Category: Greek Orthodox
Bartholomew leads Orthodox Easter celebration on Gokceada
6/5/13 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on Sunday joined the Orthodox celebration of Easter, one of the main holidays in the Christian world, for the first ... Read More
Jerusalem’s dwindling Christians celebrate the Holy Fire on Orthodox Easter
5/5/13 The annual rite at the 1500-year-old Church of the Holy Sepulcher attracted fewer local faithful as Christians across the region are caught up in ... Read More
Jerusalem’s dwindling Christians celebrate the Holy Fire on Orthodox Easter
5/5/13 The annual rite at the 1500-year-old Church of the Holy Sepulcher attracted fewer local faithful as Christians across the region are caught up in ... Read More
Romanian nuns celebrate Easter among the skulls of their dead sisters as Orthodox Christians pack churches around the world
By ROSIE TAYLOR - 5/5/13 Around 300million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday Nuns at the Pasarea monastery in Romania marked the holy event in room ... Read More
The Copts flee Egypt
3/5/13 Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less ... Read More
The Copts flee Egypt
3/5/13 Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less ... Read More
Aleppo: two Orthodox bishops still captive, Christian neighborhood shelled
30/4/13 For Mgr Jeanbart, Greek Melkite bishop of Aleppo, “Catholic and Orthodox religious authorities are working for the release of the two prelates.” Their abduction ... Read More
Aleppo: two Orthodox bishops still captive, Christian neighborhood shelled
30/4/13 For Mgr Jeanbart, Greek Melkite bishop of Aleppo, “Catholic and Orthodox religious authorities are working for the release of the two prelates.” Their abduction ... Read More
Christian Denominations Hold Prayers for Peace in Syria
(SANA) – The Christian denominations in Syria held joint prayers for peace in the country and for the peace of the souls of martyrs. The ... Read More