Author: OCP

THE FEAST OF THE GATHERING OF THE APOSTLES IN TIBERIAS

OCP- July 23, 2014

  Jerusalem Patriarchate - July 2014 On Sunday, the 30th of June/13th of July 2014, the feast of the Gathering of the Twelve Holy Apostles ... Read More

UN Security Council Denounces Persecution of Iraqi Christians

OCP- July 22, 2014

22/7/14 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- The United Nations Security Council has denounced militant persecution of Christians and other minorities in Iraq, warning such actions can ... Read More

What Next for Iraq’s Christians?

OCP- July 22, 2014

http://www.economist.com - 22/7/14 Apart from praying and lamenting, is there anything else that concerned outsiders, such as the Western churches, should be doing to help Christians ... Read More

Coptic Solidarity Urges Immediate International Action on Iraqi Genocide

OCP- July 22, 2014

http://www.digitaljournal.com - 22/7/14 WASHINGTON -- Coptic Solidarity is gravely concerned for the future of indigenous religious minorities in the Middle East as the Islamic State continues ... Read More

In Lebanon a Mark of Solidarity With Mosul Christians

OCP- July 22, 2014

Daily Star, Lebanon - 22/7/14 BEIRUT -- The exodus of Christians from the jihadist-controlled city of Mosul has stirred controversy in Christian and Muslim communities alike ... Read More

ISIS Making Good on Promise to Kill Christians

OCP- July 22, 2014

By Jennifer Jensen http://www.10news.com - 22/7/14 SAN DIEGO -- The radical Islamic group ISIS is making good on its threats to kill Iraqi Christians who refuse ... Read More

International Conventional and Electronic Theological Seminar and Conference on Deaconesses & Ordination of Women and Orthodox Theology

OCP- July 22, 2014

July 2014 Information about the seminar are given in Greek  here και here.The program, the speakers and and their papers are displayed here 60 years ago Emeritus Professor ... Read More

An Assault on the Armenian Orthodox Church in Tbilisi

OCP- July 22, 2014

Diocese of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Orthodox  Church in Georgia 22/7/14 On July 19, 2014, a pre-planned attack was perpetrated on the representatives of the ... Read More

Cross in Honour of St. Sergius of Radonezh Erected in Canada

OCP- July 22, 2014

22/7/14 On July 18, as part of the festivities dedicated to the 700th anniversary of the birth of St. Sergius, Igumen (Abbot) of Radonezh, a ... Read More

Holy Royal Martyrs Commemorated in Yekaterinburg on their Feast-Day

OCP- July 22, 2014

July 2014 The night of July 16/17 is a tragic date in the history of Russia. On this day in Yekaterinburg, the Russian Tsar Nicolas ... Read More

Serbian Patriarch Irinej arrives in Vienna

OCP- July 22, 2014

On Saturday, 19 July 2014, on the eve of the enthronement of the first Bishop of the Diocese of Austria-Switzerland Andrej, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch ... Read More

Biography of Bishop Electus Jovan of Slavonia

OCP- July 22, 2014

Church of Serbia - 22/7/14 New Elected Bishop Jovan (Culibrk) was born on April 16, 1965 in Zenica. He finished a high school and the ... Read More

CATHOLICOS ABOON MOR BASELIOS THOMAS I CELEBRATES 86th BIRTHDAY

OCP- July 22, 2014

CATHOLICOS & MAPHRIYANO ABOON MOR BASELIOS THOMAS I - The President of the Malankara Episcopal Synod & the Metropolitan Trustee of the Syriac Orthodox Church ... Read More

Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II at the Church of Lady of the Girdle Um El-Zunnar in Homs

OCP- July 22, 2014

Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East - 22/7 /14 On Monday 21 July 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II inspected the ... Read More

Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Condemns the Killing & Displacement of Christians & Burning of Churches in Mosul

OCP- July 21, 2014

Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East - July 2014 A Statement Issued by the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East ... Read More

Teaching at the Orthodox Theological School of the Congo

OCP- July 21, 2014

Alexandrian Patriarchate - June - July 2014 - Maria Kazamia Saint Athanasius the Athonite Theological School, a faculty of the Orthodox University of the Democratic Republic ... Read More

Orthodox Missionary Efforts Provide free Education in Nigeria

OCP- July 21, 2014

Alexandrian Orthodox Patriarchate Nigeria - 21/7/14 The Holy Diocese of Nigeria, in its effort to provide free education to poor children, started erecting a kindergarten ... Read More

Orthodox Ordination in Bujumbura

OCP- July 21, 2014

Alexandrian Orthodox Patriarchate Burundi - 21/7/14 With the blessings of His Beatitude Theodore II, the Patriarch of Alexandria, a new deacon, Fr. Maximos, was ordained ... Read More

An Orthodox parish in Turkana desert (Photo-Video Report)

OCP- July 21, 2014

The Alexandrian Orthodox Patriarchate Diocese of Kenya - Orthodox Mission in Africa - June - July 2014 On Sunday, June 22, 2014, HE the Metropolitan ... Read More

Russia poses no military threat – Patriarch Kirill

OCP- July 21, 2014

21/7/14 May God give that everyone realizes Russia poses no military threat and no other danger to people. Sergiyev Posad, July 21, Interfax – Patriarch ... Read More

Bishop Andrej of Austria-Switzerland enthroned

OCP- July 21, 2014

INSERBIA NEWS- 21/7/14 VIENNA – Bishop Andrej of Austria-Switzerland of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) was enthroned at the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral in Vienna ... Read More