Category: NY

Historic Armenian School Building in Istanbul to Become Hotel

obl- June 26, 2012

By Vercihan Ziflioğlu From Hurriyet Daily News 25/6/2012 A historical Armenian school, Mesrobyan School in Istanbul’s Gedikpaşa district, is being transformed into a hotel. Gedikpaşa ... Read More

Egypt Copts dismayed but determined after Morsy win

OCP- June 26, 2012

26/6/2012 CAIRO: Many Egyptian Coptic Christians were dismayed by the election victory of president-elect Mohamed Morsy, but they are now preparing to co-exist with the ... Read More

Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas church in Shanghai

OCP- June 26, 2012

25/6/2012 The Chinese Orthodox Church On June 23, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Patriarchate, who is in ... Read More

Prayers Requested for Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka Iwas I

OCP- June 24, 2012

24/6/2012 His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka Iwas I, supreme head of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East is on a visit ... Read More

America’s most Russian Relic

obl- June 24, 2012

By Nadezhda Kevorkova, Kursk 24/6/2012 If Hillary Clinton truly wanted to understand Russia, she might have found it helpful to put on a kerchief and ... Read More

Christians and Jews Gather for “Corrie Remembers” 19 June, 2012

obl- June 24, 2012

20/6/2012 Travelujah Visit Travelujah for Exciting Offers on Holy Land Tours While largely unfamiliar to most Jews, Corrie ten Boom is a well-known hero among ... Read More

Palestinians push Nativity church as Heritage site

OCP- June 24, 2012

Associated Press 23/6/2012 (AP) The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is becoming the church of contention, with a bid by the Palestinians to use ... Read More

Syrian Christians feel vulnerable as country descends into civil war

obl- June 22, 2012

Syria Christians Sister Verona, the head of the Sednaya Covent, shows journalists a damaged room which was attacked by gunfire in Sednya, north of Damascus. ... Read More

The Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God is Brought to the Construction Site of All Saints Church

obl- June 22, 2012

DIOCESE OF BERLIN AND GERMANY – ROCOR 20/6/2012 On June 19, 2012, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany, Vice ... Read More