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The Helsinki Committee reports about the state persecution on religious basis of the political prisoner Archbishop Jovan and the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric - May - June 2014 The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in R. Macedonia, in accordance to its mission to monitor the ... Read More
Assyria Foundation Honors Oriental Institute Scholars
18/6/14 Chicago (AINA) -- The Chicago based Assyria Foundation and the Assyrian community honored scholars and editors from the Oriental Institute of the University of ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion’s film “Orthodoxy in the British Islands” to premiere on Kultura TV channel
17/6/14 The documentary “Orthodoxy in the British Islands” will premiere at 22:05 on June 18, 2014, on the Rossiya-Kultura TV channel. The author of the ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill’s congratulations to Bashar Assad on his re-election as president of the Syrian Arab Republic
June 2014 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russian has sent the following congratulatory message to Mr. Bashar Assad: To His Excellency Bashar ... Read More
2 Christians kidnapped Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
17/6/14 CAIRO — Masked armed men, suspected to be Islamic militants, kidnapped two Coptic Christians in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in two separate incidents, and clashes ... Read More
Russian Church to open a center for studying Orthodox culture in Shanghai
Moscow, June 16, Interfax - The Shanghai Foreign Languages University and the Patriarchal Council for Culture signed an agreement to set up a center for ... Read More
Biblical Park to be set up in Moscow
Moscow, June 16, Interfax - The country's first park of plants mentioned in the Bible will be set up near the Holy Trinity Park in ... Read More
Roman Catholic Priest Constantine Simon Converts to Orthodoxy
June 2014 This is not the first time a Catholic priest has decided to convert to the Orthodox Faith. PRAVMIR. Archbishop Ambrose of Peterhof carried ... Read More
Ukrainian militants shell the church not far from Slavyansk
Moscow, June 16, Interfax - Monday night, St.Seraphim Church in the village of Cherevkovka not far from Slavyansk was subjected to shelling. Several shells fell ... Read More
Christians and Other Religious Minorities in Iraq Living in Sectarian Hell
By Nuri Kino - June 2014 (AINA) -- Approximately two thousand Assyrians and other Christian Iraqis are living illegally in Sweden since Immigration Minister Billstrom ... Read More
Iraqi Christians Flee Homes Amid Militant Push
17/6/14 ALQOSH, Iraq (AP) -- Over the past decade, Iraqi Christians have fled repeatedly to this ancient mountainside village, seeking refuge from violence, then returning ... Read More
Syrian Forces Expel Rebels From Christian Town on Turkish Border
A church in the Armenian Christian town of Kessab (Reuters/Stringer). 16/6/14 - http://rt.com The Syrian military has recaptured the strategically important border town of Kessab. ... Read More
Creating a Path Out of Poverty for India’s Forgotten Families
June 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — The village of Annathur is home to 302 families and one of India's most marginalized communities. Many of the ... Read More
Bosnia’s Flood Survivors Face Slow and Difficult Recovery
16/6/14 - IOCC Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — When floodwaters from record breaking rainfall surged beyond the banks of the Bosna River last month, Šamac and ... Read More
ORTHODOX EDUCATION DAY 2014: “Do Books Still Matter? A Celebration of Orthodox Christian Publications”
16/6/14 Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary here has chosen as its theme for Orthodox Education Day 2014, “Do Books Still Matter? A Celebration of Orthodox ... Read More
NEW VANDALISMS AT GREEK ORTHODOX CHAPEL OF ST SION
June 2014 On the morning of Friday the 31st of May/13th of June 2014, the Dragoman’s Office of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, notified by the ... Read More
CHAPEL OF PENTECOST ON HOLY SION VIOLATED AND DESECRATED
Jerusalem Patriarchate - June 2014 On the evening of the Sunday of Pentecost, the 26th of May/8th of June 2014, and on the evening of ... Read More
METROPOLITAN OF LARISSA DECORATED
June 2014 On Friday the 24th of May/6th of June 2014, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem conferred on the Most Reverend Metropolitan Ignatius of ... Read More
MONDAY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE
June 2014 Monday the 27th of May/9th of June 2014 saw the celebrations for the descent of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the ... Read More
THE FEAST OF PENTECOST AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE
June 2014 On Sunday the 26th of May/8th of June 2014, the feast of Pentecost was observed at the Patriarchate in commemoration of the miraculous ... Read More
DECORATION OF HUNGARIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO RAMALLAH
June 2014 On Friday the 24th of May/6th of June 2014, the Representative of Hungary to the Palestinian Autonomy in Ramallah, Mr Csaba Czibere was ... Read More