Category: Orthodox Christians

Jerusalem’s dwindling Christians celebrate the Holy Fire on Orthodox Easter

obl- May 6, 2013

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

obl- May 6, 2013

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

Orthodox Christian Holy Week 2013 – Snaps Around the World

obl- May 6, 2013

Holy Land: Scene from Holy Fire Syria: Aleppo Archbishop Mor Yuhanon Gregorios blessing the faithful, The pic was taken before his abduction by the terrorists ... Read More

Foreign Policy American magazine includes Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew among 500 Most Influential Worldwide

obl- May 4, 2013

New York, NY 5/2/2013 His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, leader of 300 million  Orthodox Christians world-wide, has been included on the list of the world’s ... Read More

President Ilham Aliyev congratulates Orthodox Christians in Azerbaijan

obl- May 4, 2013

4/5/13 Baku – APA . President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated Orthodox Christian community of Azerbaijan, APA reports. The message of congratulations says: “Dear compatriots! I ... Read More

Orthodox Christians mark Great Friday

obl- May 3, 2013

Today, May 3, the Orthodox Christians mark Great Friday – the most sorrowful day of the church calendar, when the suffering on the cross and ... Read More

Orthodox Christians mark Great Friday

obl- May 3, 2013

Today, May 3, the Orthodox Christians mark Great Friday – the most sorrowful day of the church calendar, when the suffering on the cross and ... Read More