OCP News Service - 6/12/2019 India: Subramanian Swamy, the senior politician, economist, and BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) MP (Member of Parliament) slammed the Vatican for interfering in Indian affairs. Swamy is not happy with the fact that the Vatican still decides Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in India. Swamy tweeted that ' Large number of Social ...
UOJ - 6/12/2019 The Primate of the Albanian Church believes that procedures to overcome schism were developed in Orthodoxy long ago, in particular at Ecumenical Councils. Archbishop Anastasios, Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, explained his position regarding the support of the Pan-Orthodox Assembly to resolve the “Ukrainian issue”, reports the Greek outlet “Democracy”. In particular, in response to ...
The Official Website of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - 6/12/2019 Lent, in Church songs and the writings of the Holy Fathers, is called a spiritual healer. And so, what is lent? In accordance with Dal's Tolkovyi slovar' [Explanatory Dictionary], lent ["post" in Russian] is "the abstinence from non-lenten food ...
Sputniknews - 6/12/2019 While Swedish researchers have brushed aside the idea of an Islamic takeover despite a dramatic demographic change, they admitted the rise of Islamist indoctrination and increasing tensions. Among Iraqi Christians, there is a widespread belief that many European countries, such as Sweden and France, have “naively” received too many Muslims from the Middle East ...
Church of Serbia- 6/12/2019 President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic met with His Holiness, Serbian Patriarch Irinej, on December 2nd, 2019. In a cordial and open conversation, they discussed topics of importance for the state of Serbia and the Serbian Orthodox Church. President Vucic informed His Holiness about the current political situation and the increasingly ...
OCP News Service - 4/12/19 Malankara-Kerala-India: His Holiness Marthoma Paulose II (Catholicos on the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas, Malankara Metropolitan, Moopan and Chief Custodian of the Malankara Nazaranieth and the Primate of the Indian Orthodox Malankara Church) has outrightly rejected the so-called ecumenical mediation put forward by the heads of the various Christian denomination in ...
UOJ I Union of Orthodox Journalists - 4/12/2019 With the emergence of the OCU (orthodox Church in Ukraine created by the Ecumenical Patriarchate), communication of Phanariots and schismatics with the Uniates (Ukranian Greek Catholic Church -UGCC) and Roman Catholics has increased dramatically. Source:
Sputniknews - 2/12/2019 The homoerotic painting by an openly lesbian artist depicting black and white people in intimate poses has been hailed for its “positive view of sexuality” and containing “phallic symbols”. As one priest put it, it also suggested that the Serpent was a “transsexual woman”. Still, many concluded it was a step in the ...
Sputniknews - 2/12/2019 The head of the Catholic Church is no stranger to surprising the public and parishioners with his statements and actions. This year, he surprised social media users when he didn’t let the faithful kiss his ring because he feared people may get sick. He has also recently proposed adding a new sin to ...
Sputniknews - 2/12/2019 According to local sources, the attack happened in the village of Foutouri in the east of the country, which is notorious for crime and the activities of suspected jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda* and Daesh*. At least 14 people were shot to death in a mass shooting in a Protestant church in ...
Sputniknews - 2/12/2019 MOSCOW (Sputnik) - At least three people died and four others were injured on Sunday when a wall in an Egyptian church collapsed on worshippers, media said. A body of a four-year-old child was among those recovered from under the debris, according to an Egyptian daily, Al-Youm 7. The church stood in the Nile-delta city ...
The Official Website of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - 2/12/2019 The year 2019 marks the 125th annivers`ary of the Russian parish of Archangel Michael on Cannes, France, one that has a rich history—and a questionable fate. Joining the jubilee celebrations on November 20 was His Grace Bishop Nicholas of ...
Orthodox Church - 1/12/2019 His High-Eminence Orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro and Litoral Amphilochius and His High-Eminence Orthodox Metropolitan of Borispole Antony have concelebrated Divine Liturgy in the Cetinje's Monastery in Montenegro and confirmed the support of the Serbian Orthodox Church for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. Source:
Church of Serbia - 1/12/2019 On Sunday, 24 November 2019, on the feast day of Holy King Stefan of Dechani, the first Hierarchal Liturgy in a new church of Saint Apostle and Evangelist Mark in Braunau, Austria, was officiated. His Grace Bishop Andreas of Austria-Switzerland presided over the Liturgy with the concelebration of the local clergy. School ...
Church of Serbia - 1/12/19 On the feast-day of the Holy Apostle Philip, His Beatitude Theophilus, Patriarch of Jerusalem, received His Grace Bishop Arsenije of Nis with a group of pilgrims from Serbia in the monastery of the Holy Prophet Elijah near the Holy City of Jerusalem. It was in this monastery that the “Branko” Children's Choir ...
Deacon Solomon Kibriye (Chief Editor – Ethiopian Affairs) – OCP News Service - 30/11/2019 Special Courtesy - Kagnew Ewunetu ‘A Critical Analysis of the Ethiopian Crisis’ Presentation Held at the Central University of Punjab by Donn George Varghese Addis Ababa - Ethiopia: Five students from the Bonga University have been expelled for their support to Orthodox Christian students ...
OCP News Service- 29/11/2019 India- The study paper by Linto Paul Jacob (OCP Delegate and Second Editor - Malankara Affairs) was decorated with the Young Scientist Award for his paper "UTILISING THE BENEFITS OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR WILDLIFE WELFARE'. The paper was selected as the best among the presented papers in the event. ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ...
Menetasnot Desta – (Chief Administrator – OCP Amharic Service) – OCP News Service - 29/11/2019 Addis Ababa-Ethiopia: The world-famous humanitarian worker, nun Hatune of the Syriac Orthodox Church delivered a lecture at the Holy Trinity Theological University of EOTC, on the on-going persecution of Christians in different parts of the world. She spoke on what and how ...
Menetasnot Desta – (Chief Administrator – OCP Amharic Service) – OCP News Service - 29/11/2019 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia: His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II - Patriarch of the of Antioch and All the East and His Holiness Abuna Mathias - Patriarch of Ethiopia discussed on their respective churches bilateral relation and on the ongoing both during ...
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 29/11/2019 On November 26, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II met His Holiness Abune Mattias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, at Budapest. Their Eminences Archbishops: Mor Justinos Boulos Safar, Patriarchal Vicar in Zahleh and Beqaa, Mor Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf, Archbishop of Mosul, Kirkuk, Kurdistan and Environs, and Very Rev. ...
UOJ - 29/11/2019 Abp. Anastasios of Albania believes that time does not heal schisms but only deepens them, and therefore, calls for the urgent Council to resolve the issue of the OCU. Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, believes that the problem of resolving the pan-Orthodox crisis caused ...