Category: NY
The Repose of His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri
DALLAS, TX [OCA] 28/8/2011 His Eminence, the Most Reverend Dmitri, 87, retired Archbishop of Dallas and the Diocese of the South, fell asleep in the ... Read More
Turkey Decrees Partial Return of Confiscated Christian, Jewish Property (Update)
By: Weekly Staff 28/8/2011 ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey’s government is returning hundreds of properties confiscated from the country’s Christian and Jewish minorities over the past 75 years ... Read More
Jerusalem’s ‘Crown’ Gate, the Damascus Gate, Restored
Author: Ryan Jones, Travelujah 23/8/2011 Allaboutjerusalem.com The Old City of Jerusalem is famous for, among other things, its eight unique gates*, none of which are ... Read More
Opinion: Turkey’s Grand Gesture
By Idris Tawfiq – The Egyptian Gazette 26.8.2011 Turkey has come a long way in recent years. Gone is the era and ethos of a ... Read More
Greek Church Warns Of ‘Tsunami Of Poverty’
26/8/2011 Greece will face a desperate situation this autumn, with a wave of poverty stemming from its crippled economy, a spokesman for the Orthodox Church ... Read More
First Coptic church in Hungary Consecrated
By: MTI 23/8/2011 Shenouda III, the leader of the Coptic Christian community, consecrated the first Coptic church in Hungary on Sunday. The Coptic Pope, as ... Read More
King renews support for Christians in Mideast
Amman Time 25/8/2011 AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday underlined Jordan’s commitment to protecting the Christian presence in the Palestinian territories and ... Read More
Setting the Record Straight: List of Churches in Turkey
By: Raffi Bedrosyan 23/8/2011 (A.W.)–The recently appointed ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone, responding to questions submitted by Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), made incorrect claims about ... Read More
Another Armenian Church vandalized in Georgia
22/8/2011 TBILISI. – Another Armenian church was vandalized in Georgia. Read More
ME Council of Churches meeting to take place in Cyprus
By Argyro Nicolaou 24/8/2011 THE GENERAL Assembly of the Middle Eastern Church Council will take place in Cyprus late in November, Archbishop Chrysostomos announced yesterday. ... Read More