Category: News

Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia arrives in Moscow

obl- January 21, 2013

January 20, 2012 – His Holiness and Beatitude Iliya II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, was given a solemn welcome at Vnukovo airport in Moscow. On ... Read More

Orthodox Christians to join Friday’s March for Life

obl- January 21, 2013

21/1/13 – OCA On the eve of his Enthronement as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America the weekend of January 26-27, 2013, His Beatitude, ... Read More

Orthodox Christians to join Friday’s March for Life

obl- January 21, 2013

21/1/13 – OCA On the eve of his Enthronement as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America the weekend of January 26-27, 2013, His Beatitude, ... Read More

Ancient church frescoes created by renowned icon painter Onufri stolen in Albania

obl- January 20, 2013

20/1/13 TIRANA (AFP).- Several frescoes by a master painter were vandalised and some of their parts stolen from a 16th-century Orthodox church in southern Albania, ... Read More

Georgian Orthodox Church head to visit Moscow

obl- January 20, 2013

20/1/13 The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II is headed to Moscow on the occasion of him being awarded the Prize of the International Foundation ... Read More

Violence erupts after Muslim protesters attack Upper Egypt Church

obl- January 19, 2013

18/1/13 Street battles between security forces and Muslim protesters begins outside Al-Marshada Church, following alleged sex attack on girl by Coptic man; village Iman calls ... Read More

Orthodox Christians mark Epiphany holiday – Photos

obl- January 19, 2013

A Belarus Orthodox believer plunges into icy waters as a priest blesses him on the eve of the Epiphany holiday in Pilnitsa some 30 km ... Read More

Coptic church building destroyed

obl- January 18, 2013

18/1/13 A building in a village south west of Cairo housing a reception hall and nursery was destroyed yesterday by a mob following a rumour ... Read More