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The Situation is Dire for All Groups’ Patriarch Sako Says About Iraq

OCP- July 27, 2014

Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako http://en.radiovaticana.va - 27/7/14 Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako says the situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate quickly. He said the country ... Read More

12th Enthronement Anniversary of Catholicose Baselios Thomas Ist

OCP- July 27, 2014

His Beatitude Baselios Thomas Ist- Catholicos and Metropolitan Trustee of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Inida Syriac Orthodox Church in India Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and ... Read More

Patriarch Daniel of Romania Celebrates 63rd Birthday

OCP- July 26, 2014

His Beatitude Daniel - Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea Cappadociae and Patriarch of the Romanian ... Read More

MOBILE CHURCHES TO BE ERECTED IN THE ARCTIC

OCP- July 26, 2014

Wrangel Island 26/7/14 Two mobile military churches will be brought by trains to the Arctic Circle, where bases of the Russian Army will be deployed, ... Read More

WHY DO THEY HATE RUSSIA? The West is guilty of the same crimes it accuses Russia of committing

OCP- July 26, 2014

Al Jazeera By Vladimir Golstein - July 2014 Russia is not a superpower. Its population was shrinking, and so is its military, political, and economic ... Read More

Barzani to Iraqi Christians: We Will Live and Die Together

OCP- July 26, 2014

President Barzani Receives Patriarch Louis Sako By Shwan Barzinji http://basnews.com - 26/7/14 Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani has made an impassioned statement to all Iraqi Christians ... Read More

Icon of the Mother of God of “the Three Hands”

OCP- July 26, 2014

July 2014 The Icon of the Mother of God, “Of the Three Hands”: In the ninth century during the time of the Iconoclasts, St. John ... Read More

Pan-Orthodox Liturgy and Memorial Service in Commemoration of the beginning of WWI

OCP- July 26, 2014

Eastern Orthodox Churches - July 2014 Orthodoxy in Melbourne under the aegis of the Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in Oceania commemorated the beginning ... Read More

Port Arthur Icon “TRIUMPH OF THE MOTHER OF GOD” has visited Harbin

OCP- July 26, 2014

Sergey Eremin, Harbin English translation by Katherine Ilachinski The Chinese Orthodox Church - July 2014 In Harbin, the unexpected happened, but very happy and providential event ... Read More

Meriam Ibrahim lands in Rome, meets with Pope Francis

OCP- July 26, 2014

Vatican City, Jul 24, 2014 / 06:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Sudanese woman spared of a death sentence for refusing to renounce her Christian faith ... Read More

Christendom and the World Fail Iraqi Christians

OCP- July 26, 2014

By Rajat Ghai http://www.business-standard.com - 26/7/14 Even as world attention is riveted to the ongoing war between Israel and Gaza, not far to the east, another ... Read More

An Orthodox Christian’s Report from Palestine on Gaza

OCP- July 26, 2014

26/7/14 More than 800 Palestinians have been killed mostly women and children. Over fifty families have been entirely wiped out where all members have died. ... Read More

Georgian Orthodox Patriarchate Slams Attack on the Armenian Orthodox Church in Tbilisi 

OCP- July 25, 2014

Catholicos-Patriarch Illya II of All Georgia and Catholicos-Patriarch Karekin II of All Armenia Kisha D Dorado - (OCP Delegate of Serbia, Balkan and East European ... Read More

Statement from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on Recent Incident in the Georgian Diocese

OCP- July 25, 2014

July 2014 On July 19, according to a statement by the Armenian Church Diocese of Georgia, over 50 people, expressing disrespectful and blasphemous remarks, attacked the ... Read More

The icon of St. Sergius of Radonezh and his Holy Relic arrives in Belarus

OCP- July 25, 2014

Prepared for OCP News Service Belorussian Orthodox Church - 25/7/14 Last Sunday several thousands of Minsk Orthodox Christians attended the ceremony of bringing to the ... Read More

Assyrian Orthodox Patriarch: ‘Mosul Must Be Retaken’

OCP- July 25, 2014

By Fady Noun Asia News - 25/7/14 Beirut -- "Mosul must be retaken," Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II said yesterday in a press conference in ... Read More

Assyrian Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Delivers Message on Crisis in Mosul

OCP- July 25, 2014

25/7/14 (AINA) -- The Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Ignatius Aphrem II, delivered the following message concerning the persecution of Assyrians in ... Read More

Greek Orthodox Church Condemns Attacks on Christians in Mosul

OCP- July 25, 2014

  Daily Star, Lebanon - 25/7/14 Beirut -- The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Wednesday condemned the attacks on Mosul's Christians, calling on states funding extremist organizations to ... Read More

Christians Fleeing Mosul Persecuted By ISIS, Muslims Rally Alongside Protesting Christians

OCP- July 25, 2014

By Alroy Menezes http://www.ibtimes.com - 25/7/14 The plight of Christians and other minority groups in northern Iraq has taken a turn for the worse, according to ... Read More

Purged By ISIS, Iraq’s Christians Appeal to World for Help

OCP- July 25, 2014

Fox News - 25/7/14 Iraqi Christians are begging for help from the civilized world after Mosul, the northern city where they have lived and worshiped for ... Read More

Muslims, Christians Gather in Iraq Church in Solidarity With Mosul’s Christians

OCP- July 25, 2014

http://saint-adday.com - 25/7/14 A large number of Muslim Civil Society Activists and MP Shrouq Abaiji met in Mar Gorgis Church holding banners written on it: "I'm ... Read More