Monday, March 18, 2013

Patriarchate to presumably take part in Oshki and Ishkhani rehabilitation

March 18, 2013 Featured News

Georgia Online – 18/3/13 Georgia’s Patriarchate presumably will be involved in the negotiations on restoring Georgian cultural heritage in Turkey and construction of a mosque in Batumi, “Rustavi 2″ informs the Deputy Minister of culture and Monument Protection Marine Mizandari states about it. Mizandari says that the decision was reached on yesterday’s meeting between her [...]

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Ninth anniversary of anti-Serb violence in Kosovo

March 18, 2013 Featured News

Tanjug – 18/3/13 BELGRADE –  The Serbian government and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) are today marking the ninth anniversary of pogrom in Kosovo. During the rampage, Albanian extremists and terrorists killed ten and expelled more than 4,000 Serbs, destroyed and burned 938 Serb houses and apartments and 35 Orthodox churches and monasteries in just [...]

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Patriarch: Serbs must return to Kosovo

March 18, 2013 Featured News

18/3/13 BELGRADE –   The most important request of Serbia in all talks about Kosovo needs to be the return of Serbs, Serbian Patriarch Irinej has said. “One of the first steps and items in the talks, today and tomorrow, a condition and request we need to set is the return of a large number of [...]

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Archon Maestor Andrew A. Athens leaves global legacy

March 18, 2013 News

New York, NY 3/17/2013 Archdiocese mourns the passing of Andrew A. Athens Archbishop Demetrios expresses condolences New York (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America) – Andrew A. Athens, Archon Maestor of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and president of the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese for almost two decades (1974-1995) fell asleep in the Lord today [...]

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

March 18, 2013 Featured News

Moscow Times 18/3/13 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, says the official website of its Holy Synod. This year Bulgaria marked 70 years since the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews during World War II. The National Assembly in 1943 decided to impose a ban on their deportation, despite being [...]

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