Category: Greek Orthodox
Muslims who venerate St George
WILLIAM GOURLAY 12/4/2011 On an island known to the Greeks as Prinkipo, Ayshe Özakcam spends six months of the year attending a small stall beside ... Read More
Turkish Syriacs lament problems with education, Mor Gabriel
VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News 4/4/2011 Syriacs in Turkey are fighting to regain their rite to educate their children in their own language, ... Read More
Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Michael of Austria & Exarch of Hungary & Mid-Europe Receives Highest Austrian Honor
By Anastasia Miskedaki 5/4/2011 A historical moment for Orthodoxy in Austria and a new milestone in its relations with the Austrian state is the forthcoming ... Read More
Lent in Jerusalem: The Holy Fire Ceremony
By NICOLE JANSEZIAN, TRAVELUJAH 04/05/2011 For further information on Christian tourism and Holy Land Tours to Israel contact Travelujah. Easter in Israel is essentially centered ... Read More
Greek Christians battle over new ID cards
A Greek Orthodox nun holds a cutout of Christ on the Cross during a rally against proposed new ID cards in Athens on Sunday, March ... Read More
Orthodox Churches in the Indian Sub Continent and South East Asia
The Holy Chinese Orthodox Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion March 2011 The following article tries to discus an account of the presence of Orthodox Churches ... Read More
Greek Orthodox Church Sells Properties to Jewish Group
Patriarch Theophilos III By Hillel Fendel A group of Jewish businessmen has purchased “hundreds of dunams [quarter-acres]” of land from the Greek Orthodox Church. The ... Read More
The Glories of Byzantium
Early sixth-century marble head of the Empress Ariane BYZANTIUM-silo BYZANTIUM-silo 12th-century arm reliquary of St. Theodore Read More
A Monk in Confinement, Waiting to Reclaim a Title
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
IOCC Supports Earthquake Relief Efforts of the Greek Archdiocese of New Zealand
1/3/2011 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — As survivors begin to piece back their lives in the New Zealand city of Christchurch following a 6.3 magnitude quake ... Read More