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Reform of religious funding in Romania: UK Secular Society comments, Becali insults, Orthodox Church disapproves

April 19, 2013 Featured News

19/4/13 Disputes over the funding of Romania’s Orthodox Church and religious organizations in general has piqued the interest of Britain’s National Secular Society. The idea of a ‘church tax’ in Romania, proposed by Romanian Green Party MP Remus Cernea, has provoked angry responses from a number of public figures, including former MEP and football boss [...]

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The Church of the Moldovan Community in the UK was inaugurated in London

February 1, 2013 Featured News

1/2/13 At multiple requests of Moldovan Orthodox Christians who live in London, UK, with the mercy of the Lord and the efforts of priest Nicolae Prescura, a big dream of Moldovans established in London came true – now the local Moldovan community has a place of worship, the church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. “This [...]

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Metropolitan Mor Aphrem Mathews Visited Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

December 19, 2012 News

Syrian Orthodox Church in India – 19/12/12 DURHAM/UK: His Grace Mathews Mor Aphrem Patriarchal Vicar of the Syrian Orthodox Church in the UK paid a visit to the incumbent Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Justin Welby, to present his credentials. His Grace Mor Aphrem Mathews represents the Universal Syrian orthodox Church. In the UK there are [...]

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Eritrean UK Subdiocese of Europe Committee meets with Abba Seraphim

September 1, 2012 Featured News

Oriental Orthodox Churches Eritrean- British Orthodox Churches 1/9/2012 On 27 August, 2012 the Committee of the Eritrean Orthodox UK subdiocese of Europe met together with Abba Seraphim in Charlton to confer on their mission and progress. Prayers were said for the entire European diocese and especially for His Grace Bishop Makarios, whose ministry in caring [...]

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New Officers for Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches

July 19, 2012 Featured News

The Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches In UK and Ireland 19/7/2012 At its meeting on 17 July at the Armenian Church Hall in Iverna Gardens, the Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches in the UK & Ireland held its trienniel elections. Having served two terms as President, His Grace Bishop Angaelos (Coptic Orthodox Church) retired from [...]

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Persecuting Christianity… in Europe

July 13, 2012 News

Milena Faustova Moscow Times 11/7/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church is going to challenge in court a ban on wearing crucifixes, which was recently introduced in the UK. Russian priests, together with Russian lawyers, intend to help two UK women who were recently fired from work for wearing crucifixes and refusing to take them off. The [...]

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Coptic Church Head in UK Speaks of Hope for Egypt in Wake of Morsi’s Election Win

June 26, 2012 News

By Christian Today 25/6/2012 The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the U.K. has spoken of his hope for positive reform in Egypt after the election of Mohammed Morsi as president. The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate is Egypt’s first democratically elected president, coming to power 16 months after the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s regime. In [...]

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Bishop Makarios visits the Eritrean Community in the UK

June 15, 2012 Featured News

16/5/2012 The British Orthodox Church During a visit to the clergy and faithful of the new Eritrean Orthodox Diocese of Europe in the UK, His Grace met with Abba Seraphim in London. On 12 June following pastoral visits to his communities in Manchester and Birmingham, Bishop Makarios was greeted at Euston Station by Abba Seraphim [...]

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UK parliamentarians hear plight of Christian Women

May 15, 2012 News

John Pontifex and John Newton Aid to the Church in Need 15/5/2012 Revelations about the scale of hate crimes against Christian women in Pakistan and Egypt are to be the subject of a meeting in parliament today. At the briefing in the House of Commons, MPs and peers will hear how Christian women in countries [...]

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Catholicos familiarizes UK ambassadors with Armenian Church activities

February 22, 2012 News

21/2/2012 YEREVAN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, received, at the Holy See of Saint Etchmiadzin, Jonathan James Aves and Catherine Jane Leach, the United Kingdom’s newly appointed ambassadors to Armenia. The Catholicos expressed confidence that the close ties between the British Embassy and the Holy See, which were established during the tenure [...]

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Organ donation: Church leaders in Wales attack presumed consent

January 23, 2012 Featured News
The Archbishop of Wales addressed a recent debate on the subject in a Cardiff city centre church

23/1/2012 Church leaders in Wales have criticised “ill-judged” proposals for presumed consent rules on organ donation. The Roman Catholic Church in Wales, Church in Wales and Wales Orthodox Mission urged the Welsh government to revisit its policy process. In a joint statement they said they were “profoundly committed” to human dignity in life and death. [...]

