Tag: anniversary

Shevchenko and the Peresopnytsia Gospels

OCP- May 31, 2011

TARAS SHEVCHENKO. SELF-PORTRAIT (1845) PORTRAIT OF YOSIP BODIANSKY, THE MAN WHO FIRST MADE THE PERESOPNYTSIA GOSPELS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE SAINT MATTHEW, COPY OF THE PERESOPNYTSIA GOSPELS’ ... Read More

Armenia shall never accept denial of Armenian Genocide and disrespect towards memory of victims – President

obl- May 31, 2011

30/5/2011 YEREVAN. – On May 30 Armenian Government held the first sitting of state committee for coordination of 100th anniversary commemoration events of Armenian Genocide, ... Read More

US Senate resolution calls on Turkey to reopen Greek Orthodox Seminary

OCP- May 29, 2011

27/5/2011 TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL A resolution introduced to the US Senate on Tuesday calls upon the Turkish government to facilitate the reopening of the Greek ... Read More

Prayer Vigil at Eritrean Embassy

OCP- May 27, 2011

27/5/2011 The British Orthodox Church was among a number of groups which stood in solidarity with imprisoned Eritreans at a Prayer Vigil outside the Eritrean ... Read More

His Holiness Aram I Meets the Emir and the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait

obl- May 19, 2011

05/17/2011 On Tuesday 17 May 2011, His Holiness Aram I met Emir Sabah Jabr Al-Sabah, upon the organization of General Michel Suleiman, the President of ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Honors Batak Martyrs for 1st Time

OCP- May 16, 2011

16/5/2011 The holy relics of the Bulgarian Batak martyrs will be taken out of the Sveta Nedeliya church in the town for the first time ... Read More

3,000 Orthodox Believers Take Part In Service Conducted By Patriarch Kirill Of Moscow And All Rus In Donetsk

OCP- May 7, 2011

7/5/2011 Close to 3,000 Orthodox believers on May 7 took part in a liturgy at the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Donetsk conducted by Patriarch Kirill ... Read More

Scientific meeting in Felix Romuliana Ends

obl- May 4, 2011

3/5/2011 At the late antique site of Felix Romuliana near Zajecar (IV century), which is on the UNESCO list of the World Cultural Heritage, the ... Read More

Moscow and Kiev strengthen Orthodox Ties

OCP- May 3, 2011

Milena Faustova 3/5/2011 An opinion poll conducted in Ukraine by the Institute of Sociology shows that almost 50 percent of Ukrainians put their trust in ... Read More

Armenia Marks Genocide Anniversary, Slams Turkish Denial

obl- April 30, 2011

Thousands of people march to the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan. 29/4/2011 YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Hundreds of thousands of people silently marched to a hilltop ... Read More