Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Syria: Orthodox Christians Wary of Their Future in Post-Assad Regime

July 31, 2012 Featured News

31/7/2012 Joyce Hackel Syria’s Christian minorities are facing increasing dangers, especially in the city of Aleppo. The country’s estimated 1.5 million Christians are being targeted for attack and blamed for assisting a brutal regime. Mar Gregorios Yohana Ibrahim, the Archbishop of Aleppo tells host Aaron Schachter about the competing pressures Orthodox Christians face as they [...]

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US Diplomat visits Halki

July 31, 2012 Featured News

31/7/2012 The Ecumenical Patriarchate On July 30, 2012, United States assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon visited the holy monastery and theological school of Halki. In conversation with Metropolitan Elpidophoros of Bursa, Mr. Gordon expressed the interest of the United States in the seminary’s re-opening. Furthermore, he conveyed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s warm greetings [...]

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Bishop to tell Copts to immigrate

July 31, 2012 News

31/7/2012 Coptic Christian Bishop Paul of Tanta will tell Copts to leave Egypt if the Church is not guaranteed religious jurisdiction. Bishop Paul, a representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly, is also threatening to leave the Assembly if Article II is not modified to his liking. Bishop Paul wants the contentious [...]

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Patriarch Kirill celebrates the memory of St. Vladimir at Kiev Monastery of the Caves

July 31, 2012 Featured News

  On July 28, 2012, the commemoration day of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles and the Day of the Baptism of Russia, a national holiday in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Kiev-Caves Laura of the Holy Dormition. By the Russian Orthodox [...]

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Patriarch Kirill honours memory of Great Patriotic War soldiers and victims of the 1930s mass starvation

July 31, 2012 News

On July 28, 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Memorial of Eternal Glory at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kiev and the memorial to the victims of the 1930s mass starvation. His Holiness laid wreaths at the memorials and said a prayer for the repose of ‘the [...]

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Patriarch Kirill meets with Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich

July 31, 2012 News

In the evening of July 28, 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich had a talk at the presidential residence in the Crimea. Mr. Yanukovich noted with satisfaction that the large-scale celebrations held by Local Orthodox Churches to mark the Day of the Baptism of Russia and [...]

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Metropolitan Hilarion: Our love of God is tested beyond the church walls

July 31, 2012 News

On July 29, the commemoration way of the Holy Fathers of the Six Ecumenical Councils, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted in Moscow. After the liturgy, Metropolitan Hilarion delivered the following [...]

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Metropolitan Yakob Mar Irenaios calls for govt intervention to tackle issue of migrants

July 31, 2012 News

Liju Cherian 31/7/2012 # Migrant population needs special attention, pastoral care, counselling # New avenues and possibilities of mobility have proved to be a catalyst # Migrants’ have strength to harvest land but cannot influence legislation # ‘We are all migrants on this earth’ since we come from God and return to Him # Enlightened [...]

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