Monday, July 23, 2012

‘SAVE ERITREA’ REMINDER

July 23, 2012 Featured News

A COLT CREW- Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE Initiative 23/07/2012 Join and Support Save Eritrea Facebook Page Know More the Sufferings of Christians in Eritrea: What is Save Eritrea? It is an initiative by the Colt Crew and Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE. An International prayer and fast program to be conducted on July 24,25,26 for the people of [...]

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Syrian Christians Fear for Their Future if Extremists Take Control

July 23, 2012 Featured News

23/7/2012 Jerry Dykstra, Open Doors USA, jerryd@odusa.org SANTA ANA, Calif., July 23, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad possibly losing his grip on power and rebels making major inroads, a possible end to the bloody civil war may be in sight. The United Nations estimates more than 10,000 have been killed in [...]

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Fides reports rebel Islamists killing Christians in Syria

July 23, 2012 News

23/7/2012 (AGI) Rome – The Fides news agency has reported on groups of rebel extremist Islamists “terrorising people in Damascus” especially Chrstians and Iraqi refugees. Fides has also reported the murder of an entire Christian family by militiamen from the “Islam Brigade”, “Liwa al-Islam”, the same group that claimed responsibility for the attack on Bashar [...]

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Syria: nuns help Christians & Muslims caught up in the war

July 23, 2012 News

22/7/2012 Refugees from the conflict come daily for help to the Shrine of Tabbaleh, dedicated to the Conversion of St Paul in Damascus. The Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land and the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who run the Church, have welcomed eight families permanently and provide [...]

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The illusion of American support for Copts in Egypt

July 23, 2012 Featured News

Said Shehata 23/7/2012 In international affairs, interests not ethics are paramount. So Egypt’s Copts should know they can only attain equal citizenship in their country by their own efforts, not US support. Many people are deceived by seeming American support for Copts in Egypt, and minorities generally. It was good to see some church leaders [...]

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Armenian Church construction to launch in Las Vegas

July 23, 2012 News

23/7/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net – Earlier this week, Western Prelate Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian visited the Las Vegas parish community to finalize details of the construction of St. Garabed Church that is set to begin soon, Asbarez reports. On Thursday, July 18, the Prelate, accompanied by Executive Council member and Prelacy Building Committee Chair Vahan Bezdikian, met with [...]

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Gaza’s Christians And Their Struggle To Survive – OpEd

July 23, 2012 News

By Enzo Greco 23/7/2012 Gaza’s Hamas government denies claims that a Christian Orthodox man had been forced to convert to Islam, saying he had willingly changed religion. Can a tiny enclave of 1,500 Christians (there were 3,500 in 2006) stir up tension amid 1.7 million Gazan Muslims, as declared by Health minister Bassem Naim, a [...]

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Coptic Orthodox Church to point the way to new Pope

July 23, 2012 News

Basil El-Dabh 21/7/2012 The Coptic Church has also announced that it will not attend the traditional yearly Ramadan Iftaar banquet in mourning for the death of Pope Shenouda III. The commission overseeing the election of the new Patriarch of the Coptic Church will disclose the list of voters who will participate in the election of [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Celebrated at Caraiman Monastery

July 23, 2012 News

On 22 July 2012, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates his birthday. The Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates 61 years of life, on which occasion he officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of the “Exaltation of the Holy Cross” in Busteni resort, county of Prahova. The celebrating group was made up of His [...]

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Russian Club in Harbin held the next work day in the Russian section of the Huangshan cemetery

July 23, 2012 News

The Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church 21/7/2012 English Translation by Katherine Ilachinski On May 19 2012, the Russian club in Harbin (RCH), with financial support from the Harbin-Chinese Historical Society (HCHS), Sydney, Australia, held a Saturday work day (Subotnik) in order to bring the Russian section of the cemetery in Huangshan in order. The work plan [...]

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84th Birthday celebration of Catholicose Baselious Thomas 1st held

July 23, 2012 News

Syrian Orthodox Church in India 23/7/2012 Catholicose of Indian and Metropolitan Trustee – Primate of the Syrian Orthodox Church in India His Beatitude Abune Baselios Thomas I celebrated his 84th Birthday on 22nd July Puthencuz Patriarchal Center, Cochin, Kerala India. Source:

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Metropolitan Abraham Mar Seraphim appoints Fr Cyril as Student Chaplain Priest for Bengaluru City

July 23, 2012 News

The Indian Malankara Orthodox Church 23/7/2012 Liju Cherian BENGALURU: His Grace Dr Abraham Mar Seraphim, Metropolitan, Bengaluru Diocese of the Indian Orthodox (Malankara) Church, has appointed a full time Student Chaplain Priest for Bengaluru city. Fr Cyril Varghese, a graduate of St Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary (STOTS), Nagpur, has taken charge vide Bull No 64/2012 [...]

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Serbian Patriarch Irinej solemnly welcomed in Bosanski Petrovac

July 23, 2012 News

21/7/2012 His Holiness Irinej arrived tonight in the Diocese of Bihac-Petrovac upon the invitation of His Grace Bishop Hrizostom. The solemn welcome of Serbian Patriarch Irinej were attended by President of the National Assembly Mr.Igor Radojcic, Director of the Secretariate of Religion of the Government of the Republic of Srpska Mr. Jovo Turanjanin, as well [...]

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“ARMENIANS IN SYRIA REMAIN LOYAL TO THEIR HOMELAND AND ITS PEOPLE” STATED HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

July 23, 2012 Featured News

23/7/2012 His Holiness Aram I, who has been following the situation in Syria with the community leadership in Syria for the past year, expressed his solidarity with his people, making the following statement: 1.I have been monitoring the situation in Syria with the Executive Council of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, and we urge the Armenian [...]

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“THROUGH THE LITURGY THE CHURCH BECOMES COMMUNITY AND ACQUIRES ITS IDENTITY” HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

July 23, 2012 News

22/7/2012 Addressing the fourth conference of the Society of Oriental Liturgy, His Holiness Aram I stressed the pivotal importance of liturgy for the life and mission of the church. Catholicos Aram elaborated his reflections by highlighting the following points: 1) Through the liturgy, the church manifests and realizes itself, it becomes koinonia and receives God’s [...]

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Patriarch Kirill receives Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti

July 23, 2012 News

On July 22, 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti at the official Patriarchal and Synodal Residence at the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow. Mr Monti is on his first official visit to the Russian Federation. Welcoming Mr Mario Monti and his party, Patriarch Kirill [...]

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Patriarchal condolences to President of Tatarstan over the terrorist action in Kazan

July 23, 2012 News

27/7/2012 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia extended condolences to President R. Minnikhanov of Tatarstan over the terrorist actions committed in Kazan in which Mufti Ildus Faizov, chairman of the Muslim Board for Tatarstan, was injured and his deputy Imam Khatib Valiulla Yakupov was killed. To: R. N. Minnikhanov President of the [...]

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