United States

Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Act Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives

May 18, 2013 News

18/5/13 WASHINGTON– As Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Erdogan continues his official U.S. state visit, a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives introduced the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Act, a new measure calling upon the President to build upon the U.S. record of having recognized the Armenian Genocide by working toward improved Armenian-Turkish relations based upon [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Refuge From Egypt Unrest at a Queens Church

April 20, 2013 Featured News

MONIQUE EL-FAIZY – 20/4/13 It’s Tuesday afternoon, and a few dozen of the faithful members of St. Mary and St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church in Ridgewood, Queens, are singing in the liturgy during observation of the Great Lent, the 55 days of prayer and fasting that precede Orthodox Easter, on May 5. The women wear [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Coptic Bishop Youssef to visit Lee University

April 1, 2013 News

1/4/13 On April 3 and 4, Bishop Youssef will present public lectures at Lee University  on the Coptic Orthodox tradition. The event is hosted by Lee’s School of  Religion and Cultural Diversity Committee. Youssef will present “Thanksgiving Prayers” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Lee’s Chapel, followed by an  explanation of the Coptic Liturgy. On [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Syrian Christians ‘running out of places to survive’

February 16, 2013 Featured News

Michael Carl - 16/2/13 Human-rights activists say the situation for Christians in Syria is growing  more intense and that the ever-shrinking Christian population is near the  breaking point. Middle East Forum fellow and analyst   Raymond Ibrahim is one who holds that opinion, and adds U.S. support for the  rebels is the major reason for Christians [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Assembly of Bishops issues statement on 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

February 3, 2013 Featured News

On Monday, January 21, 2013, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America issued a statement marking the 40th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. At the end of the statement the “Agreed Statement” issued in 1974 by the Orthodox-Roman Catholic Bilateral Consultation in the United States is republished. The text [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Fr Alexander Kurien Congratulate and Prays for President Obama

January 24, 2013 News

24/1/13 CONGRATULATIONS TO AND PRAYERS FOR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA & VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN!   Rev. Fr. Alexander J. Kurien Washington D.C. Since inauguration day – January 20 – fell on a Sunday this year, Mr. Obama was officially sworn in at a very brief ceremony just before noon in the Blue Room of the [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Egypt’s Coptic Christians fleeing country after Islamist takeover

January 14, 2013 Featured News

By Richard Spencer, Alexandria 14/1/13 Tens of thousands of Egyptian Christians are leaving the country in the wake of  the Egyptian revolution and subsequent Islamist takeover of politics, priests  and community leaders say. Coptic Christian churches in the United States say they are having to expand to cope with new arrivals, as priests in cities [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Orthodox Leaders Discuss Social Outreach at White House

December 18, 2012 Featured News

18/12/2012 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — More than 80 representatives of the nation’s Orthodox Christian service organizations joined together at the White House today to discuss strategic service alliances with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The White House Conference on Orthodox Christian Engagement was hosted by the White House Office of Public [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Man brings rare and intricate carved stone art from Syria to Cedar Rapids church

December 17, 2012 Featured News

CINDY HADISH,  The Gazette – 17/12/12 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A rare art form — made even more challenging by the dangers in a war-torn country — has made its way to a Cedar Rapids church. Piece by piece since mid-November, Soleiman Shalhoub, 48, has been installing a stone iconostasis, a room-wide screen separating the [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Small-town Orthodoxy brings diverse group together

December 2, 2012 News

 RYAN SCHUESSLER 2/12/2012 Columbia’s Orthodox Christian community is growing – at least, that’s what churchgoers say it feels like. The Metropolis of Chicago, one of the Greek Orthodox managing bodies in the United States, granted the small community of Orthodox Christians in the heart of Missouri parish status in 2002. The church was named St. Luke’s [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Clinton visits Orthodox church in Kosovo, urges ethnic Serbs to back their new nation

November 2, 2012 Featured News

Associated Press 01/11/2012 PRISTINA, Kosovo — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton toured a Serbian Orthodox church in Kosovo Wednesday as she pressed America’s close ally to step up its minority outreach while trying to convince ethnic Serbs that they have a home in Europe’s youngest nation.At the St. Nicholas Church in Kosovo’s capital, [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Armenian Assembly marks 40th anniversary

October 6, 2012 Featured News

6/10/2012 – In a capacity-filled venue, Armenian Assembly members, supporters and friends alike gathered on September 22 in downtown Los Angeles, California, as the Assembly celebrated its 40th anniversary, reported the Assembly. The Assembly Gala honored several outstanding individuals exemplifying decades of public and community service. Presenting the Assembly’s “Distinguished Humanitarian Award” to Elizabeth Agbabian, [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Religious freedom: US not fit to preach

