Tag: AFP
Twenty-three people have died in violent clashes between Coptic Christians and security forces in Egypt
AFP 10/10/2011 AT least twenty-three people have died in clashes between Coptic Christians and Egyptian security forces, in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising ... Read More
Blast Near Church in Kirkuk, Iraq Injures 13
3/8/2011 Christian leaders say senseless violence designed to confuse, shock. ISTANBUL, August 3 (CDN) — A car blast outside a Syrian Catholic church in Kirkuk, ... Read More
Romanian Orthodox Church Attracts Cyber-Followers
26/06/2011 BUCHAREST, June 26, 2011 (AFP) -The Romanian Orthodox Church, known as a bastion of conservatism, has broken a taboo by embracing the Internet and ... Read More
Serb nuns learn language of Albanian Muslims
11/4/2011 BOLETIN, Kosovo (AFP) - A Serb Orthodox monastery in religiously polarised Kosovo is breaking stereotypes by making its nuns learn Albanian so they can ... Read More
Serbian church warns anti-gay parade violence Unacceptable
(AFP) 9/10/2010 BELGRADE — The Serbian Orthodox Church on Friday spoke out against a gay pride parade planned this weekend but also warned against violence ... Read More
Don’t confess sins over the phone: Coptic Pope
AFP - The head of Egypt's Coptic church has urged his congregation to refrain from confessing their sins over the phone, which could be tapped ... Read More
Egypt Church issues first Conversion Certificate
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church has for the first time issued a certificate of conversion to a Muslim-born Christian, his lawyer said, in ... Read More