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Banquet Honors Nazar and Artemis Nazarian

May 16, 2013 News

15/5/13 NEW YORK — About 400 friends and family members attended a banquet, jointly sponsored by the Armenian General Benevolent Union and the Dioceseof the Armenian Church of America, honoring Nazar and Artemis Nazarian for their lifetime of service and philanthropy, on Friday May 10, at the Plaza Hotel. Presiding over the event was the Catholicos [...]

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Iconographer’s 6-Year Project Lights Up New York Serbian Orthodox Church

May 3, 2013 News

Melissa Barnhart , CP Contributor 3/5/12 The Rev. Rastko Trbuhovich, the parish priest at St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church in Lackawanna, N.Y., said he’s proud to welcome the visitors who are flocking to his church to view the completed work of Father Theodore Jurewicz, an American painter and iconographer who last month completed a six-year project of [...]

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Ancient Ukrainian tradition transforms eggs into intricate masterpieces

March 28, 2013 Featured News
The intricate designs on a pysanky egg are sketched on the shell in melted wax. The eggs are dipped in various dyes and sketched with more details. The hardened wax prevents the color from seeping, and when the wax is melted off the egg, the colors stand out.

By Janice Crompton / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 28/3/13 Steeped in ancient symbolism and decorated in hot wax, pysanky (pronounced pie-sun-key) is a colorful folk art tradition in Ukraine that harkens back to pagan times. These days, the ancient tradition is celebrated at Easter, when Ukrainian churches and community groups gather to decorate eggs in intricate, painstaking detail. [...]

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The Extraordinary Historical Significance of His All-Holiness’ Presence at Pope Francis’ Installation as Bishop of Rome

March 20, 2013 Featured News

New York, NY -3/19/2013 Amid the crush of news reports in the past month that followed Pope Benedict’s unprecedented resignation from the papacy, one of the most intriguing was the decision by His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, to attend Pope Francis’ installation as Bishop of Rome.  The occasion is being presented in the media as [...]

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Father Maximos of Mount Athos to lead 2013 Archon Lenten Retreat, April 19-20

February 1, 2013 News

New York, NY 1/31/2013 With the blessings of Archbishop Demetrios of America, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, it is with great joy that we invite you and your families to attend the Tenth Annual National Archon Lenten Retreat on April 19 and 20 under the chairmanship of Archon Hieromnimon Peter Skeadas. With the gracious invitation [...]

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Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada meets with Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York and Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk

January 31, 2013 News

On 29 January 2013, Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada received Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York and Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America. The First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia greeted Metropolitan [...]

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Sealed Under Turkish Mud, a Well-Preserved Byzantine Chapel

January 8, 2013 Featured News
A section of the 13th-century chapel at Myra.

  By JENNIFER PINKOWSKI – 8/1/2012 DEMRE, Turkey — In the fourth century A.D., a bishop named Nicholas transformed the city of Myra, on the Mediterranean coast of what is now Turkey, into a Christian capital. Nicholas was later canonized, becoming the St. Nicholas of Christmas fame. Myra had a much unhappier fate. After some 800 [...]

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Visiting The Christian Community In Iraq

December 24, 2012 News

24/12/12 Before Iraq was conquered by the Arabs in the seventh century, it was one of the oldest centers of Christianity in the world. Even after the Arab conquest, Christians made up a sizable minority of the population – sometimes tolerated, sometimes persecuted, but always surviving. Now it’s facing its biggest threat in centuries. The [...]

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What’s Next for Syria’s Christians?

December 14, 2012 Featured News

Mark Movsesian - 14/12/12 This week, the United States recognized the Syrian National Coalition, an umbrella organization of groups opposed to the Assad regime, as the government of Syria. Now, as everyone knows, the SNC relies heavily on fighters from the al-Nusra Front, an Islamist group that the United States has designated as a terrorist organization. [...]

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The 29th Anniversary of the Repose of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann

December 14, 2012 Featured News

14/12/12 Thursday, December 13, 2012, the Feast of Saint Herman of Alaska, marks the 29th anniversary of the repose of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary and a leading 20th century Orthodox Christian theologian. Born in 1921 in Estonia to a family of Russian emigres, Father Alexander spent his youth in France, where [...]

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New York’s Christian leaders hosted in Armenian cathedral

December 11, 2012 News

11/12/12 NEW YORK - Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), hosted an ecumenical gathering at the Diocesan Center in honor of the elevation of Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, to the rank of Cardinal. Leaders of the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental [...]

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St. Nicholas Feast Day Prayer Service at WTC

December 9, 2012 Featured News

9/12/2012 NEW YORK – The memory and the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was honored and celebrated by Orthodox Christians yesterday Dec. 6, in churches across the country and the world.  His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, as he has done for the last 11 years, led the annual prayer and memorial service in the [...]

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Archons encouraged to attend Christmas Byzantine Concert at Carnegie Hall to benefit 8th Century Church in Proussa, Dec 16

December 2, 2012 Featured News

New York 2/12/2012 On behalf of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, you are invited to attend this year’s Christmas concert at Carnegie Hall entitled, Glory in the Highest. It was the holy angels who appeared to the shepherds on Christmas day and proclaimed, Glory to God in the highest for the remarkable event of [...]

