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Karekin II, Aram I Offer Condolences on Coptic Pope’s Death

obl- March 23, 2012

20/3/2012 ETCHMIADZIN, ANTELLIAS—His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of the All Armenians and His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia offered condolences ... Read More

Houses of the Holy

OCP- March 22, 2012

The cupola of the medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery of Oskhi in northeastern Turkey Eka Chitanava 21/3/2012 A diplomatic deal to restore crumbling Georgian monasteries in ... Read More

Christian family evicted from Egypt town

OCP- March 22, 2012

Mourners and journalists gather for the interment of Pope Shenouda III at the Saint Bishoy monastery in Wadi Natroun, northwest of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March ... Read More

Archbishop Anba Pachomius the acting Patriarch of Coptic Church

OCP- March 22, 2012

22/3/2012 Coptic Church committee to discuss papal candidates. The Holy Synod, the Coptic Church’s highest authority, will hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss papal ... Read More

Series of attacks in Iraq, dozens of dead. Church of St Mathew in Baghdad targeted

OCP- March 21, 2012

21/3/2012 Asia News A bomb exploded near the Syrian-Orthodox church in the capital, killing two guards and wounding five others. Across the country there were ... Read More

Orthodox Easter Schedules and Timings in Holy Land – 2012

OCP- March 21, 2012

21/3/2012 For additional information on group Holy Land tour reservations and pilgrimages please contact Travelujah here: Roman Catholic and Anglican Easter Schedules here: Easter 2012 ... Read More

The World’s Worst Religious Persecutors – OpEd

OCP- March 21, 2012

By Nina Shea 20/3/2012 Today, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (Uscirf) released its 14th annual report , which it is mandated to do ... Read More

Funeral Snaps of Pope Shenouda from Cairo

OCP- March 20, 2012

Thousands of Egyptian Christians stand watch on a giant screen the funeral of late Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church An ... Read More

Funeral Ceremony of Pope Shenuda Began

obl- March 20, 2012

20/3/2012 Service began with prayers and statements by H.H. Patriarch Abune Paulose of Ethiopia and H.H. Patriarch Mar Ignatius Zakka Iwas of Antioch Read More

Pope Shenouda III: Four decades of Coptic history

OCP- March 20, 2012

An Egyptian Christian woman grieves as she holds a poster of late Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's ... Read More