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Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga meets with Director of China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs
July 2014 On 13 July 2014, at the diocesan administration of the St. Petersburg metropolia, Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, Chancellor of the ... Read More
Photo-Report of the burial service of Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine
July 2014 On 7 July 2014, the feast day of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, the Divine Liturgy and the burial service for ... Read More
Iraq Christians See ISIL Uprooting Prophet Jonah’s Remains As Dire Portent
By Miko Morelos http://www.ecumenicalnews.com - 16/7/14 Members of Jihadist group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are believed to have unearthed the remains ... Read More
Unique cave monastery complex of 12th-13th centuries in Georgia to be conserved
15/7/14 Vardzia is the cave monastery complex of the 12th-13th centuries in the valley of the Kura river, situated about 70 kilometers south of the ... Read More
Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana enthroned
Church of Serbia - 15/7/14 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, introduced His Eminence Metropolitan Dr. Porfirije, former Bishop of Jegar, into the throne of Metropolitans ... Read More
First official audience given by Metropolitan Dr. Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana
Church of Serbia - 15/7/14 On 14 July 2014, new Metropolitan Dr Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana received Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community “Bet Israel” of ... Read More
Khatchik Babikian Foundation 2014 Graduation in Armenian Studies and Distribution of Inter-School Competition Awards
15/7/14 On Sunday 06 July 2014, following the Holy Liturgy, His Holiness Aram I presided over the ceremony held at the Main Hall of ... Read More
ISIS Removes Cross From Church in Mosul
15/7/14 Mosul (AINA) -- ISIS removed the cross on top of the dome of St. Ephrem Cathedral in the Shoorta neighborhood in Mosul, one week ... Read More
Ukrainian artillery shells convent in Lugansk
July 2014 On July 4, 2014, a little past 3 AM the Ukrainian army, coming very close to Lugansk, fired artillery against the regional clinical ... Read More
Catholicos Baselios Paulose II : Spiritual Fathers are the bulwark and strength of the Church
Indian Orthodox Malankara Church - 14/7/14 India: The Church celebrated the feast of Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysius II at Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. The divine ... Read More
105th Memory of Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysius II
The Indian Orthodox Malankara Church - 14/7/14 India/Kerala/Kottayam: The Indian Malankara Orthodox Church commemorated the 105th feast of his blessed memory Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysius ... Read More
Twisted History Against Russia and Serbia
GlobalResearch By Michael Averko - July 2014 The June 20 Gray Falcon commentary “Failure to Communicate” has this excerpt, that led me to an extremely ... Read More
Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov: “The Church is doing its best to help the refugees”
Rostov-on-Don - July 2014 The Rostov region in Russia has declared a state of emergency regarding aid to refugees from the Ukraine, and the Church ... Read More
The Orthodox Church in Moscow church destroyed by Napoleon to be restored
July 2014 The Church of Beheading of St. John the Baptist, destroyed by the French at their retreat from Moscow in 1812, will be reconstructed ... Read More
“Miloserdie”: “A ban on begging will make our society more cruel”
July 2014 “Banning begging will not the solve problems of poor people, but it can make our society more cruel,” said the Aid to the ... Read More
Fr Touma Bitar on the Situation in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Fr Touma Bitar 14/7/14 They cannot ask us to be their followers merely because they have inherited apostolic succession. We must follow the good and ... Read More
Celebrations of the Twenty Years of Unity between the British Orthodox Church and the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate (Photo-Report)
The British - Coptic Orthodox Churches - 13/7/14 More pics at FLICKR: After several days of torrential rain, the morning of 12 July ... Read More
IOCC Mobilizes To Provide Urgent Relief For Families Caught In Gaza Conflict
13/07/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — In this past week, the most intense violence in nearly two years has claimed over 100 lives, including 23 children, ... Read More
Clergy continuing ed symposium offers opportunity for spiritual growth, renewal
SOUTH CANAAN, PA - July 2014 From Tuesday, June 17 through Thursday, June 19, 2014, Saint Tikhon’s Seminary here hosted its Second Annual Clergy Continuing ... Read More
Sentence announced in Archbishop Seraphim case
SYOSSET, NY - July 2014 The Orthodox Church of America has learned that the retired Archbishop Seraphim (Storheim) was sentenced today—Wednesday, July 9, 2014—to eight ... Read More
PHOTO-REPORT OF THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE I.A.O. GENERAL ASSEMBLY HELD IN MOSCOW
July 2014 Main subject: «Parliamentary Democracy – Christianity – Orthodoxy: values and concepts» Moscow, 25 – 30 June 2014 The 21st General Assembly of the ... Read More