Cambridge Center for Christianity Worldwide - 25/10/2020 Dr Romina Istratti of SOAS will be delivering an online lecture on the topic 'MOVING BEYOND ASSUMPTIONS: THE COMPLEX ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE EXPERIENCE OF CONJUGAL ABUSE IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA'. Date and Time - 27 October 2020, 16:30 - 27 October 2020, 18:00 TO REGISTER: EMAIL DIRECTOR@CCCW.CAM.AC.UK Abstract of the Webinar In the ...
Refugeehosts - Dr. Romina Istratii, SOAS University of London - 15/6/2020 The global lockdown has had a significant impact on the ability of religious communities to gather and offer support in times of stress and illness. In this post, Dr. Romina Istratii draws on her research conducted with Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Täwahәdo adherents in Northern ...
OCP News Service - 7/5/2020 +Memory Eternal+ UK: COVID has taken the life Fr. Biji Markose (68) ), Vicar of the St. Thomas Syriac Jacobite Church, London, United Kingdom. A priest of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Fr Biji was undergoing COVID treatment. He hailed from Vakathanam, Kottayam. Source: OCP News Service
RT - December 2019 The obsession of many Western Christian leaders with “inclusivity” has brought sexual politics and its activists into the church, turning off many seeking a simple solution to their faith, not depictions of gay sex on the altar. The decline in membership of the Church of Sweden should accelerate this Advent thanks to one ...
Sputnik news - 20/11/2019 Britain’s Prime Minister Johnson is pushing for an Australian-style points-based system for prospective immigrants, which would open up the country to highly-skilled immigration while curbing the number of unskilled newcomers. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the senior cleric of the Church of England, has claimed that Jesus Christ would be denied entry into ...
The Jerusalem Patriarchate - 14/2/19 Reflections of His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem during Advent while on an official visit to the United Kingdom. “As the leader of a Church that has had a presence in the Holy Land since the very birth of Christianity, Patriarch Theophilos III can trace his succession 2.000 years to ...
Deacon Daniel Malyon (Representing the Coptic Orthodox Church in UK to Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE) - OCP News Service - 3/8/18 Preparation “The goal is a perfect peacefulness even in the middle of the raging storm.” – St John Climacus. In the busy modern world, the concept of escaping the world to spend time alone with God is utterly alien. ...
Deacon Daniel Malyon - (Delegate of United Kingdom)-19/11/17 London- UK: On 18th November, His Grace Bishop Angaelos was Enthroned as the first Coptic Bishop of London at St. George Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Stevenage. To celebrate this, many Orthodox and Ecumenical guests attended the event to give thanks to God and see this historic occasion. The ...
Julie Johns (Delegate in UK and Western Europe) - OCP News Service - 18/10/17 Germany- Primates of Oriental Orthodox Churches, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria - Primate of Coptic Church, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the East (Primate of the Syriac Orthodox Church), Catholicos-Patriarch Karekin II of Armenia (Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church) and ...
By Our Gulf Correspondent - OCP News Service - 3/9/17 MILDMAY WARD, London: The Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative (LOI) is holding a meeting with delegates from Ethiopia attending the 2017 LOI Consultation in Cambridge which will bring together senior leaders from Orthodox and evangelical churches around the world. They will reflect on the formation and training of leaders ...
Sputinknews - 23/6/17 It's been days, but for the residents of Grenfell Tower it probably feels a lot longer, since news that a West London Tower block had gone up in flames and not everyone was able to escape dominated the headlines. In the hours following the fire, families and friends of people who lived in Grenfell Tower frantically walked the ...
Julie Jones (Delegate in the UK) - OCP News Service - 10/5/17 More photos from Getty Images here: London: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the UK received for the first time, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II - Patriarch of the See of St. Mark the Evangelist & Primate of the Coptic Orthodox Church on 9/5/17. The ...
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin - 25/3/17 On March 24, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; sent a letter of condolence to Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, for the casualties suffered during the terrorist attacks in London on March 22. His Holiness ...
Archbishop Cranmer - 5/12/16 Why are suffering Syrian and Iraqi bishops banned from visiting the UK? They only wanted to attend the consecration of the country’s first Syriac Orthodox cathedral, dedicated to St Thomas. They might even have met the Prince of Wales for a cup of tea, but after that they’d have surely returned to ...
RT.com - 19/10/16 Queen Elizabeth II has held a historic meeting with Kirill, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, who is on an official visit to the UK to mark the 300th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church’s presence there. The meeting was held Tuesday behind closed doors in Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s official residence in ...
RT.Com – 18/10/16 The Patriarch of Russia’s Orthodox Church, Kirill, is visiting Britain at a time when tensions between London and Moscow could hardly be any worse. Predictably, the UK media and sections of the political establishment are highly critical of the trip. Those of us who follow these things know exactly how dreadful British-Russian relations are ...
Julie Jones - OCP News Service - (OCP Delegate in the U.K.) Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia – Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met Coptic, Armenian and Syriac Orthodox Prelates in London during the reception organized on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Russian Orthodoxy in the UK and Ireland. Patriarch met His Grace ...
Barnabas Fund - August 2016 “The enemy has besieged the rebels … the rebels attacked us and occupied the main road (the supply route of Aleppo) and we were besieged for ten days. And because of this, the government … surrounded the rebels and [we have] been besieged totally.” – email to Barnabas Fund from our ministry ...
Sputniknews - July 2016 UK's Home Secretary and the Archbishop of Canterbury have launched a new scheme to encourage community groups to sponsor a refugee family. It sounds like something out of a Charles Dickens novel, a poor refugee family finally finding peace with the help of a rich, cheerful donor or — in this case — the Archbishop of Canterbury. Justin Welby has opened up the ...
Coptic Orthodox Church UK - June 2016 The 7 June 2016 saw the launch of a report jointly commissioned by the Asylum Advocacy Group (AAG) and The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Freedom of Religion or Belief. The report, entitled ‘Fleeing Persecution: Asylum Claims in the UK on Religious Freedom Grounds’ explores the effectiveness of ...
www.sputniknews.com - 17/5/16 As the UK housing market reaches crisis point for many people unable to buy a home and homelessness jumps to record levels, the Church of England reveals it made billions of dollars from real estate, while investing in companies accused of tax avoidance in the UK. In just over two decades, Church coffers have grown from around ...