Tag: AIDS

Churches Hampered Efforts to Curb HIV Spread in Scotland in 1980s

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- July 23, 2016

© Sputnik/ Alexandr Kryazhev Sputniknews - July 2016 Churches in the United Kingdom were a stumbling block in British efforts to stop the spread of ... Read More

Orthodox Church of Cyprus Lashes Out Against Gay Pride

OCP- May 20, 2014

May 2014 The Holy Synod, the highest decision-making body of the Christian-Orthodox Church in Cyprus, made a statement lashing out against homosexuality, after activists announced ... Read More

HIV, AIDS patients to benefit from Ahmedabad Diocese Devaria Mission charity project to come up on ‘tithing’

OCP- December 2, 2013

  Indian Malankara Orthodox Church By Liju Cherian - 1/12/13 AHMEDABAD, Gujarat, India ---Ahmedabad Diocese under Indian Orthodox Metropolitan HG Dr Pulikkottil Dr Geevarghese Mar ... Read More

Ethiopians Trade Holy Water for AIDS Drugs

OCP- March 7, 2012

7/3/2012 ENTOTO, Ethiopia—Cast out from her family, Tigist arrived at Ethiopia's Entoto Mountain believing that a spring here welled with holy water that would rid ... Read More

Upper St. Clair man to direct social service ministry

OCP- February 27, 2012

By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 27/2/2012 Nicholas Chakos of Upper St. Clair, who has moved all over the globe to help some of the world's ... Read More

Russian government asks church for help in fighting AIDS

OCP- December 3, 2011

By: Sophia Kishkovsky ENInews 2/12/2011 Moscow – As the number of people suffering from HIV/AIDS continues to grow in Russia, government agencies are turning to ... Read More

Gay Gathering Sparks Row Between Ethiopia Church and State

OCP- November 30, 2011

Tadias Voice of America 30/11/2011 Anti-Gay Sentiment Flares in Ethiopia as Addis Ababa Preps for AIDS Conference "A meeting organised by an African gay lobby ... Read More

Metropolitan Hilarion opens a conference on the participation of state, public and religious organizations in prevention of AIDS and drug addiction

OCP- October 19, 2011

On 18 October 2011, a conference on the participation of state, public, and religious organizations in prevention of HIV/AIDS and drug addiction opened at the ... Read More

Moscow Patriarchate supports position of Pope Benedict XVI rejecting Condoms

OCP- March 21, 2009

Moscow, March 20, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church supports the position of Pope Benedict XVI rejecting condoms including in order to prevent HIV infection."It ... Read More