Orthodox Christianity

The Explosive growth of Orthodox Christianity in Guatemala

May 21, 2013 Featured News

21/5/13 Father David and Matushka Rozanne Rucker have been mission specialists for many years with the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), which has missionaries around the world under the umbrella of the Assembly of Bishops. Guatemala has seen an explosive growth of Orthodox Christianity among thousands of indigenous Mayans, so now the Ruckers will be [...]

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Bulgarian Patriarch: Kids Need to Know More about Orthodox Christianity

May 20, 2013 Featured News

19/5/13 Bulgarian kids should have the opportunity to learn about their Orthodox Christian heritage, stated Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit. Sunday Neofit extended an address to the clergy and people of the Church on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the restoration of the Bulgarain patriarchy. The message, read out by bishop Naum, Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod, made [...]

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The Politics of Human Rights: Orthodox Christianity Gets the Short End, by Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou

May 9, 2013 News

W ashington, D.C. 5/8/2013 Today is Easter for the world’s 350 million Orthodox Christians, who just completed their Holy Week of prayer and fasting  which culminated in today’s message of transcendent hope.  But all last week and today, Orthodox Christians the world over have been reminded that politics trumps human rights.  There’s a cruel irony [...]

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There are more Orthodox than Lutherans in Estonia

May 1, 2013 Featured News

1/5/13 There are more Orthodox Christians than representatives of other religions among residents of Estonia aged 15 and above. 16% of Estonia’s population call themselves Orthodox, reports Interfax Religion. According to the 2011 population and living space census, 10% of the Estonian population consider themselves Lutherans, reported the Department of Statistics on Monday. At the [...]

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Easter on way for the Orthodox

April 16, 2013 News

By Andrew Estocin / Albuquerque resident – 15/4/13 Easter is a distant memory for most New Mexicans. Look down the aisle of your local store and one finds only a clearance bin of damaged Easter bunnies mixed in with threads of plastic green grass. Yellow marshmallow Peeps are an endangered species on the candy aisle. [...]

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The Significance of Orthodox Christianity

February 9, 2013 Featured News

John Peterson, Demand Media 9/2/13 The significance of Orthodox Christianity is twofold. The first is its ability to provide insights into the history of early Christians. The Orthodox Church clings to early Christian beliefs and practices that date from the missionary work of the Apostle Paul a few decades after the death of Jesus. Secondly, [...]

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Novak Djokovic make Global Orthodoxy Proud by Hat-trick win in Australian Open

January 27, 2013 Featured News

Melbourne: Novak Djokovic made Orthodox Christianity proud by Hat-trick win in Australian Open. He is the proud son of Serbian Orthodox Church and shining star of the universal Orthodox family. Emily Benammar, Melbourne 27/1/13 Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three successive Australian Open titles in the professional era when he beat third [...]

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Dynamic Growth of Orthodox Christianity in Kenya

December 15, 2012 Featured News

15/12/12 An interview with Fr. Phillip Gatari, an Orthodox priest from Kenya Fr. Phillip Gatari recently visited Moscow. He was a guest of Sretensky Monastery for two days, and celebrated the Liturgy with the brothers and other visiting monks from Mt. Athos. After the services, this joyful pastor told us about Orthodoxy in Kenya and [...]

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Orthodox Christianity talk Saturday at SUNY Potsdam

November 28, 2012 News

27/11/2012 POTSDAM — The Orthodox Christian Mission will present “Prophecies Fulfilled: the Nativity of Christ in the Old Testament” Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fireside Lounge, Barrington Union, SUNY Potsdam. The talk will focus on how the Septuagint foretells the coming of the Messiah. Jonathan Ivanoff, director of missions and evangelism for [...]

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From Hinduism to Orthodoxy: “But what can a virgin know of the sorrows and travail of mankind?”

November 15, 2012 Featured News

15/11/2012 This post, by author Anjali Sivan, a convert to Orthodox Christianity from Hinduism, was originally featured onher personal weblog.  The quote in the title is from a book I loved as a teenager,The Mists of Avalon [by Marion Zimmer Bradley -ed.]. In it, Morgaine (the legendary Morgan Le Fay) states: I have no quarrel with [...]

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Christianity’s newest spokesman? Tom Hanks

October 10, 2012 Featured News

Deacon Greg Kandra 10/10/2012 Tom Hanks is to appear on posters promoting Orthodox Christianity in Russia and neighboring states alongside prominent local cultural and sports figures. The Russian Orthodox youth movement Soboryane said it is launching a massive poster campaign during a missionary event entitled “My Pravoslavnye” (“We Are Orthodox Christians”) on October 13 and [...]

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ROC Priests to Run for Elections

October 6, 2012 Featured News

6/10/2012 The governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church has allowed clerics to run for elected office “in the event of ecclesiastical necessity.” In its October 4 resolution, the Holy Synod said Orthodox clergy may participate in elections in exceptional situations where “action is needed against non-Orthodox forces that are seeking to use elected office [...]

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Ukraine Sees Revival of Orthodox Christianity

July 30, 2012 Featured News

By Milena Faustova 30/7/2012 Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, who was staying in Kiev earlier this week, thanked the Ukrainian clergy for efforts made to maintain unity in the Church. He also praised the Ukrainian branch of the Orthodox Church for its contribution into the revival of Orthodox Christianity in the republic in [...]

