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The Sad Plight of Syrian Christian Migrants – Exclusive

May 17, 2013 Featured News

16/5/13 OCP News Service Exclusive Dear all On 16th May 2013, OCP Secretariat received an email from Archbishop Eustathius Matta Roham, Of Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Jazirah & Euphrates. His Eminence was informed the following by Fr. Zakka Jalma Fr. Joseph Bali on the sad situation faced by a Syrian Christian Family who tried to [...]

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List of Orthodox Christian Educational Institutions Worldwide

May 14, 2013 Featured News

13/5/13 OCP Media Network  CLICK TO VISIT THE PAGE: Global: Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE Media Network has published the largest list of Orthodox Christian Educational Institutions worldwide. Effort has been made to consolidate a comprehensive list of Orthodox Christian higher educational institutions worldwide. It includes theological seminaries, institutions, academics, University faculties, Universities, iconography institutes etc. Related areas to Orthodox Christianity like Byzantine [...]

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Paschal Greetings from OCP Society

May 4, 2013 Featured News

5/5/13 Dear All Khristos voskres! On deystvitel’no voskres!!! Christ is Risen, He is Truly Risen Indeed!!! On behalf of the Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE Society, i take this opportunity to wish you all a blessed and peaceful Pascha. May God shower abundance of thy grace upon us. MAY GOD SAVE AND PROTECT OUR BELOVED METROPOLITAN’s, THEIR [...]

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OCP Statement on the abduction of Orthodox Metropolitan’s in Syria

April 28, 2013 Featured News

OCP News Service 27/4/13 Dear Readers, well wishers and beloved ones It has been a week of great sorrow pain and distress for each one of us to learn about the kidnapping of two revered Orthodox Metropolitan’s their Eminences  Boulos Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East and Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch [...]

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Byzantine Orthodox Concert to be held at Abu Dhabi

March 22, 2013 Featured News

OCP News Service 22/3/2013 St Nicholas Center, Abu Dhabi  School of Ecclesiastic Music Choir Location of St Andrews Church Complex  Pictures of St Nicholas Orthodox Church Abu Dhabi: The St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church will host a Byzantine Orthodox Concert during the holy and great Lenten period. The programme will be held at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan Protest attacks on Christians in Lahore – Exclusive

March 11, 2013 Featured News

11/3/13 The Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan  Hyderabad-Pakistan: The entire parish of St Anthony’s Orthodox church , Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan, with Fr Anthony demonstrate outside the Hyderabad Press club against the killings of Christians in Pakistan two days ago.   Source: OCP News Service

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Consecration of Abune Mathias of Ethiopia – Exclusive Snaps

March 5, 2013 Featured News

          OCP News Service 5/3/13 Exclusive Coverage Addis Ababa: His Holiness Abuna Mathias was consecrated as the Sixth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot, Archbishop of Axum enthroned at Addis Ababa on March 3rd Sunday 2013. His Holiness Beslius Paulose II, Catholicos of the [...]

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Abune Mathias Elected as the new Patriarch of Ethiopia

February 28, 2013 Featured News

  28/2/13 Addis Ababa : Archbishop of  Jerusalem, Abune Mathias is elected as the 6th Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church .Abune Mathias won 500 of the 806 votes. He will be known as 6th Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot and Archbishop of Axum. Catholicos of the East [...]

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Iranian Family Converted to Orthodoxy in Islamabad

February 24, 2013 Featured News

Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan (ROCOR- Moscow Patriarchate) 24/2/13 Islamabad: A family form Iran accepted Orthodoxy. Ayub is a fearless lionhearted man, bold , educated and strong in faith. Fr Adrian met his family in Islamabad and he was excited him by their faith and lives. His wife Teresa and children Francis and Maria are [...]

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OCP Launch BlackBerry Application

February 18, 2013 Featured News

18/2/13 OCP Society and Media Network. Click here to visit the BB page and download application Global: OCP Media Network for the first time ever launched BlackBerry Application. Now all Black Berry lovers can get live updates from OCP Media Network (Worlds largest Orthodox Christian News Portal) on their phone. App Developer: Febin John James, the young technocrat from [...]

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Tom Hanks Defend Serbs: Kosovo is Serbia

February 18, 2013 Featured News

17/2/13 Translated by Kisha D Dorado OCP News Service Tom Hans himself is a convert to Orthodoxy. More here: LOS ANGELES-The famous Hollywood star, a double Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks unexpectedly sided with the Serbs and in the show cable station “E” he said that that Kosovo has always been Serbia and will be again [...]

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Metropolitan Zacharia Mar Aprem represents Indian Orthodox at the Conference of Religious Leaders of Asia

February 17, 2013 News

17/2/13 – Liju Cherian Correspondent – OCP News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia: Dr Zacharia Mar Aprem, Diocese Metropolitan of Adoor, (Kerala). will represent Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Syrian Church at the 3-day conference on Asia Conference of Muslim Christian Religious Leaders in Jakarta, Indonesia from February 26-28, 2013. The Conference is one of the joint initiatives of [...]

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The Old Orthodox Bishop of Rome Announces Resignation

February 12, 2013 Featured News

12/2/13 Vatican/Global: The Old Orthodox Bishop or Rome or Bishop of Rome Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation over aging and declining health. His resignation will take place on 28th of February 2013. He is the first ever Pope to resign 600 years. The Roman Catholic Church was in communion with the Orthodox Church [...]

