Category: NY

Jerusalem’s dwindling Christians celebrate the Holy Fire on Orthodox Easter

obl- May 6, 2013

5/5/13 The annual rite at the 1500-year-old Church of the Holy Sepulcher attracted fewer local faithful as Christians across the region are caught up in ... Read More

Romanian nuns celebrate Easter among the skulls of their dead sisters as Orthodox Christians pack churches around the world

obl- May 6, 2013

By  ROSIE TAYLOR  - 5/5/13 Around 300million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday  Nuns at the Pasarea monastery in Romania marked the holy event in room ... Read More

A 17th-Century Russian Community Living in 21st-Century Alaska

obl- May 4, 2013

Wendi Jonassen and Ryan Loughlin  - 4/5/13 This clan has traveled from Russia through China, Brazil, and Oregon to make a home in the remote ... Read More

Romfea.gr: 16 months in prison

obl- May 4, 2013

4/5/13 On 1st May 2013, 16 months have passed since His Beatitude Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje is being held in the ... Read More

Romfea.gr: 16 months in prison

obl- May 4, 2013

4/5/13 On 1st May 2013, 16 months have passed since His Beatitude Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje is being held in the ... Read More

Foreign Policy American magazine includes Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew among 500 Most Influential Worldwide

obl- May 4, 2013

New York, NY 5/2/2013 His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, leader of 300 million  Orthodox Christians world-wide, has been included on the list of the world’s ... Read More

Sviyazhsk: An island town on the Volga

obl- May 4, 2013

After the defeat of Kazan, Sviyazhsk remained an outpost of Christianity in a Muslim region. Source: mityaguimon/flickr.com Read More

Sviyazhsk: An island town on the Volga

obl- May 4, 2013

After the defeat of Kazan, Sviyazhsk remained an outpost of Christianity in a Muslim region. Source: mityaguimon/flickr.com Read More