By Danai Kanella June 27/2012 Since its founding, Christianity has managed to spread to the whole world, from the biggest cities of the world to the vast jungles of Africa. Christians worship God everywhere, from huge cathedrals to remote, small churches on mountain tops and modest chapels in their neighborhoods. But who could ever imagine [...]

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Egyptian Church Threatens to Withdraw From Constituent Assembly Over Sharia Article

July 6, 2012 Featured News

Assyrian International News Agency 6/7/2012 The Coptic Orthodox Church threatened to withdraw its Constituent Assembly representatives Wednesday over concerns the new constitution will not represent minorities. Church leaders discussed the potential withdrawal Wednesday in an all-day meeting, according to Bishop Benjamin of Monufiya. At the heart of the discussion was ongoing debate within the assembly [...]

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Indian Orthodox TV leaps into 2nd year of operations with transition to regular TV channels

July 6, 2012 News

Indian Malanakra Orthodox Church 6/7/2012 # India Orthodox Church’s only visual media steps into second year of operations # Main focus to spread teachings on faith, worship and traditions of Orthodoxy # TV offers ample opportunities for Orthodox members to showcase talents # Fr Punchakonam, CEO, says the team felt an ‘unseen power’ leading them [...]

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The Real Environmental Crisis: Lessons From the Green Patriarch

July 6, 2012 Featured News

07/06/2012 Krista Tippett Earlier this month, His All Holiness Bartholomew, the Patriarch of 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, convened a two-day conversation on “environment, ethics and innovation.” We gathered on the tiny, ancient island of Heybeliada off Istanbul, which was once the Patriarch’s Constantinople and before that New Rome. There were scientists there, and activists, [...]

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Turkey urged to ease up on Greek Orthodox seminary

July 6, 2012 News

5/7/2012 Turkey’s top Muslim cleric has supported calls for the government to allow the reopening of a Greek Orthodox seminary. Mehmet Gormez said that Thursday after meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I during the first visit by a Turkish religious leader to the Istanbul-based Patriarchate since 1923. Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s [...]

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Orthodox Church concerned about anti-foreign NGOs bill

July 6, 2012 News

Nina Achmatova 3/7/2012 Foreign-funded Russian NGOs involved in political activities must register as foreign agents. Since the Orthodox Church receives funds from its foreign dioceses, it is concerned it might come under closer scrutiny. Failure to register could mean fines and up to four years in jail. Moscow (AsiaNews) – The Russian Orthodox Church could [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church hails possible discovery of the Higgs boson, or “God particle”

July 6, 2012 News

Interfax 4/7/2012 The Moscow Patriarchate has congratulated scientists on the possible discovery of the Higgs boson, or “God particle.” “I am glad about this discovery and I would like to congratulate scientists on it. It probably again raises the question of whether matter has always been the way it is now or initially developed according [...]

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Georgia church declares ID cards ‘Satan-free’

July 6, 2012 Featured News

AFP 6/7/2012 TBILISI – Georgia’s powerful Orthodox Church has assured believers that the ex-Soviet state’s new electronic identity cards do not carry the mark of Satan after being petitioned by worried worshippers. “The Holy Synod states that from the point of view of theological and ecclesiastical teachings, ID cards as they exist today do not [...]

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