Category: PA

Coptic Church attacked in Libya’s Benghazi: ministry

obl- March 4, 2013

Libyan officials have condemned a Thursday attack on a Coptic Christian church in Benghazi. Here, Copts attend a service in the Church of St. Barbera ... Read More

Russian Church official attacks Stalin but says Soviet history is not all bad

obl- March 4, 2013

4/3/12 A top Russian Orthodox cleric has praised the Russian people for disrupting Stalin’s plan to change the historical course of Russia, but at the ... Read More

Hindus Urge New Ethiopian Church Patriarch to Promote Interfaith Dialogue

obl- March 4, 2013

Distinguished Hindu Statesman Rajan Zed 4/3/13 Ethiopia is home to one of the world’s greatest Christian religious-historical sites. (RENO) – Congratulating His Holiness Abune Mathias, ... Read More

FIRST MONUMENT TO PATRIARCH ALEXIY II UNVEILED IN MOSCOW

obl- March 4, 2013

4/3/13 On February 23, 2013 the authorized representative of the Ukrainian Church on matters of higher education and science, Archimandrite Viktor (Bed) took part in ... Read More

New Archbishop Concecrated for Syriac Orthodox Vicarate of Argentina

obl- March 2, 2013

Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East -2/3/13 Beirut: Holy Father His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Was first consecrated Very Rev. Rabban ... Read More

Holy springs, healing springs: Istanbul’s ayazma

obl- March 2, 2013

Istanbul has quite a few holy springs, referred to as ayazma from the Greek, meaning holy water. Read More

Orthodox leaders to meet in Istanbul

obl- March 2, 2013

‘Russia’s presence in such a meeting is a clear sign of the value given to the Fener Greek Patriarchate,’ Metropolitan of Bursa Lambriniadis says. Read More

Egyptian Muslims storm church seeking suspected convert

obl- March 2, 2013

Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, is greeted by Egyptian Christians as he prepares to lead a midnight Liturgy ... Read More