Category: Africa

Serbia given a minute to defend its Heritage

obl- July 1, 2011

Mastilović – Jasnić 01. 07. 2011 Foto: Nebojša Marković ‘Attempt that four Serbian monuments of culture – monasteries Pecka Patrijarsija, Decani, Gracanica and Bogorodica Ljeviska ... Read More

Northeast Portland church finds new life as Heart of Wisdom, a Buddhist temple

obl- June 26, 2011

A former church that's housed three congregations in Northeast Portland has become Heart of Wisdom, a Zen Buddhist temple. Tony Mandella works restoring the old ... Read More

Poland Rescues Christian Refugees

OCP- June 21, 2011

20/6/2011 Christian Persecution in Africa WARSAW/BUDAPEST (Worthy News)– Poland has granted asylum to 16 Christian refugees who accompanied Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski on a flight ... Read More

Ratko Mladic, killing 3,500 Christians near Srebrenica & Islamic Jihad: Bosnia & Western Hypocrisy!

OCP- June 13, 2011

By Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times 13/6/2011 The image of Srebrenica tells us more about the reality of the majority of the media and ... Read More

Praying With Icons: A Short History of Icons – Excerpt

OCP- May 22, 2011

By Jim Forest 18/5/2011 Visit Jim and Nancy Forest’s website here Here follows an extract from Praying With Icons by Jim Forest, published by Orbis ... Read More

Island of Odysseus

obl- May 11, 2011

GLORY IN THE HIGHEST: A Greek Orthodox church in the village of Exogi, which sits on one of Ithaca's mountains Pictures: GETTY/GALLO IMAGES NO KIDDING: ... Read More

At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian Violence

OCP- May 8, 2011

By Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Ian Lee, For CNN 8/5/2011 Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — At least six people were killed and 120 injured in sectarian ... Read More

Russia: Moscow Patriarchate Official Says Muslim Crescents Could Be Put On Coats Of Arms In Muslim Regions

obl- April 19, 2011

By: Paul Goble 16/4/2011 Religious leaders, heraldry experts, and other commentators have rejected Mufti Talgat Tajuddin’s call for putting a cresent on the coat of ... Read More

Muslims Burn Churches in Ethiopia

OCP- March 17, 2011

By James Heiser 14/3/2011 An attack by militant Muslims which has thus far destroyed at least a dozen churches may signal an expansion in anti-Christian ... Read More

First Orthodox Monastery In Uganda Established

OCP- March 16, 2011

15/3/2011 On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 13th, the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II, after the Divine Liturgy, accompanied by ... Read More