Tag: Catholic Church

What Do Orthodox Christians Believe?

OCP- November 20, 2013

20/11/13 What do Orthodox Christians believe? How do their beliefs differ from the rest of Christianity? Can they differ in beliefs and still claim to ... Read More

Rebels Shell Orthodox Elementary School in Damascus, 9 Children Killed

OCP- November 12, 2013

    12/11/13 The website of the school can be found here. The Patriarchate has published the following pictures, here: Damascus (AFP) - Nine children ... Read More

Time is not ripe for Pope’s visit to Serbia – Patriarch Irinej

OCP- October 1, 2013

  1/10/13 BELGRADE – Serbian Patriarch of the Orthodox Church said, in an interview for the German daily “Frankfurter Zeitung”, he was for the convergence ... Read More

I’m Still Not Going Back to the Roman Catholic Church

OCP- September 30, 2013

Rod Dreher  @roddreher - 30/9/13 "Pope Francis only confirms my decision to leave. " "In Orthodoxy, which radically resists the moralistic therapeutic deism that  characterizes so ... Read More

Pope Francis meets with Patriarch John X of Antioch

OCP- September 28, 2013

28/9/13 September 27, 2013. (Romereports.com) It was a historic meeting between Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, and Patriarch John X, the leader ... Read More

Christopher Dekki: A (very) rough guide to the Christians of the Levant

OCP- June 10, 2013

Christopher Dekki 10/6/13 "I challenge you to let this be the first step to understanding the depth of the Middle East’s diversity" Growing up in ... Read More

Churches denounce Israel violence against Christians

OCP- May 13, 2013

13/5/13 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Patriarchs and heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem on Sunday released a joint statement denouncing attacks by Israeli police officers on ... Read More

Leaders of Christian organizations ask Ukrainian president to release Tymoshenko from prison

OCP- May 10, 2013

Kiev, May 6, Interfax - The heads of several Christian religious organizations except the primate of Ukranian Orthodox Church have asked President Viktor Yanukovich to ... Read More

The new pope and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

OCP- April 13, 2013

13/4/13 METROPOLITAN Hilarion of Volokolamsk, a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, recently expressed  hope that the new pope, Francis, will continue the policy of ... Read More

Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina elected as the Old Orthodox Bishop of Rome

OCP- March 14, 2013

Vatican/Global: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected as the Old Orthodox Bishop or Rome or Bishop on 13th March 2013. He will ... Read More

The imperial papacy

OCP- February 16, 2013

Gwynne Dyer - 16/2/13 IT’S the ROMAN Catholic Church, not the Republican Catholic Church or the People’s Revolutionary Socialist Democratic Catholic Church. Its rigid hierarchy ... Read More

Will the Roman Catholic Church apologize for the genocide of Serbian Orthodox Christians?

OCP- January 19, 2013

Head of Serbian orthodox priest and CROAT Ustase soldier showing proudly his master peace! Ivan Simic - 19/1/13 The recent decision by the Hague "International" ... Read More

Eritrea: military conscription is killing Church

OCP- December 17, 2012

December 2012 Military conscription in Eritrea is leaving the Church understaffed – as seminarians and other Church workers are forced to join the army. A ... Read More

Roman Catholic Church contradicts on the Status of Self Proclaimed Catholicos and Malankara Metropolitan

OCP- November 26, 2012

OCP News Service -26/11/2012 India/Global: Roman Catholic Church contradicts on the Status of Self Proclaimed Catholicos and Malankara Metropolitan. The title given by Vatican Website(http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2012/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20121024_en.html) to ... Read More

Coptic Service held in St. Margaret’s, Westminster

OCP- November 8, 2012

2/11/2012 To mark the Coptic Feast of Nayrouz and the start of the new Coptic Year 1729, the service of Offering of Evening Incense was ... Read More

Vatican Continues to bless ‘Uniatism and Sheep Stealing’ in India

OCP- October 25, 2012

Self Proclaimed Catholicos & Malankara Metropolitan   George Alexander & Kisha D Dorado Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE 25/10/201 Vatican elevates Self Proclaimed Catholics of the Syro-Malankara Catholic ... Read More

Hear about the 500,000-member Orthodox Church in Guatemala!

OCP- October 23, 2012

23/10/2012 St. Vladimir’s Seminary Did you know that there are 338 Orthodox churches in Guatemala, with 500,000 faithful and catechumens? Did you know that a ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos receives Roman Catholic Church official

OCP- September 24, 2012

24/9/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II on Sunday received His Eminence Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting ... Read More

Cleric dubs obsessed fans ‘monkeys’

OCP- June 20, 2012

Reuters 19/6/2012 KIEV - Soccer fans are getting into a sinful frenzy and transforming themselves into "monkeys" by watching Euro 2012 matches, a senior Ukrainian ... Read More

Armenian Church of Istanbul in fire

OCP- May 23, 2012

23/5/2012 Turkish news site Sondakika said a four-storey building next to the Armenian Catholic Church of Saint Astvatsatsin in Istanbul was caught in fire. The ... Read More

Roman Catholic Church in Holy Land plans switch to Orthodox calendar for Easter

OCP- April 5, 2012

4/4/2012 The Catholic churches of the Holy Land plan to observe Easter according to the Orthodox calendar, the head of the Franciscan Custody of the ... Read More