Author: OCP

Russian Patriarch offers condolences over Malaysian airliner’s crash in Ukraine

OCP- July 21, 2014

21/7/14 “I hope that an unbiased and thorough investigation of this tragedy will be conducted involving the international community,” the patriarch noted MOSCOW, July 20, ... Read More

150 Years Since The Setting Up Of The University Of Bucharest

OCP- July 21, 2014

    Church of Romania - 21/7/14 On Wednesday, 16 July 2014, the University of Bucharest celebrated 10 years since its setting up. The event ... Read More

A Desperate Cry From Iraq’s Christians

OCP- July 21, 2014

By Katie Gorka http://www.breitbart.com - 21/7/14 Iraq's Christian leaders have just made a desperate cry for help. Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, head of Iraq's Catholic ... Read More

Christian Holocaust Underway in Iraq, USA and World Look on

OCP- July 21, 2014

By Sebastian Gorka http://www.breitbart.com - 21/7/14 When U.S. troops invaded Iraq in 2003, there were at least 1.5 million Christians in Iraq. Over the last ten ... Read More

ISIS Plundered Assyrians As They Fled Mosul; Families March 42 Miles

OCP- July 21, 2014

21/7/14 (AINA) -- More than 200 Assyrian families fled in panic from Mosul on July 17 and 18 as the ISIS deadline for converting to ... Read More

Faithful from Argentina visits Serbian Patriarch

OCP- July 21, 2014

21/7/14 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, on the request of Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral - Administrator of the Diocese of Buenos-Aires, received ... Read More

Russia’s strength in long-standing values – Putin

OCP- July 20, 2014

  Sergiyev Posad, July 18, Interfax - The precepts of St. Sergius of Radonezh is a key to understanding Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said ... Read More

Putin hopes Orthodox Church will make its contribution to establish peace in Middle East

OCP- July 20, 2014

The Russian president also said that the people of Russia were watching the events in Eastern Ukraine with anxiety and grief. SERGIEV POSAD, July 18. ... Read More

Orthodox Way of Prayer in Farnham

OCP- July 20, 2014

The British Orthodox Church - 20/7/14 All are warmly invited to The Orthodox Way of Prayer, an ecumenical study day being organised by the British Orthodox ... Read More

ISIS in Mosul Marks Christian Homes, Patriarch Issues Urgent Appeal

OCP- July 19, 2014

The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasarah" (Christian), on a Christian home in Mosul. The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasarah" ... Read More

Iraq’s Southern Provinces Host Families Fleeing ISIL

OCP- July 19, 2014

By Khalid al-Taie http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com - 19/7/14 As a result of the hardships and brutality suffered at the hands of the "Islamic State of Iraq and the ... Read More

Christians Flee Iraq’s Mosul After Islamists Tell Them: Convert, Pay or Die

OCP- July 19, 2014

19/7/14 (AFP) -- Christians were fleeing Iraq's jihadist-held city of Mosul en masse on Friday after mosques relayed an ultimatum giving them a few hours ... Read More

31st Annual Syriac Orthodox Youth Convention held

OCP- July 19, 2014

Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East in USA - July 2014 The 31st Annual Syriac Orthodox Youth Convention was held on July 3-6th, ... Read More

Apostolic Visit of Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II to the United States of America 

OCP- July 19, 2014

OCP News Service - Ann Maria (OCP Delegate of USA) July 2014 New York:  His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of Antioch and All East ... Read More

Church Collects More Than 10 Million Rubles to Help Ukrainian Civilians

OCP- July 19, 2014

19/7/14 Church Collects More Than 10 Million Rubles to Help Ukrainian Civilians. The largest number of forced migrants is being welcomed in the Rostov region. ... Read More

International Orthodox Exhibition opens in Yekaterinburg

OCP- July 19, 2014

19/7/14 The 10th annual International Orthodox Exhibition opened in Yekaterinburg on Tuesday. Yekaterinburg Deputy Head Sergei Tushin presided over the opening of this year’s festival, ... Read More

Kyrgyzstan: Orthodox Bishop Banned

OCP- July 19, 2014

By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries - 19/7/14 BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN (ANS) -- Kyrgyzstan’s State Commission for Religious Affairs (SCRA) on July 14, 2014, refused ... Read More

Gevorkian Theological Seminary 2013-2014 Academic Year Closing Ceremony at the Mother See

OCP- July 19, 2014

On 11th July, the 2013-2014 academic year closing ceremony of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary was held in the Events Auditorium, under the presidency of His Holiness ... Read More

Enthronement of Bishop Andrej (Cilerdzic) of Austria-Switzerland

OCP- July 19, 2014

July 2014 - Church of Serbia The enthronement of the new-elected Bishop Andrej of Austria-Switzerland in Vienna in the church of the Resurrection of Christ ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill Led a Procession from Khotkovo to Sergiev Posad

OCP- July 19, 2014

July 2014 Let us pray today and in all the days to come to St. Sergius, that he might raise our prayers to the Throne ... Read More

ORTHODOXY IN THE GUATEMALAN HIGHLANDS: A LIGHT SHINES BRIGHTLY

OCP- July 18, 2014

Juanita leads the choir in Aguacate Father John Chakos Mayan Orthodox Community - July 2014 On the feast day of Saints Peter and Paul, in ... Read More