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Patriarch Bartholomew: God and state will protect me

May 14, 2013 Featured News

World Bulletin/News Desk – 13/5/13 Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I said that he is not concerned over assassination claims as he believes God and his state will protect him. Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, commenting on a recently uncovered alleged plot to assassinate him, has said that he is not concerned over assassination claims as [...]

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Turkey Increases Security for Orthodox Patriarch

May 10, 2013 Featured News

ANKARA – 10/5/13 An official says Turkish authorities have tightened security for the Istanbul-based Orthodox Patriarchate following allegations of a plot to attack the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians. Unconfirmed local media reports said Friday police briefly detained a man following a tip that he planned to assassinate Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. Haberturk [...]

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Turkey uncovers alleged plot to kill Orthodox Patriarch

May 10, 2013 Featured News

Reuters – 10/5/13 ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is investigating an alleged plot to assassinate Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, and has stepped up security around the patriarchate in Istanbul, his spokesman said on Friday. Spokesman Dositheos Anagnostopoulos said the patriarch had not received any direct threats but had learned of the alleged plot from Turkish media, which was later [...]

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His Beatitude John X Al-Yazigi meets His Holiness Ignatius Zaka I Iwas

April 28, 2013 Featured News

27/4/13 Beirut: Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude John X Al-Yazigi visited Syriac Orthodox Church His Holiness Ignatius Zaka I Iwas and discussed the developments of kidnapping the Metropolitan’s of the Holy Churches. Source:

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Turkey Leans Toward Opening Halki Seminary

March 10, 2013 Featured News

Nicky Mariam Onti - 7/3/13 After years of resistance, the Turkish government is considering allowing the re-opening of the closed Halki Seminary, the Anatolia News agency reported. Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said the institution should be reopened to educate clerics for the Orthodox community, saying “minorities have the same rights as us” while he was [...]

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Orthodox patriarch opposes plan to make Hagia Sophia a mosque

February 22, 2013 Featured News

22/2/13 Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has staked out his opposition to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Once the patriarchal basilica of Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque when Muslims conquered the city. In 1935, Turkey’s government made the building a museum, as part of the secularizing campaign under [...]

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Many Greek citizens are looking to move to Turkey says Patriarch

February 19, 2013 Featured News

19/2/13 Many Greek citizens are looking to move to Turkey due to the dire economic situation back home, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew has said, according to daily Milliyet. According to the Orthodox spiritual leader, both Greeks who left the country in the past, as well as those with familial roots in the country, are seeking [...]

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New Greek Orthodox Patriarch enthroned in Syria

February 10, 2013 Featured News
Patriarch John X of Antioch and All East

The Associated Press – 10/2/13 DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s Greek Orthodox Church enthroned a new patriarch during a ceremonial Liturgy in Damascus on Sunday amid civil war. John X (John Yazigi), 57, replaces Ignatius Hazim as the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. Hazim died in December. There are a number of mostly [...]

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Al-Rahi to Damascus for Inauguration of Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Levant and Antioch

February 9, 2013 News

Naharnet Newsdesk 9/2/13 Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi revealed his intention to visit Damascus on Sunday to take part in the inauguration celebration of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Levant and Antioch Youhanna al-Yaziji, the An Nahar daily reported Saturday. Al-Rahi’s revelation came following a mass he held in the city of Tripoli on the [...]

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Bulgaria to Unveil New Orthodox Patriarch on February 24

February 5, 2013 Featured News

5/2/13 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church will announce its new Patriarch on February 24, local clerics confirmed on Monday. An election of delegates who will elect the church’s new Patriarch was held in January. The delegates will convene on February 24 to elect Bulgaria’s new Patriarch, out of the three candidacies proposed by the Holy Synod [...]

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Catholicos of All Armenians Congratulated Newly Appointed Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

December 22, 2012 News

  On 18 December 2012, from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, sent a letter of congratulations to His Holiness Youhanna X, the newly appointed Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. The Pontifical letter states in part: “By God’s will, you [...]

