Tag: Asia

62 Coptic Christian Families Forcibly Evicted by Salafi Muslims

OCP- February 10, 2012

By Asia News 10/2/2012 Salafi Muslims in the area of el-Amerya, with the complicity of the police and state authorities, set fire to Christian homes ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos and Christian Conference of Asia Secretary General discuss interreligious dialogue

OCP- February 10, 2012

9/2/2012 Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of Armenian Apostolic Church Aram I met with Christian Conference of Asia Secretary General Rev. Dr. Henriette ... Read More

Requiem concert to commemorate new martyrs and confessors of Christ in 15th-20th century Greece, Cyprus, Asia Minor and Pontus

OCP- January 26, 2012

26/1/2012 On January 25, 2012, a requiem concert took place at the Church of Christ the Saviour’s Hall of Councils in conclusion of the 20th ... Read More

Christianity Sees Major Shifts In 100 Years, Percentage Of Population Remains Constant

OCP- December 19, 2011

19/12/2011 Washington, D.C. — With Christmas fast approaching, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life published a new comprehensive demographic report on ... Read More

50 Thousand Orthodox Christians Venerate Holy Belt of the Virgin in Moscow

OCP- November 22, 2011

By Nina Achmatova 11/22/2011 Asia News The relic, one of the most venerated in the Orthodox world, ends its tour of Russia at the Cathedral ... Read More

The Chancellor of OMHKSEA was elected as Metropolitan of Singapore

OCP- November 4, 2011

3/11/2011 The Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia (Ecumenical Patriarchate) The Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia with great joy announces ... Read More

Turkey: A “satisfied” Bartholomew I hopes for the reopening of the Halki School

OCP- September 6, 2011

By Asia News 5/9/2011 For the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, the return of properties seized by the Turkish government is an act of justice and ... Read More

‘The Patriarchate perception’ in Turkey’s global strategy by Bekir Günay & Emrah Usta*

OCP- July 20, 2011

19/7/2011 The institution known officially as the Fener Greek Patriarchate in Turkey and the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the rest of the world, serves as the ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill is concerned with difficulties of Orthodox mission in Baltic States and Central Asia

OCP- February 3, 2011

Moscow, February 2, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia speaking at the Bishops' Council in Moscow voiced a number of problems the ... Read More

Episcopal Assembly of All canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania and Asia

OCP- October 18, 2010

Serbian Church INVITATION - On the occasion of the Episcopal Assembly of all canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania and Asia, which will take place in ... Read More

Russians mark the Day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

OCP- May 22, 2010

22/5/2010 Today the Russian Orthodox Church is celebrating he Day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, - one of the most revered Christian Saints, who is ... Read More