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