August 2014 On August 5, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, sent a letter to Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, Grand Mufti of the Muslims of the Caucasus, urging him to apply efforts, so that the peaceful settlement process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will not be endangered by the countries authorities. In the ...
On July 18, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, presided over the "Let There Be Light" Awards Ceremony. As a part of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival, the award "Let there be light" has been established by the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church. The ceremony was held in the Events ...
August 2014 Over recent days, in light of the unfortunate events that have occurred on the Armenian- Azerbaijan border and at the Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, has expressed His condolences and support to the families and relatives of the heroes who sacrificed their lives during ...
Church of Serbia - August 2014 The 21st Church Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America officiall began Tuesday, August 5, 2014 with the Holy Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and the Invocation of the Holy Spirit following liturgy. Source:
Ajesh T Phillip (OCP Delegate of Indian Sub-Continent) OCP News Service - 8/6/14 India/Kerala/Ernakulum: Primate of the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, Abune Baselios of Thomas I (Catholicos –Maphriyano & Metropolitan Trustee) has responded to the call by Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of Antioch and All East to begin dialogue with the Indian Orthodox Malankara Church. Catholicos ...
On 31 July 2014, the worthy remembering Patriarch Iustin Moisescu was commemorated in the Patriarchal Cathedral, 28 years after since passing away. The memorial service was celebrated by His Grace Ieronim Sinaitul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch. To end with, His Grace evoked the personality of the 4th Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church: “His legacy for ...
28 July 2014. On Monday Hon. Jason Kenny and his delegation met with His Holiness Aram I. Rt. Rev. Housig Mardirossian, the Ecumenical Relations officer, was also present. The Minister is in the region on a special mission to assess the political situation and discuss the problems of Christian communities in the region. The Minister discussed ...
24 July 2014. On Wednesday evening the Youth Committee of the Catholicosate, accompanied by Rev Barouyr Shernezian, director of the Youth Department, met with His Holiness Aram I. The committee presented its activity report and the findings of the survey they had carried out with its 50 members. The purpose of the survey was to ...
2/8/14 Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, Prelate of the Diocese of Peria (Syria) recently arrived in Antelias to brief His Holiness Aram I on the situation of Armenians in Aleppo, Damascus, Jezireh, Lattakia and Kessab. He also informed the Catholicos on the provision of humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation efforts. The Catholicos expressed his appreciation to the work of ...
Armenian Orthodox Church in Lebanon-2/8/14 26 July 2014. On Friday, His Holiness Aram I announced the following new appointments: 1. Archbishop Nareg Alemezian, Pontifical Vicar, Diocese of Cyprus. 2. Very Rev. Housig Mardirossian, Director, Office of Ecumenical Relations and Head of the office of Communication. 3. Rev. Torkom Donoyan, Dean, of Theological Seminary. 4. Very Rev. Paren Vartanian Grand Sacristan, ...
OCA- August 2014 Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America in the New York City area are invited to attend a rally calling attention to the suffering of Christians in Iraq and the Middle East in front of the United Nations building here at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 2, 2014. “The pace of the threats in ...
OCA - 2/8/14 As the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America convened during the last weekend of July 2014 in Gettysburg, PA for its 88th Annual National Convention, they were joined by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon; His Eminence, Archbishop Melchisedek of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania; and His Grace, Bishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. A weekend ...
2/8/14 In compliance with an agreement between Archbishop Justinian of Elista and Kalmykia, authorized by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, and the Catholic Primate of Mexico, Archbishop Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City, the 17th century Catholic Church of the Conception of the Virgin Mary was handed over for the free temporary ...
2/8/14 On July 30, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Ambassador of Poland to Russia Mr. Wojciech Zajaczkowski, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Moscow. The meeting took place at the patriarch residence in the St. Daniel Monastery. Mr. Zajaczkowski thanked His Holiness for the readiness to receive him on ...
Church of Serbia - 28/7/14 On the eve of the feast-day of Holy Archangel Gabriel there gathered a pleroma the Serbian Orthodox Church led by His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, at the Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade, the Serbian capital. The occasion for this solemn gathering was a proclamation of the newly-elected Bishop Sergije. ...
Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East - 28/7/14 The Holy Synod of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, presided by His Holiness Mar Dinkha lV, Catholicos-Patriarch, Wishes to express its unequivocal condemnation of the terroristic and barbaric acts perpetrated against the Christians of the ancient city of Mosul (Nineveh) by the ...
Holy Assyrian Apostolic Catholic Church - July 2014 In the afternoon of Friday, July 4, 2014, His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, received in audience at the patriarchate Mr. David Tam, director of the Jingjiao Fellowship, who was accompanied by Mr. Faust Chan, a research student on Christianity in ...
July 2014 OCMC Missionary, Kurt Bringerud (center) shares the Orthodox faith as the relationships with his English students naturally grow. They ask him questions about his faith as part of the language learning process and he is then able to introduce them to Orthodox Christianity. In a classroom in the Mongolian capital city of Ulaanbaatar, OCMC Missionary ...
July 2014 Your Excellency, It is with much gladness that we have learned of your election as President of the European Commission, and we wholeheartedly congratulate you on this celebratory occasion. We anticipate that through your forthcoming term you will restore confidence in the citizens of the European Union and will better prepare their countries for ...
July 2014 Your Majesty, It is with great pain and sorrow that we have learned of the tragic crash of the Malaysian airliner in Ukraine, and the tragic loss of so many lives, citizens mostly from your country, men and women, young and old. On behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, we wish to convey our deepest condolences ...
The British Orthodox Church - 27/4/14 Following reports of the threats against Christians in the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which has led to their flight from a city with a continuous Christian presence for more than 1,600 years; the Iraqui Christian community in the UK organised a demonstration outside Parliament on 26 July. Among its ...