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World’s most northern Orthodox church built in Yakutia
1/7/14 Veliky Novgorod, June 30, Interfax - Novgorod residents founded an Orthodox Church of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign not ... Read More
Slavyansk cathedral was shelled during the Liturgy
Moscow, June 30, Interfax - On Sunday, Ukrainian army shelled residential districts of Slavyansk again, St. Alexander Cathedral was under fire. “The shelling started in ... Read More
5 Assyrians, Including Two Nuns, Missing in Mosul
1/7/14 Mosul, Iraq (AINA) -- The Assyrian television channel Ishtar TV is reporting that 5 Assyrians have gone missing in Mosul. Two Chaldean nuns from ... Read More
IOCC Responds to Victims of Flood Ravaged Midwest
30/6/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Rivers across the Midwest are surging over their banks, flooding cities and sweeping away summer crops as they fail to ... Read More
Church Bells Fall Silent in Mosul
By Andrew Doran, Drew Bowling http://www.thedailybeast.com - 30/6/14 Last Sunday, for the first time in 1600 years, no mass (Divine Liturgy) was celebrated in Mosul. The ... Read More
FINAL STATEMENT OF THE ANTIOCHIAN CONFERENCE
The Orthodox Patriarchate of Anthioch and All East - 29/6/14 FINAL STATEMENT OF THE ANTIOCHIAN CONFERENCE ANTIOCHIAN UNITY: DIMENSIONS AND EXIGENCIES on June 25th through ... Read More
Patriarch John X on “Antiochian Unity: Its Dimensions and Exigencies”
20/6/14 Today we are announcing our general ecclesial conference, the Antiochian Conference which will be held here at the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I Receives Students from Europe and the United States of America majoring in Middle East Studies
June 2014 26 June 2014. On Thursday 25 students from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America majoring in Middle East Studies ... Read More
The Ceremony in Antelias to conclude the 2013-2014 Bible Study Course for Women
Armenian Church in Lebanon - June 2014 The annual Bible Study Course for women, organized by the Christian Education Department, ended on 17 June 2014. ... Read More
San Francisco: XIII All-Diasporan Youth Conference Begins with Moleben to St. John of Shanghai
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Moscow Patriarchate On Thursday, June 27, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of ... Read More
The ROCOR Council of Bishops Select Regular Members of the Synod of Bishops
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - June 2014 On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia ... Read More
Vidovdan Address of Saint Nikolaj Velimirovic, 1916
Church of Serbia - June 2014 On June 28th 1916, now Sainted Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović addressed a congregation gathered at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill extends condolences to Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria upon the flood
June 2014 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent the following message of condolences to His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill’s appeal for the OSCE observers held in Ukraine
June 2014 The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church has made the following appeal to help release the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill on the beginning of negotiations to settle the crisis in Ukraine
June 2014 On June 24, the press service of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia published the following statement His Holiness made ... Read More
OCA Holy Synod holds summer meeting
June 2014 The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America held a summer meeting at the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Canada, ... Read More
SOPANA: a new initiative of the Indian Orthodox Church to mold budding theologians
28/6/14 INDIA/KERALA/KOTTAYAM: “On the basis of the unanimous request of the Chapter of the Monastery and on my own conviction I have appointed Fr. Dr. ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Received Members of the Syrain Parliament
June 2014 Damascus: A delegation from the Syrian Parliament visited His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II at the Patriarchal Residence in Damascus. They congratulated ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion:“The voice of many millions of Orthodox believers should be heard and taken into account”
Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the 1st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy. On June 26, the opening of the 21st Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy ... Read More
Armenian Orthodox Church to hold blessing of the Holy Muron in September 2015
Rubin Vanetsi (OCP Delegate of All Armenia) OCP News Service - 28/6/14 Yerevan: The Armenian Apostolic Church will hold blessing of the Holy Muron on ... Read More
Catholicos of All Armenians Receives World Chess Champion and World Cup Winner
June 2014 On June 24, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, welcomed Grand ... Read More