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“Islam-Christianity make Iran-Russia close to each other”

June 29, 2012 News

Iran’s Secretary General of World Assembly of Islamic Religious Proximity said that Islam and Orthodox Christianity talks have made Iran and Russia close to each other. MOSCOW, Russia (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Iran’s Secretary General of World Assembly of Islamic Religious Proximity said that Islam and Orthodox Christianity talks have made Iran and Russia [...]

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Conservative minds convert to Orthodox Christianity (Eastern Right)

June 6, 2012 Featured News

By Rod Dreher 4/6/2012 Since the Second World War, Roman Catholicism has had enormous influence on American intellectual conservatism. The postwar rebirth of conservatism had two sources: libertarianism—a reassertion of classical liberalism against statism—and cultural traditionalism. For Russell Kirk and other leading traditionalists of the era, the Roman Catholic church, with its soaring intellectual edifice [...]

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West has betrayed Christianity, Russia will save it – Orthodox Church official

May 15, 2012 Featured News

14/5/2012 Countries of the “Russian world” are capable of changing the globe within ten years, believes top cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church Vsevolod Chaplin. By the “Russian world” he means states with a historically strong tradition of Orthodox Christianity which, apart from Russia, include Ukraine, Belarus, Greece, Romania and several others. “Our Orthodox civilization [...]

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Orthodox Christianity as part of contemporary culture

April 5, 2012 News

4/4/2012 FOCUS News Agency Sofia. The first lecture on orthodox Christianity as part of contemporary culture was delivered yesterday at the Festa Sofia Hotel by the bishop Joan, vicar of Patriarch Maxim, the 24 Chasa daily informs. The event was organized by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors at Festa Holding and the Supervisory [...]

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Charismatic Pope Shenouda ushered Coptic Church into wider world

March 19, 2012 Featured News
Egyptian Christians gather to mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, outside the Abbasiya Cathedral in Cairo March 18, 2012.

By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 19/3/2012 On becoming the head of Egypt’s Coptic Church in November 1971, Pope Shenouda III showed interest in promoting Orthodox Christianity far beyond Egypt. On becoming the head of Egypt’s Coptic Church in November 1971, Pope Shenouda III showed interest in promoting Orthodox Christianity far beyond Egypt. He built churches [...]

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Priests to Test World’s Only Paradrop Church

March 7, 2012 Featured News

7/3/2012 Priests with the Russian Airborne Troops will take a crash course next week to operate the world’s only paradrop Orthodox Christian church, the military said. The one-week course for the priests, many of whom are experienced paratroopers with more than 500 jumps, will take place at an airborne troops facility in Ryazan region in [...]

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Atambayev promises support for Orthodox Christians in Kyrgyz Republic

February 25, 2012 News

Moscow, February 24, Interfax – Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has said the Russian Orthodox Church is of great importance to the Kyrgyz Republic. “Orthodox Christianity is one of the two traditional religions in Kyrgyzstan. I believe that the development of Orthodox Christianity in Kyrgyzstan will help us stop the exodus of the Russian-speaking population and [...]

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Astana to host Religious Forum

November 15, 2011 News

15/11/2011 The capital city of Kazakhstan is preparing for the first forum of Kazakhstan’s religious scholars. On November 16, scientists, experts on Islam, and representatives of the clergy are to meet in Astana to discuss existing issues in the sphere of religion and the regulation of state-religious relations at the legislative level. The National Agency [...]

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Medvedev calls rapid revival of Orthodox Christianity in Russia a miracle

November 7, 2011 News

Moscow, November 7, Interfax – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has spoken of the fruitfulness of cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and government and public institutions and called the revival of Orthodox Christianity in Russian in the past two decades a miracle. “Speaking of what has happened in these 20 years from the viewpoint of [...]

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Lecture to explore Hellenism, Orthodox Christianity

October 28, 2011 News

The Rev. Stanley S. Harrakas, will discuss “Hellenism and Orthodox Christianity: A Complex Relationship” Nov. 10 at UMSL. 28/10/2011 Culture and religion have always had a unique relationship, sometimes overlapping and at times, sharing a great divide. The Rev. Stanley S. Harrakas will discuss “Hellenism and Orthodox Christianity: A Complex Relationship” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. [...]

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Qom to Host “Islam & Orthodox Christianity” Conference

October 25, 2011 Featured News

2011/10/24 Iqna (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The Al-Mustafa International University plans to organize a conference on “Islam and Orthodox Christianity” in Qom. Hojat-ol-Islam Ezzeddin Rezanejad, scientific secretary of the conference said it would be held this Wednesday, October 26, at Imam Khomeini Higher Education Center in the holy city. Speaking at a press conference, [...]

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Bosnia, Cyprus and Kosovo: America and Islamism in the Balkans. By Lee Jay Walker and Murad Makhmudov

October 21, 2011 Featured News

20/10/2011 The conflicts that engulfed the former Yugoslavia still remain unresolved in the political arena and open to Western political shenanigans and covert meddling from Turkey and Saudi Arabia in Bosnia and Kosovo. Orthodox Christianity faces many attacks and only a naïve individual would claim that America and the hands of Turkey and Saudi Arabia [...]

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