Category: NY
Controversial Visit: Religious leader of Azerbaijan “is not afraid” to say “all that needs to be said” in Yerevan
By ARIS GHAZINYAN ArmeniaNow reporter 28/11/2011 Sheikh ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus Allahshukur Pashazade’s visit to Yerevan is in the focus of public ... Read More
Relic leaves Russia after ‘blessing three million’
AFP 28/11/2011 MOSCOW – A relic said to have belonged to the Virgin Mary left Russia Monday after a stay that saw it worshipped by ... Read More
Egypt’s Copts view election with concern
“] 27/11/2011 Marginalised for years, Coptic Christians struggle to define their status as a new government takes shape. The fight for equal rights and political ... Read More
Madaba’s Mosaics
27/11/2011 Aruna Chandaraju examines the mosaic map of Madaba in Jordan and offers a picturesque review of the church in which it’s found, as well ... Read More
On the birthday of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr the episcopate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church prayed for health and recovery of their…
23/11/2011 On November 23, the day of the 76th birthday anniversary of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Refectory Church ... Read More
Israeli public figures apologize to Greek patriarch for ultra-Orthodox spitting incidents
By Oz Rosenberg 23/11/2011 Visit to Greek Orthodox patriarch led by Rabbis for Human Rights head. Last Friday, a group of Jewish public figures and ... Read More
Author Susan Morse shares her mother’s journey to become an Orthodox Nun
BY ELLEN GRAY Philadelphia Daily News 23/11/2011 PHILADELPHIA – “Nobody dies at the end of this book,” writes Susan Morse in the preface to “The ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch’s religious freedom is one of U.S. Congress’ most highly supported issues
Washington, D.C. 11/22/2011 –89 Senators and 291 Members Express Concern to President Obama– “With overwhelming numbers of Republicans and Democrats, the US Senate and the ... Read More
What’s to become of Mideast Christians?
Syria’s Christians fear President Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, Henry Srebrnik writes. By Henry Srebrnik 22/11/2011 The Arab awaking has been, at best, a mixed blessing for ... Read More