Category: Orthodox Christians

Patriarch Kirill I visits historical site of first Russian church in Beijing

obl- May 12, 2013

12/5/13 Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill I who is making a visit to China on Sunday examine a Cross of white marble installed ... Read More

Turkey Increases Security for Orthodox Patriarch

obl- May 10, 2013

ANKARA – 10/5/13 An official says Turkish authorities have tightened security for the Istanbul-based Orthodox Patriarchate following allegations of a plot to attack the spiritual ... Read More

Turkey Increases Security for Orthodox Patriarch

obl- May 10, 2013

ANKARA – 10/5/13 An official says Turkish authorities have tightened security for the Istanbul-based Orthodox Patriarchate following allegations of a plot to attack the spiritual ... Read More

Turkey uncovers alleged plot to kill Orthodox Patriarch

obl- May 10, 2013

Reuters – 10/5/13 ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is investigating an alleged plot to assassinate Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, and has stepped up security ... Read More

Nazarbayev attends Easter service in Uspensky Cathedral

obl- May 6, 2013

6/5/13 Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Uspensky Cathedral, Kazakhstan’s major orthodox church, on Easter Sunday,  Tengrinews.kz  reports. “Dear fellow-countrymen, the whole Orthodox world is celebrating ... Read More

Nazarbayev attends Easter service in Uspensky Cathedral

obl- May 6, 2013

6/5/13 Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Uspensky Cathedral, Kazakhstan’s major orthodox church, on Easter Sunday, Read More

Bartholomew leads Orthodox Easter celebration on Gokceada

obl- May 6, 2013

6/5/13 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on Sunday joined the Orthodox celebration of Easter, one of the main holidays in the Christian world, for the first ... Read More

Bartholomew leads Orthodox Easter celebration on Gokceada

obl- May 6, 2013

6/5/13 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on Sunday joined the Orthodox celebration of Easter, one of the main holidays in the Christian world, for the first ... Read More

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