Category: PA
Istanbul: Historic Greek Orphanage to Become Environmental Center Under Patriarch Bartholomew I
By Areti Kotseli 10/4/2012 The Büyükada Greek Orphanage of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate is set to become an international environmental foundation, according to a recent ... Read More
Christian clerics alarmed at growing threats, persecution in Turkey
keep watch at their door during mass. DAILY NEWS photo”] ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News 10/4/2012 Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr In the wake of an attack ... Read More
In Jerusalem, the spiritual and the physical can be overwhelming
Photo by Millie Ball 10/4/2012 IF YOU GO TO JERUSALEM Arriving: Airlines fly into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, about 35 miles from Jerusalem. Read More
Cyprus Church Plans to Invest in Banks, Energy, Archbishop Says
By Paul Tugwel 9/4/2012 The Orthodox Christian Church of Cyprus wants to invest hundreds of millions of euros in the country’s economy to boost jobs ... Read More
Serbian Patriarch Irinej celebrated its Patron Saint’s Day
8/4/2012 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch served today on the Annunciation of the Lord and Lazarus Saturday, the Divine Liturgy in Belgrade’s Cathedral Church. On ... Read More
St. Dionysius Indian Orthodox Church to be built in Al Ain
St. Geevarghese Mar Dionysius Vattaseril of India Indian Orthodox Church United Arab Emirates By Janice Ponce de Leon, Staff Reporter 8/4/2012 More on St Read More
Ethiopia : Hyenas Deprived of Butcher Scraps During Orthodox Lent Started Hunting Donkeys
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer 8/4/2012 Humans aren’t the only ones who give up certain foods for Lent. In the 55 days before Easter in ... Read More
Syria’s Christians caught in the middle
7/4/2012 As the year-long conflict polarises Syrian society, Omar Abdel-Razek from BBC Arabic finds an Orthodox Christian community worried it could face trouble from both ... Read More
It may be tragic, but I’ll never have a Breguet. And I also won’t have “not expensive watch with the coat of arms” – Patriarch Kirill
Valentina TRUBETSKAYA, Interfax-Religion editor-in-chief 8/4/2012 It may be tragic, but I’ll never have a Breguet. And I also won’t have “not expensive watch with the ... Read More
After Arab Spring, experts fearful of Christian targeting at Easter celebrations
By Dan Merica, CNN 7/4/2012 (CNN)– For Christians in countries thrown into tumult by the Arab Spring revolutions, Easter celebrations may prove dangerous. According to ... Read More