Tag: africa
Northeast Portland church finds new life as Heart of Wisdom, a Buddhist temple
A former church that's housed three congregations in Northeast Portland has become Heart of Wisdom, a Zen Buddhist temple. Tony Mandella works restoring the old ... Read More
Poland Rescues Christian Refugees
20/6/2011 Christian Persecution in Africa WARSAW/BUDAPEST (Worthy News)– Poland has granted asylum to 16 Christian refugees who accompanied Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski on a flight ... Read More
Ratko Mladic, killing 3,500 Christians near Srebrenica & Islamic Jihad: Bosnia & Western Hypocrisy!
By Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times 13/6/2011 The image of Srebrenica tells us more about the reality of the majority of the media and ... Read More
Praying With Icons: A Short History of Icons – Excerpt
By Jim Forest 18/5/2011 Visit Jim and Nancy Forest’s website here Here follows an extract from Praying With Icons by Jim Forest, published by Orbis ... Read More
Island of Odysseus
GLORY IN THE HIGHEST: A Greek Orthodox church in the village of Exogi, which sits on one of Ithaca's mountains Pictures: GETTY/GALLO IMAGES NO KIDDING: ... Read More
At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian Violence
By Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Ian Lee, For CNN 8/5/2011 Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — At least six people were killed and 120 injured in sectarian ... Read More
Russia: Moscow Patriarchate Official Says Muslim Crescents Could Be Put On Coats Of Arms In Muslim Regions
By: Paul Goble 16/4/2011 Religious leaders, heraldry experts, and other commentators have rejected Mufti Talgat Tajuddin’s call for putting a cresent on the coat of ... Read More
Muslims Burn Churches in Ethiopia
By James Heiser 14/3/2011 An attack by militant Muslims which has thus far destroyed at least a dozen churches may signal an expansion in anti-Christian ... Read More
First Orthodox Monastery In Uganda Established
15/3/2011 On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 13th, the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II, after the Divine Liturgy, accompanied by ... Read More
Saving Ethiopia’s “Church Forests”
By T. DeLene Beeland 25/2/2011 In America, some fundamental Christians believe that man has a God-given right to use the earth and all its resources ... Read More