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Roman Catholic Nun Received into Orthodox Church

February 9, 2013 Featured News

Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan OCP News Service 9/2/13 Sindh-Hyderabad: A Roman Catholic nun, Mother Philomena was recently received into the Orthodox Church by Father Adrian, the Orthodox Mission Director of Pakistan and by Fr Antony the Russian Orthodox priest in Hyderabad. Source: OCP News Service

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Damaging Christian Symbols in Ras Al-Ayn, Syria – Exclusive

February 8, 2013 Featured News

Archbishop Eusthathius Matta Roham Syrian Orthodox Archbishop of Jezira and Euphrates OCP News Service- OCP Exclusive 7/2/13 Syria: Damaging Christian Symbols in Ras Al-Ayn Seventy-five year old Constantine Junan, a native of Ras Al-Ayn, Syria, insisted he stay in his home even after ten weeks of intense fighting in the city. This week, he was [...]

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Lecture on Orthodoxy held in Karachi City

February 7, 2013 Featured News

OCP News Service – 7/2/13 Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan Karachi:Father Adrian the Orthodox  mission Director of Pakistan was invited to speak to one family and their friends about Orthodoxy, but as to his surprise there were about 25 families . As usual, jam-packed and 100% attention. If  a new orthodox community is formed  in Karachi [...]

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First Ever Seminar on Orthodoxy held in Sindh Province of Pakistan

February 5, 2013 Featured News

The Russian Orthodox Chuch of Pakistan OCP  News Service 5/2/13 Sindh: Father Adrian the Orthodox mission Director of Pakistan visited Hyderabad and shared good news of Orthodox Christianity with the local community of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. New mission of Russian orthodox church was started in Sindh Province , Hyedrabad. Fr. Anthony is designated as the [...]

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Drakulic village victims remembered

February 3, 2013 Featured News

Kisha D Dorado- OCP News Service 3/2/13 Belgrade: Today the Serbian Orthodox Church held a memorial service for Drakulic village victims of Ustasha (Croats) massacres that occurred on 7th February 1942 in the villages of Drakulic, Motike, Šargovac and Rakovac mine (Croatia). In these villages, on 7 February 1942, Pavelic’s Ustasha from the so-called “Physical [...]

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Photo contest: “Easter in Christian East” – Participate and Earn Exciting Prizes

February 2, 2013 Featured News

02/02/13 OCP News Service Aleksander Wasyluk  Learn more and participate: On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (I.A.O.) and in cooperation with OrthPhoto.net the I.A.O. is organizing a photo contest. Aim of the contest is to present the diversity and beauty of the celebration of Easter, the most important feast in Orthodox Church and [...]

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The destruction of St. Mary’s Church and Al-Wahda School in Dair Al-Zor, SYRIA – Exclusive

January 27, 2013 Featured News
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His Eminence Eustathius Matta Roham Metropolitan of Jazirah & Euphrates Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East OCP News Service- Exclusive 27/1/13 Global: It is a very sad day for me to see how much destruction occurred to our St. Mary’s Church, its Al-Wahda Private School and its neighborhood in Dair Al-Zor. Syria is [...]

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Solidarity against Kidnapping: People of Hassake criticize the role of Syrian officials – Exclusive

January 27, 2013 Featured News

  His Eminence Eustathius Matta Roham Metropolitan of Jazirah & Euphrates Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East OCP News Service- Exclusive 27/1/13 It was about six months ago that kidnapping of innocent people started to take place in the city of Hassake, which is located in the north-east of Syria. Today, kidnapping has [...]

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OCP Final Statement on MGOCSM Global Conference Incident with Inquiry Report

January 17, 2013 Featured News

17/01/2013 OCP Secretariat OCP News Service Dear All There has been a lot of controversy and criticism with regard to the news report which was published in OCP news portal on the MGOCSM Global Conference incident. OCP had brought one news item and two statements among which the last one was a statement of apology. [...]

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In Syria: A War Against People & Trees – Exclusive

January 16, 2013 Featured News

Archbishop Eustathius Matta Roham Archbishop of Jezira and the Euphrates Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch OCP News Service 16/01/2013 SYRIA/GLOBAl: The OCP Secretariat received another email from His Eminence regarding current situation in Syria. Dear brother in Christ Peace and greetings to you in the Name of Christ our Lord. I hope this finds you [...]

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Pope Tawadros to deliver Weekly Sermon at St Anba Rewis Cathedral

January 11, 2013 Featured News

John Anton Special Correspondent OCP News Service 11/1/13 Cairo:Pope Anba Tawadros will start his weekly lecture at the St Anba Rewis Cathedral in Abbasiya on 30th of January 2013. It is the same day on which the late lamented Pope Shenouda lectured at the Anba Rewis Cathedral Church. Source: OCP News Service

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In Memoriam: Fr K K Kuriakose of Brahmavar

January 11, 2013 Featured News
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Indian Malankara Orthodox Church The Autonomou Brahmavar Orthodox Church Ajest T Phillip OCP News Service READ MORE ON BRAHMAVAR ORTHODOX COMMUNITY HERE: Proverbs 10:7 – The memory of the righteous will be a blessing. WE HONOUR FR K K KURIAKOSE 27TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY on 11th of January 2013. Divine Liturgy will be served at AT [...]

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