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65,000 gather in Moscow ‘to pray for Church & defend faith’
22/4/2012 Tens of thousands of Orthodox Christians have joined a service outside Moscow’s main church, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in defense of their ... Read More
Remembering genocide and faith at Geghard Monastery in the mountains of Armenia
Geghard Monastery, a Fourth Century Armenian Christian monastery, overlooks the Azat River gorge in the Caucasus region of Armenia. (Courtesy of Andy Anderson) Visitors light ... Read More
WATERGATE FELON-TURNED-PROPHET COLSON DEAD AT 80
ART MOORE 22/4/2012 ‘I will stand for the Lord, regardless of what my state tells me’ News in 1973 of convicted Watergate figure Chuck Colson’s ... Read More
Birthday Greetings to His Holiness Ignatious Zakka 1st
His Holiness Zakka I Iwas Patriarch of Antioch and All the East - 122nd successor of St.Peter in the Apostolic See of Antioch Supreme Head ... Read More
Works in monasteries in Kosmet begin on April 23
Radio Serbia 19/4/2012 Works on the conservation and restoration of frescoes in Orthodox Serb monasteries in Kosmet begin on April 23 and Belgrade company Koto, ... Read More
Pope not planning to visit Serbia, Vatican says
TANJUG 19/4/2012 VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is not planning to visit Serbia next year for the 1,700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, ... Read More
Georgia-Israel Relations Continue Stumbling With Monastery Flap – Analysis
The Monastery of the Cross, Jerusalem. By Brittany Pheiffer 19/4/2012 A controversy over a historically Georgian monastery in Jerusalem is further complicating already-strained ties between ... Read More
A European monarch is buried in Libertyville
St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church and Monastery has been a landmark in Libertyville for more than 85 years. BY ARLENE LANE AND SONIA SCHOENFIELD 18/4/2012 ... Read More
Stars Speak of God as Orthodox Church Prepares to Defend Faith
18/04/2012 Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti With Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church facing a wave of criticism from what it has called supporters of “radical liberal values,” ... Read More
Coptic Christians celebrate Easter without Pope Shenouda
Pope Shenouda’s III died on March 17, leaving the Coptic community without its well-loved and active leader. (Reuters) By CLAIRE READ AL ARABIYA CAIRO 17/4/2012 ... Read More