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Cathedral of St Mark in Al Abassiya attacked

April 7, 2013 Featured News

7/4/13 CopticWorld reporting from CTV: 7:00 PM Cairo time: Gunshots heard all over the place 6:50 PM Cairo time: Molotov cocktails thrown into Cathedral grounds. Small fire ignited Details are few and coming. You can view the CTV stream which is showing the events as they are unfolding live by clicking on TV tab then play the [...]

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PM Samaras Meets Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

March 6, 2013 News

4/3/13 Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had a private meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on March 4.  It is the first time that Samaras has visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Prime Minister. The Prime Minister was welcomed at the entrance of the Patriarchate by Metropolitan Stefanos of Kallipolis and Madytos, Archimandrite Bartholomew Samaras, Chief Secretary [...]

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Hague Tribunal showed it real face, patriarch says

November 25, 2012 Featured News

  BETA, TANJUG – 25/11/2012 BELGRADE — Serbian Patriarch Irinej said on Sunday that the Hague Tribunal had finally showed its true face by acquitting Croat Generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač. He added that the Tribunal also proved that it was a political court. “With this verdict the Tribunal removed a mask from its [...]

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Bulgarian President, PM Mourn Patriarch Maxim

November 9, 2012 Featured News

8/11/2012 Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and PM Boyko Borisov have sent letters of condolences to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the passing of its leader, Patriarch Maxim, Tuesday. “During years marked by storms and temptations, our Patriarch Maxim manifested will and put down great efforts to strenghten the unity of the [...]

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Celebrate Pan-Orthodoxy with En Christos at Abu Dhabi

October 10, 2012 Featured News

OCP News Service 10/10/2012 More Info here: Salah- The first session of En Christos 2012 This session is going to prove that prayer has a deeper meaning beyond the barriers of Languages. The international Orthodox Churches in the country are going to take part in the Evening Prayers (Sandhaya Namaskaram) in ther own respective Languages, [...]

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Armenian PM congratulates All Armenian Catholicos

August 22, 2012 News

21/8/2012 YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message to the All Armenian Catholicos Karekin II on the latter’s birthday. Premier Sargsyan congratulated the Catholicos on the occasion of his 61st anniversary, wishing him health and energy to realize his mission. Sargsyan stated Karekin II’s creative innovations, church building and reinforcing the [...]

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Patriarch Kirill calls on Bulgarian PM to base policies on Orthodox Christian values

May 3, 2012 News

Sofia, May 2, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has said he attaches great importance to the fact that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is an Orthodox Christian. “I sympathize with your Orthodox Christian choice and would like to wish God’s help in your service and that your connection with the Orthodox [...]

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Catholicos Karekin II wishes PM Borisov luck in all his deeds

April 3, 2012 News

FOCUS News Agency 3/4/2012 Sofia. “Our Church was established in 301, when the Christianity was declared official religion. From here, we conduct the spiritual guidance of the Armenian nation all over the world,” said Catholicos Karekin II, Head of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church, who met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who is on [...]

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Bulgarian PM Displeased with Ex-Communist Spies in Clergy

January 24, 2012 Featured News
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. Photo by BGNES

23/1/2012 Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has reiterated his discontent over the large number of former Communist State Security agents among the country’s high clergy. Last Tuesday, Bulgaria’s so-called Files Commission – a panel investigating the Communist era secret files, exposed eleven out of a total of fifteen Bulgarian Metropolitan bishops as former secret State [...]

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SPC head organizes reception at Patriarchy

January 13, 2012 News

TANJUG 12/1/2012 BELGRADE — Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej on Wednesday organized the Christmas reception at the Patriarchy building in Belgrade. The reception was attended by Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić, who told reporters after the event that he did not speak to the patriarch today, and was “just one of the guests”. [...]

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Montenegrin PM calls for united Orthodox Church

January 2, 2012 Featured News
Igor Lukšić (Tanjug, file

1/1/2012 PODGORICA — Montenegro’s Prime Minister Igor Lukšić has stated that he is in favor of a united Orthodox community in Montenegro, regardless of ethnicity. He told Podgorica-based daily Dan that as a prime minister he would be “much more satisfied if the Orthodox community in Montenegro was gathered around one center”, adding that he [...]