August 5, 2012 Featured News

5/8/2012 The 2011 International Religious Freedom Report – an annual report released by the US Department of State – looks more like a political tool than a thorough study aimed at better understanding world trends. “In the Obama Administration we’ve elevated religious freedom as a diplomatic priority”, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said while [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

US Diplomat visits Halki

July 31, 2012 Featured News

31/7/2012 The Ecumenical Patriarchate On July 30, 2012, United States assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon visited the holy monastery and theological school of Halki. In conversation with Metropolitan Elpidophoros of Bursa, Mr. Gordon expressed the interest of the United States in the seminary’s re-opening. Furthermore, he conveyed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s warm greetings [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

The 5th Annual Orthodox Doxology Day

June 8, 2012 Featured News

Patricia Allaf 6/6/2012 The United States of America The 5th Annual Orthodox Doxology Day is a gathering and a participation of different Orthodox churches with love which is the greatest truth for a praise day. This event is a humble effort is to unite the Orthodox congregations using the language of heaven – hymns and [...]

Tagged as: ,

Read the full article →

Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt’s Christians Must “Convert, Pay Tribute, or Leave”

June 7, 2012 Featured News

Matthew Clark 6/6/2012 According to a popular Egyptian website, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Egyptian presidential candidate, Mohammed Morsi, has stated that Christians will be forced to “convert, pay tribute, or leave.” When asked about Coptic Christians in Egypt, Morsi reportedly told a journalist, “They have to know that the conquest is coming and Egypt will be [...]

Tagged as: , ,

Read the full article →

Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan urges return of confiscated churches

May 1, 2012 News

1/5/2012 His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Armenian Apostolic Church of the Eastern United States, called on Members of Congress to urge Turkey to return confiscated Christian churches and end U.S. complicity in Turkey’s genocide denial, during a full day Capitol Hill meetings, this week, which began with the offering of the opening [...]

Tagged as: , ,

Read the full article →

Achadjian Introduces Return of Churches Bill in Calif. Assembly

April 10, 2012 News
Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian

9/4/2012 SACRAMENTO—The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region welcomed the introduction of Assembly Joint Resolution 34 (AJR 34) introduced by California Assembly Member Katcho Achadjian (R-33). The resolution calls on the Republic of Turkey to respect religious freedom and return church properties to its minority communities. “I believe that this resolution is an important step [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Growing Number of U.S. Representatives Demand Turkey’s Return of Churches

December 19, 2011 News
House majority leader Eric Cantor

19/12/2011 Turkish Government Lashes out at Adoption of Religious Freedom Measure WASHINGTON—A growing number of Members of the House of Representatives have praised the passage last week of a landmark resolution calling upon Turkey to return the Christian church properties it stole through genocide, and to end its repression of the surviving members of the [...]

Tagged as: , ,

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Tagged as: , ,

Read the full article →

Biden urges Arab leaders to allow free speech

December 4, 2011 Featured News

12/3/11 Ecumenical Patriarch Welcomes Vice President Biden to the Phanar His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed the Hon. Joseph Biden, Vice President of the United States to the Sacred See of St. Andrew, First-called of the Apostles. The historical first visit of a sitting Vice President of the United States took place on Saturday, December [...]

Tagged as: , , ,

Read the full article →

Serbian Patriarch Irinej visits United States of America

November 29, 2011 News

29/11/2011 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch is visiting the Stauropegic monastery of St. Sava in Libertville, as well the Dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church which are located in the Midwest and the West of the United States of America. The monastery of St. Sava in Libertville near Chicago, by the decision of the Holy [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

Diaspora communities celebrate Armenia day

November 11, 2011 News

11/11/2011 Leaders of the Armenian-American community and members of Armenia’s diplomatic corps were honored with presidential medals for their service to the Republic of Armenia on its 20th anniversary of independence during a banquet held to welcome Armenia’s President Serge Sargsyan to New York on September 23. Among the award recipients were Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, [...]

Tagged as: , ,

Read the full article →

ANCA-WR to Bestow ‘Khrimian Hayrig’ Award to Prelate Mardirossian

October 19, 2011 News

17/10/2011 GLENDALE—The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region announced that it will bestow the Khrimian Hayrig Award to His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, at the 2011 ANCA-WR Annual Banquet for his decades of service as the spiritual leader of Armenian American [...]

Tagged as: , , ,

Read the full article →

Armenian community of U.S. awaiting Aram I Armenian community of U.S. awaiting Aram I Armenian community of U.S. awaiting Aram I Armenian community of U.S. awaiting Aram I Visit

October 5, 2011 News

4/10/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net – The Armenian community of the United States is awaiting the arrival of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia and spiritual leader of Armenian Diaspora communities in the Middle East, Europe and North America, Asbarez reports. His Holiness will embark on His fourth Pontifical Visit to the Western [...]

Tagged as: , , , ,

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries