Friday, July 13, 2012

Twentieth Enthronement Anniversary of Patriarch Abouna Paulos of Ethiopia – Exclusive

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By Solomon Mengist (OCP Special Correspondent in Ethiopia) Photo courtesy: Stalin Gebre-Selassie 13/7/2012 His Holiness Abouna Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, celebrates 20th anniversary of enthronement as patriarch of the church on Thursday (July 12) Leaders of sisterly churches, government officials, members of the diplomatic community and invited dignitaries were part of [...]

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Petition Campaign to Save Historic Syriac Orthodox Monastery in Mardin

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12/7/2012 Some 300 writers, academics and artists in have joined a petition campaign to protest a verdict by the Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals to nationalize the estates of the Mor Gabriel Monastery (Mardin), the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world, dating back to 397 AD. Established in 397 A.D., the Mor Gabriel [...]

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Catholicos Karekin II and Russian official discuss Karabakh issue

July 13, 2012 News

11/7/2012 ETCHMIADZIN.- Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received on Wednesday the delegation headed by Speaker of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, Valentina Matviyenko. During the meeting, the sides stressed importance of strengthening Armenia-Russia strategic partnership. In particular, they stated the mutual visits bring closer cooperation in different fields. Karekin II extended [...]

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Patriarch: Church will never agree to surrender of Kosovo

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Tanjug 12/7/2012 BELGRADE — Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej called for unity among Serbs, adding that the Church (SPC) would never agree or come to terms with Kosovo “being given away”. rinej called on the people to be united in politics and everything else, because the Serbs are a small people and the only way to [...]

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Monastery advances with multi-million dollar renovation

July 13, 2012 News

Jon-Paul Wimer 12/7/2012 Several weeks ago, a groundbreaking took place at the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, just off Portersville Road in Wayne Township, beginning a year-long expansion and renovation project. “We’ve spent a lot of time planning and preparing for this renovation,” said Mother Barbara, secretary of the Monastery. “It’s all very exciting.” Construction [...]

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OCAMPR announces November conference on infertility, miscarriage and early child loss

July 13, 2012 News

CHICAGO, IL [OCAMPR] 12/7/2012 The Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion [OCAMPR] will sponsor a national conference titled “The Child Conceived: Considering Infertility, Miscarriage, and Early Child Loss,” at Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral here Friday and Saturday, November 2-3, 2012. Heading the list of speakers will be His Grace, Bishop Demetrios of [...]

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Holy Synod, OCA officers, Metropolitan Council meet

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SYOSSET, NY [OCA] 11/7/2012 On Tuesday evening, July 10, 2012, members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, officers of the Church, and members of the Metropolitan Council met via conference call to discuss the recent resignation of Metropolitan Jonah. His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel, Locum Tenens, chaired the conference call, [...]

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Oldest Christian Monastery at Risk

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A. Papapostolou Source: ANSA 12/7/2012 The Mongolians failed to destroy it 700 years ago despite the massacre of 40 friars and 400 Christians. Yet the existence of the oldest functioning Christian monastery in the world, the fifth century Mor Gabriel Monastery in the Tur Abdin plane (“the mountain of God’s servants”) near the Turkish-Syrian border, [...]

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World Press on Orthodox Christians’ rights in Turkey (July 12, 2012)

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12/7/2012 Today Hurriyet published an article by Mustafa Akyol headlined ‘Why do they hate the Ecumenical Patriarchate?’ devoted to the problem of Orthodox Christians’ rights in modern Turkey. ” The other night, I hosted Emre Öktem, an associate professor of international law, on my weekly TV program called “Political Reason.” Our main focus was the [...]

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H.M. The Queen responds to loyal greeting from British Orthodox Church

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The British Orthodox Church 12/7/2012 In response to a congratulatory message sent to H.M. The Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, Her Majesty sent the following reply to Abba Seraphim: Buckingham Palace I send my grateful thanks to the Metropolitan, Priests and Officers of the British Orthodox Church, for their kind message of [...]

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British Museum Colloquium on Egypt in the First Millennium

July 13, 2012 News

12/7/2012 The British Orthodox Church Abba Seraphim and Subdeacon Daniel Malyon attended the British Museum Colloquium, “Pagans, Christians and Muslims: Egypt in the First Millennium AD”, held on Monday & Tuesday, 9 & 10 July. On Monday evening Dr. Gawdat Gabra, former director of Cairo’s Coptic Museum, delivered the Raymond & Beverly Sackler Foundation Distinguished [...]

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In constitution debate, Al-Azhar gets high praise from church leaders

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Al-Masry Al-Youm 12/07/2012 Coptic Orthodox Church representatives serving on the Constituent Assembly have welcomed a proposal that would enshrine Islam as the state religion but also protect the right of Christians and Jews to follow their religious codes. Article 2 of the new constitution would be much like that of the 1971 Constitution, stating that [...]

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Christians Are Evacuated From Syrian City

July 13, 2012 News

Associated Press 11/7/2012 DAMASCUS, Syria—A group of Christians trapped in the besieged, bombed-out Syrian city of Homs has been evacuated after a deal between the army and rebels, a priest involved in the evacuation efforts said Wednesday. Maximos al-Jamal, a Greek Orthodox priest who has been following the plight of Syrian Christians in Homs, said [...]

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Persecuting Christianity… in Europe

July 13, 2012 News

Milena Faustova Moscow Times 11/7/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church is going to challenge in court a ban on wearing crucifixes, which was recently introduced in the UK. Russian priests, together with Russian lawyers, intend to help two UK women who were recently fired from work for wearing crucifixes and refusing to take them off. The [...]

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