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 a strong case for the introduction of  religion  as a subject in school with a special emphasis on  Orthodox  Christianity.

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Bulgarian Patriarch: Kids Need to Know More about Orthodox Christianity

19/5/13 Bulgarian kids should have the opportunity to learn about their

19/5/13 The 109th Memorial Day Pilgrimage to St. Tikhon’s Monastery/Seminary in Waymart will begin Friday at 3:45 p.m. when Metropolitan Tikhon greets visiting hierarchs at the Monastery Archway.

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St. Tikhon’s Monastery to host 109th annual pilgrimage

19/5/13 The 109th Memorial Day Pilgrimage to St. Tikhon’s Monastery/Seminary in Waymart will begin Friday at 3:45 p.m. when Metropolitan Tikhon greets visiting hierarchs at the Monastery Archway.

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St. Tikhon’s Monastery to host 109th annual pilgrimage

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Stella Tsolakidou  - 19/5/13 In 1994, May 19 was selected by the Greek parliament as the day to commemorate the Pontian Greek Genocide by the Turks. The Pontic Genocide is one of the darkest moments in history not only for Greeks, but also for mankind. The Genocide vanished from its ancestral and historic homeland in Pontus a culturally vibrant and unique part of the Greek population that had been fighting for its survival for about 3,000 years.

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May 19, Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day

By World Evangelical Alliance – Crossmap 19/5/13 The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Ignatius Zakka I., along with several bishops and archbishops of his church, has publicly thanked the Ambassador for Human Rights of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Dr.

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WEA Works on Behalf of Christians Facing Discrimination, The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Thanks

By World Evangelical Alliance – Crossmap 19/5/13 The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Ignatius Zakka I., along with several bishops and archbishops of his church, has publicly thanked the Ambassador for Human Rights of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher, for the work of the WEA on behalf of Christians facing discrimination worldwide, and especially for the efforts of the WEA on behalf of Syrian Orthodox Christians. At the same time, the Patriarch invited him to visit the Middle East

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WEA Works on Behalf of Christians Facing Discrimination, The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Thanks

18/5/13 One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and  Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt’s second city,  state newspaper Al-Ahram reported, in the latest violent sectarian row in the  Muslim-majority country. A quarrel between two young men, one Christian and one Muslim, morphed into a family feud that sparked clashes in a western district of Alexandria.

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Clashes between Muslims and Christians leave one dead and dozens injured in Egyptian city of Alexandria

Nita Sathyendran – 18/5/13 The Indian Malankara Orthodox Church In the midst of a quiet village, Nita Sathyendran finds Arapally, a heritage church believed to have been consecrated by St. Thomas the apostle “You mean Thomayaar koil?

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The church that St. Thomas built