Tag: AFP
Bells toll for last Serbs in Kosovo capital
A sprinkling of Kosovo Serbs attend a religious service at the Saint Nicolas Orthodox church in Pristina on February 10, 2013. After the 1999 NATO ... Read More
Icon-writing, a path to recovery for prisoners in Poland
A Bialystok Prison jailer checking prisoners going for orthodox icon painting classes. Photo courtesy: AFP Maja Czarnecka - 16/2/13 Bialystok, Poland, Feb 16, 2013 (AFP) ... Read More
Ancient church frescoes created by renowned icon painter Onufri stolen in Albania
20/1/13 TIRANA (AFP).- Several frescoes by a master painter were vandalised and some of their parts stolen from a 16th-century Orthodox church in southern Albania, ... Read More
Syrian Christians ‘pray for peace’
25/12/12 AFP - In the heart of Damascus, more than 1,000 people attended Christmas mass on Monday, praying for peace to return to Syria, after ... Read More
Two Sudan Coptic priests arrested after ‘baptism’
Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (left) and Bishop Srabamon (right) during Ramadan iftar in 2012 organized by Sudan’s Copts. Sudan’s Copts have not experienced the ... Read More
Russia church leader embarks on Holy Land visit
8/11/2012 MOSCOW (AFP)---Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Friday will make his first visit to the Holy Land since becoming head of the powerful church in ... Read More
Controversial cathedral reopens door in Georgia after its ‘restoration’
AFP/Kutaisi 21/9/2012 Georgia yesterday reopened a world-renowned medieval cathedral in the ex-Soviet state’s second city Kutaisi which has been restored despite concerns raised by global ... Read More
Christians, Muslims, Jews call for peace from Sarajevo
AFP 10/9/2012 SARAJEVO, Sept 10 – Leaders of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Muslim and Jewish communities Sunday made a pressing call for peace from Bosnia which ... Read More
‘Jesus is a monkey’ daubed on Jerusalem monastery wall
Menahem Kahana / AFP - Getty Images A Trappist monk stands between graffiti reading in Hebrew, "Jesus is a monkey" (L) and "mutual guarantee, Ramat ... Read More
Attacks on Christians on the rise: bishop
3/8/2012 Cairo - A senior Egyptian Coptic bishop said on Friday attacks on Christians are on the rise and criticised the inclusion of only one ... Read More
Christian ‘forced conversion’ claim roils Gaza
AFP 17/7/2012 GAZA CITY: Gaza’s Hamas government on Tuesday denied claims that a Christian man had been forced to convert to Islam, saying he had ... Read More
Georgia church declares ID cards ‘Satan-free’
AFP 6/7/2012 TBILISI - Georgia's powerful Orthodox Church has assured believers that the ex-Soviet state's new electronic identity cards do not carry the mark of ... Read More
Church extends voter registration for papal election
Photographed by AFP Al-Masry Al-Youm 21/06/2012 The Coptic Orthodox Church on Wednesday extended the voter registration process for papal elections from June to mid-July. The ... Read More
We are no tax cheats, says Church of Greece
AFP 23/2/2012 ATHENS - The Church of Greece denied media reports accusing it of tax evasion on Wednesday, saying the total amount of taxes paid ... Read More
Egyptian village evicts 8 Coptic families over rumors of interfaith affair
By AFP CAIRO 14/2/2012 Eight Coptic Christian families have been evicted from a village in northern Egypt following clashes sparked by rumors of an illicit ... Read More
Iraq confirms death sentences for church attack
By AFP BAGHDAD 2/2/2012 An Iraqi appeals court confirmed the death sentences for three men convicted in connection with a massacre at a Baghdad church ... Read More
Divine intervention saves shell-struck Syrian convent
By AFP SAIDNAYA 2/2/2012 Divine intervention prevented a shell that pierced the walls of a Syrian convent from detonating, swears the mother superior of Our ... Read More
Security tight as Egypt Copts celebrate Christmas
6/1/2012 AFP A massive plan to protect Egyptian churches swung into action on Friday as Coptic Christians prepared to celebrate their first post-revolution Christmas, with ... Read More
Settlers breach closed Israeli military zone near Jordan
14/12/2011 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies) - Some 30 Jewish settlers broke into a Christian baptismal site late Monday in a closed military zone along the Jordanian-Israeli ... Read More
Focus on religion was ‘grave mistake’ by political parties, expert says
Egyptian Coptic Christian women help voters find their registration numbers outside a polling station in the Manshiet Nasser district of Cairo on Nov. 29. (AFP ... Read More
Relic leaves Russia after ‘blessing three million’
AFP 28/11/2011 MOSCOW - A relic said to have belonged to the Virgin Mary left Russia Monday after a stay that saw it worshipped by ... Read More