Category: Russian Orthodox

Notes From Tripoli

obl- August 31, 2011

By Franklin Lamb 30/8/2011 Countercurrents.org Tripoli Journal in Which Franklin Lamb Shields a Nigerian from Rebel Racists and Dreams of Chadian Ladies Tripoli: My roommate ... Read More

Setting the Record Straight: List of Churches in Turkey

OCP- August 24, 2011

By: Raffi Bedrosyan 23/8/2011 (A.W.)–The recently appointed ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone, responding to questions submitted by Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), made incorrect claims about ... Read More

Russian Church calls to give legal jobs to illegal immigrants and let skinheads legally fight Crime

OCP- August 21, 2011

Moscow, August 19, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church believes it is vital for Russia to pursue anti-extremist campaign and develop a sustainable strategy. Read More

5th anniversary of the consecration of Trinity Church marked in Pyongyang

obl- August 17, 2011

16.08.2011 With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a Russian Orthodox Church delegation led by Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk, ... Read More

Vyshhorod Icon of the Mother of God

obl- August 17, 2011

AN ICON PAINTER FROM STUDION MONASTERY IN CONSTANTINOPLE, BYZANTINE EMPIRE. THE ICON OF THE HOLY VIRGIN OF TENDER MERCY (ELEUSA), ALSO KNOWN AS WONDERWORKING ICON ... Read More

OCP Article Updates

obl- August 15, 2011

15/8/2011 OCP Article blog Updated with news stuffs The presence of the THEOTOKOS in the Economy of Salvation – an Orthodox Approach Christians in the ... Read More

Russian Orthodox church to open in Sharjah Saturday

obl- August 13, 2011

By Mariam M. Al SerkalStaff Reporte 12/8/2011 UAE’s first complex of its kind is to serve 200,000-strong community. Sharjah: The first St Philip the Apostle ... Read More

Russian icons discovered in Egypt

OCP- August 3, 2011

The Abbot of St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai By Sophia Kishkovsky | From issue 226, July-August 2011 Published online 1 Aug 11 Conservators say Sinai’s climate ... Read More

On the day of Baptism of Kyivan Rus, the three Primates of the Orthodox Churches celebrate Divine Liturgy in Soborna Square of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

obl- July 28, 2011

On July 28, commemoration of the Holy Prince Vladimir, Equal to the Apostles, and the 1023-anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus, His Holiness Patriarch ... Read More

Primates of the Russian, Georgian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches celebrated a prayer service at St Vladimir’s Hill

OCP- July 27, 2011

27/7/2011 On July 27, the eve of commemoration of the Holy and Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir, the Primates of the Russian, Georgian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches a ... Read More