Tag: africa

Conference celebrates African roots of Christian Orthodoxy

obl- August 22, 2011

By Sharon Dargay O&E staff writer 21/8/2011 It was a moment of revelation for Sharon Gomulka. Read More

Religious violence, abuse growing – Study

obl- August 11, 2011

AAP 10/8/2011 RELIGIOUS-linked violence and abuse rose around the world between 2006 and 2009, with Christians and Muslims the most common targets, according to a ... Read More

Bay Area Eritreans try to keep the faith amid religious, Political Schisms

OCP- August 7, 2011

By Matt O’Brien Contra Costa Times Posted: 08/07/2011 Updated: 08/07/2011 OAKLAND — The schism began the day police officers rushed to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo ... Read More

Clerics urged to highlight Baptism Site Authenticity

obl- August 2, 2011

By Rand Dalgamouni 2/7/2011 BAPTISM SITE – A senior official on Monday called on Christian leaders to help establish beyond doubt that the Kingdom hosts ... Read More

The first Orthodox Pygmies

OCP- July 23, 2011

By Hieromonk Theologos From the window of the Boeing 737 I could see the equatorial jungle below, shrouded in its misty cloak like a green, ... Read More

African-American Orthodox Christians to hold national conference in metro Detroit

obl- July 23, 2011

DETROIT, MI [BSMB] 23/7/2011 The Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black [BSMB], a national organization of African-American Orthodox Christians, will hold its 18th annual Ancient ... Read More

As UN declares famine in Somalia, IOCC responds with aid to refugee Camps

OCP- July 23, 2011

21/7/2011 Responding to the United Nations announcement declaring a famine in two regions of Somalia, International Orthodox Christian Charities [IOCC], in cooperation with the Ethiopian ... Read More

Saving Christians in Iraq

OCP- July 16, 2011

By Michael De Groote, Deseret News 15/7/2011 EMAIL: mdegroote@desnews.com, TWITTER:(http://www.twitter.com/degroote) PROVO — When Saddam Hussein’s regime toppled in 2003 there were about 1 million Christians ... Read More

DECORATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE AMBASSADOR OF CYPRUS BY HIS BEATITUDE

obl- July 6, 2011

03/07/2011 On 2nd July 2011, at the Holy Church of ST George in Old Cairo, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and ... Read More

Serbia given a minute to defend its Heritage

obl- July 1, 2011

Mastilović – Jasnić 01. 07. 2011 Foto: Nebojša Marković ‘Attempt that four Serbian monuments of culture – monasteries Pecka Patrijarsija, Decani, Gracanica and Bogorodica Ljeviska ... Read More