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Pope Tawadros II and Holy Synod enthrones 4 bishops, consecrates 7

June 13, 2013 Featured News

13/6/13 The 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and over 60 members of the Holy Synod consecrated 7 bishops and enthroned 4 existing bishops on 10 March 2013 in the Grand Cathedral of St Mark, Cairo, Egypt. Having taken [...]

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Egypt’s Coptic pope holds meeting on Nile row before meeting Ethiopian counterpart

June 12, 2013 Featured News

Ahram Online – 12/6/13 Coptic Pope Tawadros II meets with Egyptian church representatives to discuss Nile file in advance of scheduled trip to Cairo by head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II held a meeting with Egyptian Christian public figures on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing row over Ethiopia’s Grand [...]

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Presidency, Church prepare joint Ethiopia trip to discuss controversial dam

June 7, 2013 Featured News

Emad Khalil 7/6/13 Egypt’s presidency and the Coptic Orthodox Church are coordinating for a joint trip to Ethiopia by President Mohamed Morsy and Pope Tawadros II, where they will discuss with Ethiopian officials a means to resolve a dispute over Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam. Last week, Ethiopia announced the diversion of the Blue Nile’s stream as [...]

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Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia sends letter to Russian President in relation with situation in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone

June 7, 2013 Featured News

Georgia, Tbilisi, June 3 / Trend N.Kirtskhalia Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the situation in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict and the establishment of a barbed wire on the border of Georgia’s secessionist regions. Ilia II expressed concern about the transfer of temporary [...]

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Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Enthroned at Sts. James Cathedral

June 7, 2013 Featured News

7/6/13 The courtyard of Sts. James Armenian Cathedral echoed with the sound of knocks as a deacon struck a narrow wooden plank at the right of the cathedral’s entryway. This is the traditional call to service at the Armenian cathedral of Jerusalem, where pilgrims, clergy, and guests gathered on Tuesday, June 4, for the enthronement [...]

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Prince Charles meets Catholicos Karekin, ends his visit to Armenia

June 1, 2013 Featured News

1/6/13 Britain’s Prince Charles ended a three-day private visit to Armenia on Thursday with a meeting with Catholicos Garegin II at the Echmiadzin headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church. A spokesman for Garegin, Rev. Vahram Melikian, said the supreme head of the Armenian Church briefed the prince of Wales on its “historical mission in the [...]

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His Holiness Karekin II Receives a Delegation from Russia’s Kursk Region

June 1, 2013 News

On May 26, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received a delegation from the Russian region of  Kursk.  The delegation was led by Mrs. Lyudmila Grebenkova, Deputy Governor, Chairman of the Domestic Policy Committee of Kursk. Mr. Aleksan Koshtoyan, Head of the Armenian [...]

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State Funeral at Royal Mausoleum in Oplenac

May 29, 2013 Featured News

  27/5/13 Patriarch Irinej: Today, when final wish of His Majesty King Peter I has been fulfilled, that his descendents live in their country with their people, and to be buried at St. George Church in Oplenac, we truly believe that souls of Karadjordje, Prince Alexander, King Peter I and King Alexander I rejoyce today. [...]

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Church infrastructure projects steaming ahead

May 29, 2013 Featured News

29/5/13 PLANS to build a hotel in Paphos on church land, the creation of a photovoltaic park near Nicosia and the construction of a private English school in Makedonitissa are all proceeding as intended according to Archbishop Chrysostomos II. Speaking yesterday, the primate revealed a consortium of Russian businessmen had agreed to purchase a plot [...]

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Awarding Ceremony of the Winners of the National Contest of Dumitru Stăniloae

May 28, 2013 News

May 2013 Following the initiative and blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Theological Educational Department of the Romanian Patriarchate organised from 15 November 2012 – 14 May 2013, the National Contest entitled “Father Dumitru Stăniloae – 110 years since his birth and 20 since his passing away” within the manifestations occasioned by the Commemorative [...]

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Georgian, Ecumenical Patriarchs not expected in Abkhazia

May 24, 2013 News

Sukhum, May 23, Interfax – The head of self-proclaimed Abkhaz Orthodox Church Priest Vissarion Aplia, said that the visit of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia and the Ecumenical Patriarch to Abkhazia was impossible. “The visit of Ilia II to Abkhazia is out of the question. He allows himself to make political statements and says that [...]

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Georgia Patriarch Calls For Calm After Orthodox Groups Thwart Gay Rights Rally

May 20, 2013 Featured News

18/5/13 (Civil.Ge) — The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, has called for calm after violence that erupted after aggressive anti-gay protesters, led by Orthodox clergy, thwarted a rally by a small group of gay rights activists to mark the International Day Against Homophobia on May 17. “We distance from violence,” Patriarch [...]

