Tag: ria

Assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Prevented

OCP- March 9, 2011

9/3/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net – The Turkish police have prevented another assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, according to the Austrian catholic news agency. ... Read More

Islamic Mob Burns Down Church in Egypt

OCP- March 9, 2011

‘Kill all the Christians,’ local imam tells villagers. CAIRO, March 8 (CDN) — A Muslim mob in a village south of Cairo last weekend attacked ... Read More

CIS and Baltic Christian Inter-confessional Committee supports initiatives by Patriarch Kirill for improving national Population Policy

OCP- March 9, 2011

5.03.2011 CIS and Baltic Christian Inter-confessional Committee supports initiatives by Patriarch Kirill for improving national population Policy The CIS and Baltic Christian Inter-confessional Committee (CIAC) ... Read More

THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION

OCP- March 8, 2011

8/3/2011 How the Church reacted When the Egyptian Revolution broke out on 25 January, the Coptic Orthodox Church was still reeling from the effects of ... Read More

A Monk in Confinement, Waiting to Reclaim a Title

OCP- March 8, 2011

Monk Irenaeus (Former Patriarch of Jerusalem) By ISABEL KERSHNER 7/3/2011 Jerusalem Journal New York Times JERUSALEM — Like a figure in a medieval drama, the ... Read More

Clergy Conference in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

obl- March 7, 2011

1/3/2011 On February 28 and March 1, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians presided over the annual clergy conference, convened ... Read More

Demise of Metropolitan Mor Polycarpus Geevarghese

OCP- March 7, 2011

Mor Polycarpus Geevarghese 7/3/2011 Syrian Orthodox Church in India Senior Metropolitan of EAE & St. Antony’s Mission (Honnavar Mission), His Grace Mor Polycarpus Geevarghese (78) ... Read More

Milwaukee talk gives the history behind Avarayr

obl- March 6, 2011

By David Luhrssen 5/3/2011 Milwaukee, – Vartanants, commemorating the Armenian defeat by Persia at the Battle of Avarayr (AD 451), is familiar to all Armenians. ... Read More

Patriarch’s Encyclical on our Entry into Great Lent

obl- March 6, 2011

+ BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome And Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace and Peace from our Lord and ... Read More

Serbian official: Bishop must apologize for making anti-gay remarks after Parade

obl- March 6, 2011

Bishop Amfilohije By The Associated Press (CP) 6/3/2011 A Serbian human rights official said Saturday a hardline Orthodox Church bishop must publicly apologize for the ... Read More