Tag: Africa

SUNDAY OF PENTECOST IN TUNIS

OCP- June 11, 2014

Patriarchate of Alexandria - June 2014 Pentecost was celebrated with splendor at the Holy Metropolitan Church of St George in Tunis, conducted by His Beatitude ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarch’s Statement condemning religious violence in Northern Africa

OCP- May 20, 2014

May 2014 The Ecumenical Patriarchate has witnessed with great pain and distress the recent manifestations of religious violence against women in Northern Africa, which have ... Read More

Metropolitan Hilarion: Persecutions against Christians are unprecedented

OCP- May 1, 2014

May 2014 The events in Ukraine have diverted the world community’s attention from the global problem of persecution against Christians, steadily growing in many parts ... Read More

Seeking Scriptwriter for Orthodox Christian Movie in Africa

OCP- April 25, 2014

  Fr Themi Adams OCP News Service 24/4/14 The Orthodox Christian Community is in  the process of  developing a story in English on the growth ... Read More

VISIT BY THE CRETAN FOLKLORE ASSOCIATION “KOURITES” TO ALEXANDRIAN PATRIARCHATE

OCP- April 12, 2014

April 2014 On 2nd April 2014, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, welcomed to the Patriarchal See Mr. Emmanuel ... Read More

Why Are Christians the World’s Most Persecuted Group?

OCP- March 1, 2014

Raymond Ibrahim - February/ March 2014 Why are Christians, as a new Pew report documents, the most persecuted religious group in the world?  And why ... Read More

A Journey to the Heart of Africa, into the Eyes of Orthodoxy

OCP- February 12, 2014

  OCMC  - 12/2/14 Karen Morrison leads one of the seminars while in the Turkana region of Kenya. Some of the nomadic, native Turkana walked ... Read More

Syriac Orthodox Delegation visits Pope Tawadaros II

OCP- January 29, 2014

Syriac Orthodox Church of Anticoh and All East- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and All Africa 29/1/14 Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan  Abun Mor Themothevos Matta Al ... Read More

ENTHRONEMENT OF HIS EMINENCE NIKODIMOS METROPOLITAN OF MEMPHIS

OCP- January 22, 2014

Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa January 2014 On Friday, 10th January 2014, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa ... Read More

International Broadcast Schedule for Christmas Divine Liturgy from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

OCP- January 5, 2014

5/1/13 The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the Shoghakat TV Company, working in conjunction with the “First Channel” of Armenian television (“H1”), are pleased ... Read More

Holy Synod of Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa

OCP- December 28, 2013

December 2013 The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria convened today, 23rd November presided over by His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II in ... Read More

Orthodox Mission in Sierra Leone

OCP- December 4, 2013

December 2013 People are born, live and die in unimaginable conditions We say our prayers, go to Church on Sundays, try our best to fulfil ... Read More

A round table held in Moscow on the situation of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa

OCP- November 10, 2013

On November 5, 2013, a round table on “The situation of Christians: new threats and the humanitarian missions of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society” was ... Read More

World Council of Churches assembly gets underway in Korea

OCP- November 2, 2013

2/11/13 The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) opened on Wednesday 30 October in Busan, Republic of Korea under the themeGod of ... Read More

Pan-Orthodox magnificent slava days of togetherness and spirituality

OCP- October 28, 2013

28/10/13 South Africa Despite the heavy rains and bad weather in Johannesburg on 19 and 20 October, when the patron feast-day was celebrated, a great ... Read More

Putin concerned about violation of rights of Orthodox Christians in Mideast, N. Africa (updated)

OCP- July 26, 2013

 Moscow, July 25, Interfax - Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his concerns about what he sees as infringement on the rights of religious minorities, ... Read More

Venizelos Met With Greek Patriarch of Alexandria

OCP- July 10, 2013

Margarita Papantoniou - 7/10/13 The Vice President of the Greek government and Foreign Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, sent a message of concern, friendship and sympathy to the ... Read More

African Religious Leaders Reject Obama’s Call For Gay Rights

OCP- July 7, 2013

FREDRICK NZWILI -7/7/13 NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Religious leaders in Africa strongly rebuked President Obama’s call to decriminalize homosexuality, suggesting it’s the reason why he received ... Read More

Christian persecutions continues in Mideast, Asia and Africa

OCP- April 4, 2013

4/4/13 (JNS.org) Christians continue to be persecuted in the Middle East, Asia and Africa through church attacks, blasphemy accusations and murders, states a summary by ... Read More

Eritrea: Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities

OCP- April 2, 2013

Joel Millman - March 2013 Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities CAMPBELL, Calif.—Ande Zerasion’s voice chokes up reliving the sound of ... Read More

Situation of religious minorities in Syria becomes even more menacing

OCP- March 6, 2013

Statement of the Department for External Church Relations’ Communication Service 6/3/13 Alarming news coming from different dioceses of the Orthodox Church of Antioch say that ... Read More