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Lebanese president to new Orthodox Patriarch: Ensuring a dignified life to Christians of the East

December 20, 2012 Featured News

Paul Dakiki -20/12/12 In greetings to Youhanna X Yazigi, Michel Sleiman talks about the problems of Christians in Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Israel. An appeal to Arab leaders to defend the Christian minorities, as bearers of civilization and development. Beirut (AsiaNews) – Meeting the new Greek-Orthodox patriarch of Antioch, Youhanna X Yazigi, Lebanese President Michel [...]

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Metropolitan Youhanna Yaziji Elected New Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Levant and Antioch

December 17, 2012 Featured News

  17/12/2012 Lebanon: Metropolitan Youhanna al-Yaziji was elected on Monday the new Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Levant and Antioch. He will succeed late Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim, who passed away on December 5. He will be known as Patriarch Youhanna X. The election was made after a meeting of 20 archbishops at Our Lady of Balamand [...]

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Metropolitan Esper named Locum Tenens

December 8, 2012 Featured News

The Daily Star 8/12/12 BEIRUT: Metropolitan Saba Esper was elected Friday as temporary successor to the late Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim. The appointment came during a meeting at Balamand monastery in Koura, North Lebanon. Esper currently serves as the metropolitan of three southern provinces of Syria: Hawran, Jabal al-Arab and the Golan. Hazim, [...]

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Lebanese leaders offer condolences over patriarch’s death

December 7, 2012 Featured News

6/12/2012 Lebanese President Michel Suleiman extended his condolences for the death of Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim, the National News Agency reported. “His death is not only a loss for his community, but also for Lebanon and the Arabs. He reflected wisdom and courage and was an advocate of dialogue,” Suleiman was quoted as [...]

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch meets Edelstein

November 13, 2012 News

By JEREMY SHARON 12/11/2012 Kirill arrived in Israel as part of a world tour promoting his book, will visit various Christian sites in the country. Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein on Sunday met in Jerusalem with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill I, who is currently in Israel on an official visit as the [...]

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Russia church leader embarks on Holy Land visit

November 9, 2012 News

8/11/2012 MOSCOW (AFP)—Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Friday will make his first visit to the Holy Land since becoming head of the powerful church in 2009, in a trip which underlines his global influence as a religious leader. Kirill’s first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories will be held “under the sign of [...]

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Orthodox Patriarch, Anglican leader to attend Vatican II celebration

September 19, 2012 News

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service 19/9/2012 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury will join Pope Benedict XVI’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury will attend the Mass [...]

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Pope says Orthodox-Catholic meeting raises hope

August 20, 2012 News

20/8/2012 CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI has hailed as an important step a meeting in Poland between the leaders of Russia’s Orthodox church and Poland’s Catholic hierarchy. Poland and Russia have feuded for centuries, and their ties are marked by distrust. Benedict praised the goodwill efforts by Orthodox Patriarch Kirill and Archbishop Jozef [...]

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Serbia: Patriarch, still not time for the Pope’s visit

July 16, 2012 News

13/7/2012 (ANSAmed) – Serbia’s Orthodox Patriarch Irinej said a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Serbia would foster a return to unity of the Christian world although the time is not ripe for such a trip to take place. The Patriarch was quoted by Serbian news agency Tanjug as saying the pontiff could visit Nis [...]

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Patriarch: Church will never agree to surrender of Kosovo

July 13, 2012 Featured News

Tanjug 12/7/2012 BELGRADE — Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej called for unity among Serbs, adding that the Church (SPC) would never agree or come to terms with Kosovo “being given away”. rinej called on the people to be united in politics and everything else, because the Serbs are a small people and the only way to [...]

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Rising birth rate in former Soviet nation credited to Orthodox Patriarch

May 26, 2012 News

BY THADDEUS BAKLINSKI 23/5/2012 TBILISI, Georgia, May 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church has been credited with helping raise the birth rate in the former Soviet nation of Georgia. Patriarch Ilia II came up with an astonishingly successful incentive to counteract the country’s plummeting birth rate by promising to become [...]

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