Sunday, August 12, 2012

Virgin Mary ‘crosses the finish line’ with Olympic gold runner

August 12, 2012 Featured News

12/8/2012 London, England, Aug 10, 2012 / 04:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Ethiopian athlete Meseret Defar provided one of the most emotional moments of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games when she crossed the finish line in the 5000 meter race to win the gold. She then pulled a picture of the Virgin Mary out from [...]

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Coptic Orthodox Church reveals 17 candidates for Papal Seat

August 12, 2012 Featured News

Ahram Online 12/8/2012 The Church has unveiled its longlist of bishops and monks competing to succeed Pope Shenouda III later this year The acting head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church has released details of the 17 candidates in the running to become the next pope, according to a report on Ahram’s Arabic-language news website. Bishop [...]

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Large Forest Fires near Hilandar

August 12, 2012 News

LATEST NEWS: Friday, August 10, 2012 at 8 a.m. – The Hilandar has reported that the fires approached to 3.5 km from the monastery. Since last night, due to unfavorable wind direction, the fire moved by 1.5 km towards the Hilandar. In relation to the line of defense wich fireprotecting road represents in the area [...]

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Antiochian Patriarchate: Not Arming in Syria Conflict

August 12, 2012 Featured News

12/8/2012 The Antiochian Patriarchate released the following statement, against claims that it was involved in arming its members to somehow participate in the conflict going on in Syria between government forces and Islamic radicals: We, Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East and the Roman Orthodox priests of the Cathedral of Mary in Damascus confirm [...]

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Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Poland: provocations as obstacles on the way to Russo-Polish reconciliation

August 12, 2012 News

12/8/2012 Dmitry Babich The unprecedented visit of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church, reverend Kirill, to Poland is going to be a historic occasion. The Patriarch will meet with the mead of Polish church and they will jointly promote reconciliation between Russia and Poland. Hopefully, this noble step will help to distill at least [...]

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Greek politicians eye Orthodox Church’s income, expenses as target for budget cuts

August 12, 2012 News

12/8/2012 Listen Mp3 In Greece, the Orthodox Church is tied financially to the state. The state pays some priests and exempts the church and its activities from any taxes. But with tight economic times, some politicians are calling for the relationship to be adjusted. No one expects the Greek government to take a hard-line against [...]

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Delegations of the Local Churches greeted His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr on his Name Day and the 20th anniversary of his Primatial ministry

August 12, 2012 Featured News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On July 27, His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine at his residence in the monastery of Saint Panteleimon of Theophany received the delegations of the Local Orthodox Churches, who came to Ukraine to participate in the celebrations on the 20th anniversary of Primatial ministry of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr [...]

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H.B. THEOPHILOS III PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM VISITED AL-ZAITARI REFUGEE CAMP IN JORDAN

August 12, 2012 Featured News

On Monday, August 6, 2012, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all of Palestine and Jordan, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches for the Orthodox Family, expressed his concern for and acted out of what he called a ”moral duty” by making a [...]

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