Category: HIS

It may be tragic, but I’ll never have a Breguet. And I also won’t have “not expensive watch with the coat of arms” – Patriarch Kirill

obl- April 8, 2012

Valentina TRUBETSKAYA, Interfax-Religion editor-in-chief 8/4/2012 It may be tragic, but I’ll never have a Breguet. And I also won’t have “not expensive watch with the ... Read More

After Arab Spring, experts fearful of Christian targeting at Easter celebrations

OCP- April 8, 2012

By Dan Merica, CNN 7/4/2012 (CNN)– For Christians in countries thrown into tumult by the Arab Spring revolutions, Easter celebrations may prove dangerous. According to ... Read More

Coptic church denies lifting ban

OCP- April 8, 2012

By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 8/4/2012 Cairo: The Coptic Orthodox Church has denied lifting a ban on pilgrimage to occupied Jerusalem as more Egyptian Christians ... Read More

Outremont bans annual Eastern Orthodox parade

OCP- April 8, 2012

Michael Metni and his St. Nicholas church will be forced to suspend its longstanding parade tradition next week, following a ruling that sprouted from a ... Read More

Armenian church of Diarbeqir turned into handicraft center

OCP- April 5, 2012

05/04/2012 Ancient Armenian church located in the region of Suri, southeastern province of Diarbeqir, Turkey, turned into a handicraft center after it was repaired. Turkish ... Read More

Orthodox Pilgrimage on the Palm Sunday in Bucharest

obl- April 5, 2012

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archdiocese of Bucharest, inform us: Saturday, 7 April 2012, on the eve of the royal feast ... Read More

Ancient monastery attacked by Israeli extremists

obl- April 5, 2012

By Lauren Gelfond Feldinger 4/4/2012 Continuing vandalism at religious sites prompts condemnation from religious communities and politicians. A medieval Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem, one ... Read More

NBC to broadcast Resurrection Service and Divine Liturgy of Pascha

obl- April 5, 2012

5/4/2012 Flushing, N.Y., April 4, 2012 — The National Council of Churches, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission invite Easter ... Read More

Hopes to Revive the Christian Area of Turkey

obl- April 5, 2012

Orthodox Christians at Sumela Monastery, 15 August 2010/Umit Bektas By SUSANNE GÜSTEN 4/4/2012 IDIL, TURKEY — Clambering over the rubble of what was once his ... Read More

Egyptian Christian, 17, gets three years in jail for Facebook cartoons that ‘insulted Islam’

obl- April 4, 2012

4/4/2012 CAIRO- An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a 17-year-old Christian boy to three years in jail for publishing cartoons on his Facebook page that ... Read More