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Coptic Christians among Jersey City faith groups helping 25 West Point cadets deepen appreciation for other cultures

May 15, 2012 News

By Charles Hack/The Jersey Journal File News 28/4/2012 After a tour of Ellis Island and a lunch featuring Egyptian cuisine hosted by a Coptic Orthodox Church, 25 West Point cadets visited the church on Bergen Avenue to learn about Coptic history and the church’s role in the community. The next stop for the cadets who [...]

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Ancient Byzantine wall damaged to make hotel

March 11, 2012 News
The walls of an ancient Byzantine palace in the protected area of Sultanahmet have been demolished to construct a hotel.

Ömer Erbil – ISTANBUL / Radikal 22th February, 2012- File News The walls of an ancient palace from the Byzantine era in Sultanahmet have been demolished to make way for a new five-story hotel, prompting anger from scholars. The walls of an ancient Byzantine palace in the protected area of Sultanahmet have been damaged and [...]

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Bob Marley was Orthodox Christian long before death, said to have Called upon Jesus on his deathbed

February 29, 2012 Featured News

February 2012 File News, First Week of February Bob Marley was born on Feb 6., and although many are familiar with the reggae legend as a Rastafarian, others may be surprised to hear that he was baptized as an Orthodox Christian before his death. Marley was an influential figure in the global expansion of a [...]

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Revestment of the relics of St John

November 19, 2011 News

October 25,2011 File News CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS On Tuesday, October 25, 2011, in accordance with a decision by the Diocesan Council of Western America, clergymen of the diocese performed the rite of revestment of the uncorrupt relics of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco. This special rite was headed by His Eminence Archbishop [...]

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THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM DECORATES THE EXARCH OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE IN PARIS

November 10, 2011 News

30th October File News On Sunday, October 17th/30th 2011, His Holy Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos decorated in Paris His Eminence Archbishop of Komana Gabriel Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with the knighthood Cross decoration of the Holy Sepulcher. This honorary distinction took place in the Patriarchate and in the frame of [...]

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