Category: NY

62 Coptic Christian Families Forcibly Evicted by Salafi Muslims

obl- February 10, 2012

Coptic Christians demonstrating against persecution By Asia News 10/2/2012 Salafi Muslims in the area of el-Amerya, with the complicity of the police and state authorities, ... Read More

St. Vladimir’s Seminary presents “ORIENT: Sacred Song and Image”

obl- February 10, 2012

10/2/2012 Tickets are $25, and may be purchased online here. Your printed registration form will serve as your admission ticket. [SVOTS Communications, Yonkers, NY]On Monday ... Read More

Judean Desert Draws In Tourists

obl- February 10, 2012

BY DANIELA BERRETTA 9/2/2012 JERICHO, West Bank — Located between Jerusalem and Jericho, the Judean Desert provided an inspiration to thousands of hermits who lived ... Read More

Re-creating a time of peace in the Balkans

obl- February 9, 2012

Ariston Anderson 5/2/2012 Sarajevo-born filmmaker Emir Kusturica is using the arts and architecture to re-imagine the Yugoslavia of his youth. MOKRA GORA, SERBIA — High ... Read More

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill calls Putin era a “miracle of God”

OCP- February 9, 2012

By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW 8/2/2012 (Reuters) – The head of the Russian Orthodox church on Wednesday called the 12 years of Vladimir Putin’s rule a ... Read More

Two New Bishops in the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania

OCP- February 8, 2012

January 2012 The Albanian Orthodox Church Following the proposal of the Clergy-Laity Council, as defined in the new statute of our Church, on Thursday, January ... Read More

WE SHALL UPHOLD THE CANDLE OF ORTHODOXY IN KOSOVO!

obl- February 8, 2012

6/2/2012 Plea to parishioners and all who wish to help. At the Saturday evening service before the Sunday of the New Martyrs and Confessors of ... Read More

FATHER FEODOR KONYUKHOV TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST AGAIN, HOPES TO PLANT CROSS

obl- February 8, 2012

2/2/2012 Priest and traveler Feodor Konyukhov decided to equip an expedition to Mount Everest. Read More

Orthodox Christians in fear of ‘utter chaos’ seek refuge in prayer

OCP- February 8, 2012

Sr Verona, head of the Saydnaya convent, in a room in the convent that was damaged in a recent mortar attack. Photograph: Bassem Tellawi/AP 8/2/2012 ... Read More

Putin promises to protect Christianity Worldwide

OCP- February 8, 2012

8/2/2012 Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has promised to make the protection of repressed Christians in foreign countries one of his foreign policy priorities if he ... Read More