Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Holy Synod of Bishops concludes spring session

March 19, 2013 News

The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America held its spring session at the Chancery here Tuesday through Thursday, March 12-14, 2013. In addition to His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, who chaired the sessions, other members of the Holy Synod in attendance were His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel; His Eminence, Archbishop Nikon; His Eminence, [...]

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Cyprus Church: EU bailout offensive

March 19, 2013 News

19/3/13 Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on the island, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, described the Europeans stance at the Eurogroup on Cyprus as “offensive”. Speaking to reporters after a memorial service on Sunday, the head of the Cyprus church said that when Cyprus is able to, it should leave the Eurozone. He said that it [...]

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Decades-old Church-state land deal almost closed

March 19, 2013 News

15/3/13 Cyprus: THE CHURCH will soon be transferring tracts of land to the state, bringing to a close a deal struck some 40 years ago. The announcement was made yesterday following a meeting between Archbishop Chrysostomos and Interior Minister Socrates Hasikos. A 1971 agreement between Archbishop Makarios – who was president at the time – [...]

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Libyan ambassador promises investigation into Coptic church attack

March 19, 2013 Featured News

Ahram Online – 19/3/13 Top Libyan diplomat in Cairo says the embassy will reopen soon after a meeting with Coptic pope. “The Libyan Embassy suspended its work in Cairo as a precautionary measure, and to ensure the safety of its citizens,” said Ashour Hamid bin Rashid, the Libyan ambassador in Cairo on Sunday. The embassy [...]

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Will Pope Francis repeat Cardinal Bergoglio’s words on the Genocide?

March 19, 2013 News

Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier 19/3/13 Shortly after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis I, Armenian and Turkish media outlets rushed to inform their audiences that the Argentinean Archbishop had acknowledged the Armenian Genocide on a number of occasions. When Catholicos Karekin II visited Buenos Aires on April 23, 2004, Cardinal Bergoglio joined [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Buzău

March 19, 2013 Featured News

On 17 March 2013, the Romanian Orthodox Church observed the Sunday of Adam’s banishment from the Garden of Eden. The evangelical pericope of Saint Evangelist Matthew, chapter 6:14-21, was read during the Divine Liturgy. During the sermon delivered in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence of Saint Gregory the Enlightener, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel explained the teaching [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Met the Counsellors of the Social-Philanthropic Departments of the Eparchies of the Country

March 19, 2013 News

On 15 March 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel met at the Patriarchal Residence the representatives of the social-philanthropic departments of the eparchies of the Romanian Patriarchate. During the last few days they participated in the regional workshop organised in Bucharest on the Principles of the Philanthropic field – Principles of the social integration from Orthodox [...]

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Crime without Punishment

March 19, 2013 News

19/3/13 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, attended at the National Theatre an academy entitled The Crime without Punishment on the occasion of the anniversary of the March pogrom on Kosovo and Metohia organized by the Office of the Government of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohia. Serbian Patriarch and Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic addressed the [...]

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Visit of German Ambassador to Diocese of Nis

March 19, 2013 News

18/3/13 His Grace Bishop Jovan of Nis met with His Excellency Heinz Wilhelm, the ambassador of Germany in Serbia on 15 March 2013 at the church of Saint Panteleimon in Nis. During the one-hour cordial talk they exchanged important views on history of the Church, the significance of the diocese of Nis in history and [...]

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