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Why Pope Francis isn’t welcome in Serbia

May 16, 2013 Featured News

Sasa Milosevic - 15/5/13 The Roman Catholic Church’s alleged role in the Ustase slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Serbs during World War II has not been forgiven. BELGRADE, Serbia — Though he washed the feet of a Serbian Muslim girl in an Italian prison on this year’s Holy Thursday Mass, Pope Francis is still not [...]

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Catholicos Karekin II meets SCEJA employees

May 16, 2013 News

15/3/13 PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Karekin II met on May 15 with employees of RA Service for Compulsory Execution of Judicial Acts (SCEJA ), with Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer Mihran Poghosyan present. His Holiness congratulated the employees on the 15th anniversary of SCEJA establishment, stressing the importance of the service for the [...]

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Pope Tawadros II begins historic visit to Vatican

May 9, 2013 Featured News

Ahram Online – 9/5/13 Leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church arrives in Rome for first such visit in 40 years. Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has arrived in Rome to begin a historic visit to the Vatican. The pope will meet with his Catholic counterpart, the recently elected Pope Francis, on Friday. The visit will [...]

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His Holiness Karekin II visits the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America

May 8, 2013 News

7/5/13 His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, has left for the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America at the invitation of Primate Archbishop Khajag Barsamian. Within the framework of the visit His Holiness will meet with representatives of administrative bodies of the Eastern Diocese and benefactors of the Mother [...]

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Orthodox Christian Holy Week 2013 – Snaps Around the World

May 6, 2013 Featured News
Holy Land: Scene from Holy Fire

5/5/13 Orthodox Christian Holy Week pics around the world. Source 1: Source 2: Source 3: Source 4: Source 5:   Source 6: Source 7:

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Coptic Orphans Registered in Egypt and Meets with H.H. Pope Tawadros II (Video)

May 1, 2013 Featured News

1/5/13 On March 31, 2013, hundreds of Coptic Orphans volunteers, along with key staff, met with His Holiness Pope Tawadros II at St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo. Here is His Holiness’ evaluation of Coptic Orphans based on personal involvement with the organization as a diocesan bishop. Here’s a highlight of what His Holiness [...]

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His Holiness Karekin II and His Holiness Aram I urge Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide and return Armenian Churches

April 24, 2013 Featured News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services  24/4/13 In 2015, the Armenian people of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and the diaspora will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire. In 1915, more than 1.5 million Armenians became victims of genocide. The survivors on the roads [...]

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Catholicos Karekin II meets Indian ambassador

April 20, 2013 News

19/4/13 PanARMENIAN.Net -  Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Karekin II met with the newly-appointed Indian ambassador Shri Suresh Babu. His Holiness congratulated the envoy on the appointment, wishing him success in his mission. Friendly relations between the two countries, Armenian community’s historic presence in India and the current state of Armenian churches were in [...]

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Coptic pope suggests church-building law to ease tensions

April 19, 2013 Featured News

Ahram Online – 18/4/13 Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II met with legislators to discuss recent sectarian violence. In a meeting with 20 members of the Shura Council on Tuesday, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II urged for legislation that would protect Egypt from sectarian strife. “The recent events have wrung the hearts of both Muslims and [...]

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Catholicos Karekin II meets CoE Secretary General

April 19, 2013 News

18/4/13 PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 18, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland. Karekin II highly assessed the support of Council of Europe in Armenia’s reform implementation, noting that Armenia’s presence in the institution significantly contributes to the strengthening of democratic processes in the country. Catholicos Karekin II voiced [...]

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Out of seclusion, Egypt’s Coptic Pope to meet Khosous victims’ families

April 15, 2013 Featured News

Ahram Online – 154/13 After days in meditative seclusion following violent attacks at Egypt’s main Coptic cathedral, Pope Tawadros II returns to Cairo and will meet families of Al-Khosous victims Monday. For the first time since last week’s sectarian violence in Al-Khosous, Egypt’s Coptic Pope Tawadros II will lead the Sunday Mass prayers in Saint [...]

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Remarks of His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Inauguration of the Republic of Armenia

April 9, 2013 Featured News

9/4/13 Your Excellency, Mr. President, Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabagh, Honored President of the National Assembly, Your Eminences and Your Graces, Honored State Officials, Representatives of Diplomatic Missions, Dear Guests and Attendees, With prayer and appeals for the radiant life of the homeland on our lips, we greet and extend [...]

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Egypt’s Coptic pope to receive condolences for Al-Khosous victims on Thursday

April 9, 2013 News

Ahram Online 9/4/13 Pope Tawadros II to hold reception for public figures to offer condolences after four Copts killed in recent violence. Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, along with other bishops, will recieve public figures in the papal premises wishing to offer condolences for those killed in recent protests on Thursday, according to the [...]

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