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OCP News Service - 21/6/14 Click to visit the Portal below: http://www.ocpsociety.org/aacp/ Dubai: The Exclusive Portal Dedicated the to the Addis Ababa Conference of the ... Read More

Metropolitan Cornelius’ 90th birthday is celebrated in Tallinn

Estonian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate - June 2014 The 90th birthday of Metropolitan Cornelius of Tallinn and All Estonia was celebrated in Tallinn on ... Read More

Estonia’s Prime Minister Taavi Roivas congratulates Metropolitan Cornelius of Tallinn and All Estonia on his 90th birthday

Estonian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate - June 2014 On June 19, 2014, Metropolitan Cornelius of Tallinn and All Estonia turned 90 year old. On ... Read More

Regular session of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Synod takes place in Kiev

June 2014 On 19 June 2014, a session of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church took place in the Synodal Hall of the ... Read More

Biography of newly-elected Serbian Orthodox Bishop Andrej (Cilerdzic) of Austria-Switzerland

June 2014 Bishop Andrej (Cilebdzic) was born on 21.08.1961 in Osnabrück (Germany), as a second son of protopresbyter-staurophor Dobrivoje Cilerdzic and mother Marijana. The primary ... Read More

Conference of the Brotherhood Members Commenced in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

June 2014 On June 18, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the 6th conference of the Members of the Brotherhood of the Mother See ... Read More

The Religious Cleansing of Iraq’s Christians

By Lela Gilbert Fox News - 21/6/14 Just a year ago, after months of bombings, shootings and kidnappings, Baghdad's Monsignor Pios Cacha made a grim prediction. ... Read More

Orthodox Christians take part in Father’s Day Celebrations at Minsk

Report Prepared for OCP Media Network - June 2014 On June 15 Orthodox Christians in Minsk (Belarus) took part in the celebration of the international ... Read More

Assyrians and Christians Under Attack in Iraq and Syria

By Stephen Starr http://www.irishtimes.com - 19/6/14 With extremists battling for control of Iraq's largest oilfield on Tuesday, upping the stakes in a burgeoning war against the ... Read More

Catholicos of All Armenians Received the Conference Members of the Brotherhood of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

19/6/14 On June 18, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the 6th conference of the Members of the Brotherhood of the Mother See was ... Read More

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Publication of the “Interpretation of the Works of Apostles” by Gevorg Skevratsi

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin - June 2014 With blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Publishing Department ... Read More

Communique Issued from International Consultation on “Crisis in Syria: Challenges for Faith Communities”

June-2014 On June 11 and 12, following the conclusion of the International Consultation on “Crisis in Syria: Challenges for Faith Communities”, convened in the Mother ... Read More

Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Sloviansk shelled

19/6/14 On June 16, after the evening service the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky and the cathedral grounds in Sloviansk were shelled by the Ukrainian ... Read More

Relics of Venerable Abba Justin transferred to the Monastery church

Church of Serbia - June 2014 On Saturday, June 14th 2014, the relics of Venerable Abba Justin the New of Celije were transferred to ... Read More

Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Fullness of the Russian Orthodox Church

19/6/14 Dear brothers and sisters, I address now the entire Fullness of our Church, all the peoples of historical Rus. There can be nothing more ... Read More

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chairs a regular session of the Supreme Church Council

On 17 June 2014, the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church met for a regular session at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour ... Read More

Christians’ Last Journey Through Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq

By Nuri Kino - 19/6/14 Sodertalje, Sweden -- In 2008, Sodertalje, a small town of 80,000 inhabitants, alone received more Iraqi refugees than the United ... Read More

Iraq’s Dwindling Christians Wonder If It’s Time To Leave Iraq

By Leila Fadel National Public Radio - 19/6/14 About 20 miles outside the embattled northern Iraqi city of Mosul lies the Christian village of Al-Qoush. It's ... Read More

ISIS Cuts Off Water, Electricity, Destroys Churches

19/6/14 (AINA) -- Sources in Tikrit and Mosul have told AINA that ISIS has cut off water and electricity to some parts of the cities. ... Read More

Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Visits Syriac Orthodox Faithful in Bartella, Bahzani and Bashiqa in Iraq

19/6/14 Visit to Bartella On 15th June Sunday morning, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II visited Morth Shmouny church in the Syriac town of ... Read More

Metropolitan Abba Seraphim of Glastonbury speaks on Human Rights and Religious Persecution in Eritrea at the UNHRC