Category: RIA
500th Anniversary of ‘Church of Miracles’ in Romania to Be Celebrated in August
By Florence Avakian Special to the Mirror-Spectator 29/6/2012 SUCEAVA, Romania — The Hagigadar Armenian Monastery built in 1512 on a hill outside of this Romanian ... Read More
Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem, Patriarch Says
TANJUG 29/6/2012 GRAČANICA — Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej has said in Gračanica that Kosovo was, is, and will be the holy Serb land ... Read More
An ancient faith in Africa
By Holland Cotter New York Times 28/6/2012 ZION IN AFRICA Ethiopia’s form of Orthodox Christianity has a Jewish ring to it, with its Saturday Sabbath ... Read More
More violence against Serbs in Kosovo on St. Vitus Day
John Robles 29/6/2012 June 28th was a very important day for the Serbian people and for Serbian Orthodox Christians. On the 28th of June, according ... Read More
Hierarchical Liturgy served in Pokrov Church of Harbin for first time in half a century
The Chinese Orthodox Church English Translation by Katherine Ilachinski On June 24, 2012, the day when Orthodox Christians in China celebrate the memory of two ... Read More
President Putin venerates shrines in Jerusalem and Bethlehem
During the night of June 26, 2012, while on a working visit to Israel, President Vladimir Putin visited the Church of the Lord’s Sepulchre. Read More
Iran funds reconstruction of Armenian Church
25/6/2012 Iran has allocated funds for the reconstruction of St Sargis Church of Khoy. Iranian news agency MEHR reported that Hosseyn Bahrein, representative of Cultural ... Read More
Egypt Copts dismayed but determined after Morsy win
26/6/2012 CAIRO: Many Egyptian Coptic Christians were dismayed by the election victory of president-elect Mohamed Morsy, but they are now preparing to co-exist with the ... Read More
Patriarch Preached about Importance of Culture of Listening
25/6/2012 The Georgian Orthodox Church The Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia the Second spoke about the importance of culture of listening on the church service ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas church in Shanghai
25/6/2012 The Chinese Orthodox Church On June 23, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Patriarchate, who is in ... Read More