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St. Vladimir’s Seminary offers public evening course on Arvo Pärt

November 23, 2012 Featured News

YONKERS, NY [SVOTS Communications] 23/11/2012 Beginning January 15, 2013, Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary will offer an extension course for the public, “The Music and Faith of Arvo Pärt,” taught by Dr. Peter C. Bouteneff, associate professor of Systematic Theology. Arvo Pärt, whose works rank him as the third most performed composer globally, is an [...]

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St. Vladimir’s Offers Public Evening Course on Arvo Pärt

November 11, 2012 Featured News

12/11/2012 Beginning January 15, 2013, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary will offer an extension course for the public: “The Music and Faith of Arvo Pärt,” taught by Peter C. Bouteneff, associate professor of Systematic Theology. Arvo Pärt, whose works rank him as the 3rd-most performed composer globally, is an Orthodox Christian of Estonian nationality, and the course will [...]

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Living in fear: Coptic Christians in Egypt

October 17, 2012 News

Dr. Ashraf Ramelah 16/10/2012 As al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for renewed protests against the U.S. and Israel in the wake of reaction to the film about Mohammed, it is the ancient Christian community of Egypt, the Copts, who are in the greatest immediate danger. Ashraf Ramelah, a Coptic leader, describes how Copts are dealing [...]

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Sts. Tarkmanchatz Students Enjoy Unique Fellowship at St. Nersess Seminary

September 11, 2012 News

8/9/2012 Florence Avakian “It was unforgettable. Our experience at St. Nersess Seminary was filled with the Armenian Christian spirit,” gushed 16-year-old Tania Nassar. Hagop Kasparian, also 16, agreed, adding, “It was like a big Armenian family. The friendships we made with our fellow students in the summer program there will last a lifetime.” Both Hagop [...]

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500th Anniversary of ‘Church of Miracles’ in Romania to Be Celebrated in August

June 30, 2012 Featured News

By Florence Avakian Special to the Mirror-Spectator 29/6/2012 SUCEAVA, Romania — The Hagigadar Armenian Monastery built in 1512 on a hill outside of this Romanian town has been called a “church of miracles,” known for its power of granting the wishes of believers, who over the centuries have come from all over the world to [...]

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An ancient faith in Africa

June 29, 2012 Featured News

By Holland Cotter New York Times 28/6/2012 ZION IN AFRICA Ethiopia’s form of Orthodox Christianity has a Jewish ring to it, with its Saturday Sabbath and other similarities. Tradition has it that the Queen of Sheba, an Ethiopian leader, went to Jerusalem in 10th century B.C. and had a son with King Solomon. The prince [...]

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Rebuilding Of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Moves Forward

April 27, 2012 News
The old St. Nicholas Church – New York, NY (file / credit: Grisha Ressatar)

26/4/2012 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – On September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers weren’t the only structures destroyed. The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was also erased from Manhattan when the World Trade Center collapsed on it. Now, the effort to rebuild it is moving ahead, WCBS 880′s John Metaxas reports. “We have a plan and [...]

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Bishop Sevastianos of Zela to lead 2012 Archon Lenten Retreat, March 30-31

February 23, 2012 News
His Grace Bishop Sevastianos of Zela's theme for the 2012 Archon Lenten Retreat will be "Homecoming" with particular focus on the Prodigal Son.

New York, NY 2/22/2012 Dear Brother Archons, It is with great joy that we invite you and your families to attend the Ninth Annual National Archon Lenten Retreat on March 30 and 31 under the chairmanship of Archon Hieromnimon Peter Skeadas. In continuing to foster greater connection with our sister Orthodox churches under the jurisdiction [...]

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Armenian Singer from Turkey, Sibil, to Make Metropolitan New York Debut

February 15, 2012 News

15/2/2012 HACKENSACK, N.J. — In 2010, a young singer in an Armenian Church choir named Sibil captured the attention and hearts of Turkey’s population. The headlines read “For the first time an Armenian singer is being heard in the streets of Istanbul.” Sibil and her sister, Garin, were born in Istanbul with a family name [...]

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The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad can lose its main building in New York

January 20, 2012 News

New York, January 19, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad strive to preserve ownership of its headquarters on Park Avenue in New York City. ROCOR is facing a financial crisis that can result in losing the building. As was noted in a statement posted on the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad website, in order for [...]

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Christianity under siege as believers are persecuted

December 28, 2011 Featured News
St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria, hit by a bomb on Christmas Day.

Worldwide, the attacks on Christians grow NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 28/12/2011 The sickening Christmas Day bombings of peaceful worshipers by Islamist terrorists in Africa’s most populous nation — including one blast that killed at least 35 people in a single Catholic church — were a fresh reminder of an underreported reality: Christians are under attack [...]

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40th Anniversary of Ordination of Archbishop Barsamian Celebrated

December 28, 2011 Featured News

The Diocesan Council organized a reception at the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Cambridge, Mass., in honor of Archbishop Khajag Barsamian’s 40th anniversarry of priesthood and 20th anniversary of being Primate. 25/12/2011 The Eastern Diocese of the Armenian orthodox church of America NEW YORK — This year marks the 40th anniversary of Archbishop Khajag Barsamian’s ordination [...]

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