Tag: holy fire

Nazarbayev attends Easter service in Uspensky Cathedral

obl- May 6, 2013

6/5/13 Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Uspensky Cathedral, Kazakhstan’s major orthodox church, on Easter Sunday,  Tengrinews.kz  reports. “Dear fellow-countrymen, the whole Orthodox world is celebrating ... Read More

Jerusalem’s dwindling Christians celebrate the Holy Fire on Orthodox Easter

obl- May 6, 2013

5/5/13 The annual rite at the 1500-year-old Church of the Holy Sepulcher attracted fewer local faithful as Christians across the region are caught up in ... Read More

Romanian nuns celebrate Easter among the skulls of their dead sisters as Orthodox Christians pack churches around the world

obl- May 6, 2013

By  ROSIE TAYLOR  - 5/5/13 Around 300million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday  Nuns at the Pasarea monastery in Romania marked the holy event in room ... Read More

Orthodox Christian Holy Week 2013 – Snaps Around the World

obl- May 6, 2013

Holy Land: Scene from Holy Fire Syria: Aleppo Archbishop Mor Yuhanon Gregorios blessing the faithful, The pic was taken before his abduction by the terrorists ... Read More