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‘THE RECENT STATEMENT OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER IN TURKEY, CONTRADICTS FRANCE’S SUPPORT OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE’ Said Aram I To the representative of the PM

December 7, 2011 Featured News

5/12/2011 On Monday 5 December 2011 the former Senator Adrien Gouteyron, representing the Prime Minister of France visited His Holiness Aram I. Mr. Gouteyron was on a special mission to be informed on the region and Christian presence. After Egypt, Lebanon was the next country. In response to Adrien Gouteyron’s question, Catholicos Aram I said, [...]

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Church: Bring strong Lokpal that includes PM with riders

November 16, 2011 News

By: Dibin Samuel 16/11/2011 India While demanding that the government pass a strong Lokpal Bill in the coming winter session of Parliament, churches and ecumenical bodies are insisting that the jurisdiction over the Prime Minister come with certain riders as his office carries a “moral and ethical responsibility towards the citizens”. After a series of [...]

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Bulgarian govt tries to support church as much as it can, without interfering, says PM

July 4, 2011 News

Veselina YORDANOVA 4/7/2011 Sofia. We are trying to support church as much as we can and without interfering. I think you are satisfied with the past two years when Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria has been in power, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said at a meeting with church heads and church delegations who are [...]

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Bulgarian PM, Orthodox Church Engage in Hearty Back-Scratching

June 19, 2011 News

18/6/2011 Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Varna Bishop Kiril have exchange warm niceties and praises, with the bishop going as far as comparing Borisov with the ruler who christianized the First Bulgarian Empire in the 9th century. The Bulgarian Prime Minister spoke in the village of Padina in Eastern Bulgaria Saturday where he delivered [...]

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Bulgarian PM Vows Support for Orthodox Church

April 15, 2011 Featured News

14/4/2011 Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, met Thursday with the members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the cabinet press office informs. The meeting has been requested by the Synod to ask State assistance for the Church. The agenda included discussions on the property ownership of churches, the statute of clergy, and [...]

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Turkish Deputy PM: We must solve our problems with Armenia

March 17, 2011 News

16/03/2011 Turkish Deputy PM Bulent Arinc, extended a speech at “Leaders’ of revolutions summit”, which kicked off in Istanbul, and referred to the significance of normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations. According to Turkish “Habergec” publication, Turkish statesman underscored that Ankara is faithful to “zero problem with neighbors” policy and supports regional and global peace in general. “We [...]

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Istanbul, historic visit of Turkish Deputy PM to Bartholomew I

January 9, 2011 Featured News

01/07/2011 by NAT da Polis It ‘s the first time a government official has been to the Fanar since 1952, when Prime Minister Menderes met Patriarch Athenagoras. There was some discussion of education for religious minorities and the issue of church property Istanbul (AsiaNews) – A visit of great importance yesterday marked the conclusion of [...]

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Montenegrin PM on Serbian Church Property

January 3, 2011 Featured News

1/1/2011 PODGORICA — New Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Lukšić has said that he would initiate a dialogue regarding assets of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) in Montenegro. He said that, although he himself was not a believer, in his capacity as the prime minister, he would “help make some radical forms of highlighting the marginalized [...]

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First Orthodox Education Day planned for 9 October

September 30, 2010 News

29/9/2010 Join us for a day of exploring the Bible and reflecting upon it as the source of our faith and inspiration. The faithful of the Armenian, Coptic, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Malankara Indian and Syrian Orthodox Churches and the affiliated churches are cordially invited to attend this daylong educational seminar and great opportunity for fellowship. Location: [...]

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PM on Patriarch’s Kosovo Enthronement

September 24, 2010 News

22/9/2010 VRANJE — PM Mirko Cvetković says the act of enthronement of Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej is of deepest spiritual and religious significance for Serbs. Speaking in Vranje, southern Serbia, on Wednesday, Cvetkocić expressed hope the event will not be politicized. “The organization of the enthronement has been entrusted to the SPC and [...]

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Bulgarian PM expresses gratitude to late Pope John Paul II for giving church for BOC Services

July 19, 2010 News

19/7/2010 Rome. With this plaque Bulgaria expresses its gratitude to late Pope John Paul II for giving Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi for services of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC), Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said during his one-day visit to Rome, the government’s press service announced. While visiting the Italian capital, PM Borisov [...]

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Religious factor must be strengthened in bilateral relations – Russian Patriarch tells Ukrainian PM

May 2, 2009 News

Moscow, April 29, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has said that the development of relations with Ukraine ranks among his priorities and that the religious factor must be strengthened in bilateral relations.Relations between Ukraine and Russia “are the central, not peripheral task,” the Patriarch said during talks with Ukrainian Prime Minister [...]

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