Category: RIA

Reopening of Greek Orthodox Seminary back on agenda

OCP- March 30, 2012

Halki Orthodox Seminary 27/3/2012 TODAY’S ZAMAN, ANKARA Turkey has decided to reopen a former Greek Orthodox seminary on an island off the coast of İstanbul, ... Read More

Orthodox Primates Stress Need for Peace and Stability in Middle East

obl- March 30, 2012

30/3/2012 On the invitation of His Beatitude Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II, and in the framework of the pastoral care of the Senior Patriarchates of ... Read More

Senate candidate Sam Rohrer would co-sponsor Armenian Genocide Recognition bill Continue reading on Examiner.com Senate candidate Sam Rohrer would…

OCP- March 30, 2012

A Turkish official holds up a piece of bread to tease deliberately starved Armenian children Credits: 1915 Collection of St. Read More

The Plight Of Egypt’s Coptic Christians

OCP- March 30, 2012

29/3/2012 A Question Of Faith – Religion In The Modern World is a weekly column by Wolff Bachner about the quest for religious identity and ... Read More

Coptic Church criticises make-up of Egypt’s constituent assembly

OCP- March 30, 2012

Ahram Online 29/3/2012 In Thursday statement, Coptic Church blasts methods used to form constitution-drafting body, says constituent assembly fails to represent broad spectrum of Egyptian ... Read More

Ethiopia: Religious Leaders Confirm Wolkayit Sugar Project Has No Negative Impact On Waldeba Monastery

OCP- March 30, 2012

An Ethiopian Orthodox Priest Monk 30/3/2012 Gondar — Religious leaders in North Gondar Zone of Amhara State confirmed that the Wolkayit Sugar Development Project will ... Read More

Iraqi Christians Still in Danger, Feel Neglected By Al-Maliki Government

OCP- March 30, 2012

By Luiza Oleszczuk Christian Post 30/3/2012 The year 2011 did not bring respite for Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq as hundreds of thousands ... Read More

The First Orthodox Church In Rwanda

OCP- March 28, 2012

Alexandrian Patriarchate 27/3/2012 With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, two weeks ago construction began for the first ... Read More

Jerusalem Readies itself for Easter

obl- March 28, 2012

Good Friday procession in Jerusalem; photo courtesy Travelujah 28/3/2012 Visit Travelujah website for all Holy land tour solutions Christians visiting the Holy Land in the ... Read More

America and the plight of Christians in the Middle East: mistake or evil intention?

obl- March 28, 2012

Babich Dmitry 28/3/2012 What has happened to the religious freedoms in the Middle East 10 years after US president George W. Read More