Tag: holy

New find revives ‘Jesus Tomb’ flap

OCP- February 28, 2012

One of the designs etched on a bone box found within a 1st-century Jerusalem tomb suggests the biblical story of Jonah and the fish, which ... Read More

Church of Holy Girdle of St Mary in Homs Bombed

obl- February 28, 2012

26/2/12 Church of Holy Girdle of St Mary in Homs Bombed. May God protect our Church of Holy Girdle of St Mary in Homs and ... Read More

Gov’t gives green light to opening of seminary

obl- February 27, 2012

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew (L) shakes hands with former Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Şahin, who is a member of Parliament’s Constitutional Conciliation Commission, before presenting ... Read More

These paintings are rooted in prayer

obl- February 27, 2012

Michael Goltz of Port Vue, a full-time iconographer and one of the organizers for the Pittsburgh's upcoming Icon Festival. Read More

Upper St. Clair man to direct social service ministry

OCP- February 27, 2012

By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 27/2/2012 Nicholas Chakos of Upper St. Clair, who has moved all over the globe to help some of the world’s ... Read More

Memory of Patriarch Alexy II honoured

obl- February 26, 2012

25/2/2012 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has honoured the memory of his predecessor Patriarch Alexy II by holding a requiem service at Alexy’s ... Read More

Eastern Orthodox members trying to grow in Jacksonville

obl- February 26, 2012

Peyton Tosh reads aloud during a Vespers service for the Jacksonville Eastern Orthodox Church with her brother Gabriel and sister Lydia in the chapel at ... Read More

Orthodox Lent begins Sunday

OCP- February 26, 2012

The Times-Standard 25/2/2012 The world’s 250 million Orthodox Christians, including those who worship at St. Innocent Orthodox Church in Eureka, are getting ready to enter ... Read More

Writing on the wall: Israel and its Christians

OCP- February 22, 2012

By DAVID ROSENBERG / THE MEDIA LINE/ 02/21/2012 Jerusalem church points to negative attitudes among many Jews. A day after it was discovered on the ... Read More

Annual Working Session of the Church National Assembly of the Romanian Orthodox Church

OCP- February 17, 2012

15/2/2012 The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 15 February 2012, the annual working session of the Church National Assembly took place ... Read More