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UK Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and others join Christians to wish Happy Christmas 4 All

December 19, 2011 News

The following is a guest contribution. Reuters is not responsible for the content and the views expressed are the authors’ alone. Alexander Goldberg is the chair of the Faiths Forum for London and Jewish chaplain to the University of Surrey. By Alexander Goldberg 19/12/2011 There are no Christmas trees in my home, not even a [...]

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Armenian Church in Britain and Ireland celebrates its new bishop

November 22, 2011 News

22/11/2011 The Armenian Church in Britain and Ireland has been celebrating its new bishop over the second weekend in November. The Very Rev Fr Vahan Hovhanessian, who was elected Primate of the Armenian Church on 14 December 2009, has now become The Rt Rev Dr Vahan Hovhanessian, Bishop of the Armenian Church, following his Episcopal [...]

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Is Estonia really the least religious country in the World?

September 16, 2011 News

Ringo Ringvee Guardian, UK 16/9/2011 Estonians, and especially the young, have turned their backs on organised religion, but belief in neo-paganism is thriving. Estonia and the Czech Republic are the two nations that often claim to be the least religious in Europe. And they seem to be proud of their unbelief. According to the census [...]

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Opinion: Turkey’s Grand Gesture

August 27, 2011 Featured News

By Idris Tawfiq – The Egyptian Gazette 26.8.2011 Turkey has come a long way in recent years. Gone is the era and ethos of a country governed by the military and in its place we have a Turkey that is strong and comfortable with itself and its democracy, a Turkey now playing a major role [...]

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Report on The Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Përmet’s Old Bazaar

June 19, 2011 News

The Albanian Orthodox Church 19/6/2011 By Dr. Kostantinos Giakoumis, Byzantinist B.A. Athens University h.D. C.B.O.M.G.S., University of Birmingham, UK. Mr. Joan Stratoberdha, Architect B.A. Tirana The purpose of this report is, after evaluation of the church of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Përmet’s Old Bazaar, to show its unique historical and architectural values. The [...]

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Egypt’s Christians fear ‘uncaged’ Salafists

June 13, 2011 Featured News

By JOHN PONTIFEX 13/6/2011 Months after the revolution led by the ‘Facebook Generation’ John Pontifex meets frightened Coptic Christians worshipping in secret. Clambering up to the top floor of the narrow house, the feeling of anti-climax was overwhelming. “Look there,” said the young priest, enthusiastically. What he was pointing at was a small opening in [...]

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THE WAY Introductory Course to the Orthodox Faith Published in the UK as a DVD/CD Box Set

December 1, 2010 Featured News

1/12/2010 The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies – University city of Cambridge The Introductory Course to the Orthodox Faith, THE WAY, has been launched as a DVD & CD boxset on 7 October 2010, at St Botolph’s Church without Bishopsgate, London, in the presence of Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh, representing the Pan-Orthodox Assembly of Bishops [...]

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Church leader urges Iraqi Christians to quit Country

November 7, 2010 News

7/11/2010 A senior Iraqi Christian is to call on believers to quit the country, after gunmen targeted a church in Baghdad. Archbishop Athanasios Dawood, who is based in the UK, will make his appeal during a service at the Syrian Orthodox Church in London. The archbishop has previously criticised the lack of protection for Iraqi [...]

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Father of Eritrea Orthodox Church in UK passed Away

June 5, 2010 News

4/6/2010 By: Tamiru Geda Abba Hailemariam Tekie, one of the founding members of the Eritreans Orthodox church in the United Kingdom passed away on 25/05/2010 .Several Ethiopians and Eritreans worshipers have expressed their grief and deep sadness. They also paid tribute at the memorial service held in London for his devotion to his belief. Abba [...]

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The historical Council Meeting of the Patriarchal Vicariate of UK Concluded

June 3, 2010 News

Syrian Orthodox Church His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas will visit the vicariate on July 3, Saturday LONDON: The full council meeting of the Patriarchal Vicariate of UK concluded at St. John’s JSO Church, Bethel Green, here. Patriarchal Vicar for UK and Metropolitan of Niranam Diocese Dr. Mor Coorilos Geevarghese presided over. Members and [...]

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Abba Seraphim meets with Professor Ghebre-Ab

May 25, 2010 News

The British Orthodox Church On 25 May, 2010, Abba Seraphim received at the Church Secretariat in Charlton, Deacon Habtu Ghebre-Ab, Professor of History at the University of Cincinatti and one of the board of the St. Athanasios Charitable Society (SACS) and “In Chains for Christ,” the Voice of the Persecuted Church in Eritrea. …

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