Category: Greek Orthodox

Their properties have been given back, what about seized Foundations?

OCP- September 1, 2011

ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ o.cengiz@todayszaman.com 1/9/2011 If you do not know the story of non-Muslim foundations in Turkey, I can summarize it as follows: In 1936, ... Read More

Notes From Tripoli

obl- August 31, 2011

By Franklin Lamb 30/8/2011 Countercurrents.org Tripoli Journal in Which Franklin Lamb Shields a Nigerian from Rebel Racists and Dreams of Chadian Ladies Tripoli: My roommate ... Read More

The Repose of His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri

obl- August 28, 2011

DALLAS, TX [OCA] 28/8/2011 His Eminence, the Most Reverend Dmitri, 87, retired Archbishop of Dallas and the Diocese of the South, fell asleep in the ... Read More

Turkey Decrees Partial Return of Confiscated Christian, Jewish Property (Update)

OCP- August 28, 2011

By: Weekly Staff 28/8/2011 ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey’s government is returning hundreds of properties confiscated from the country’s Christian and Jewish minorities over the past 75 years ... Read More

Opinion: Turkey’s Grand Gesture

OCP- August 27, 2011

By Idris Tawfiq – The Egyptian Gazette 26.8.2011 Turkey has come a long way in recent years. Gone is the era and ethos of a ... Read More

Setting the Record Straight: List of Churches in Turkey

OCP- August 24, 2011

By: Raffi Bedrosyan 23/8/2011 (A.W.)–The recently appointed ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone, responding to questions submitted by Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), made incorrect claims about ... Read More

UMD Calls For Greek Metropolitan’s Excommunication – OpEd

OCP- August 21, 2011

Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki By: Eurasia Review 20/8/2011 By The United Macedonian Diaspora The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) expressed its outrage at Sunday’s sermon by ... Read More

Alexander the Great: Impressions Of The Community And 2011 Zoullas Lecture – Next Edition!

OCP- August 17, 2011

Fresco of Alexander the Great in the Monastery of Varlaam, Meteora, Greece. By Catherine Tsounis 17/8/2011 “There is and will be only one Alexander the ... Read More

OCP Article Updates

obl- August 15, 2011

15/8/2011 OCP Article blog Updated with news stuffs The presence of the THEOTOKOS in the Economy of Salvation – an Orthodox Approach Christians in the ... Read More

Christians in the Holy Land

obl- August 9, 2011

29/7/2011 KIM LAWTON, correspondent: It’s Sunday morning in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Christians have gathered for worship at the ancient Church of the ... Read More