Tag: CHRISTIAN
Community Kitchen Addresses Malnutrition
March 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Swirls of fragrant steam billow above large steel cauldrons as five middle-aged women stir thick, bubbling yellow lentil soup ... Read More
Building Resilient Communities in the Balkans
March 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Fifteen years after NATO bombings and many ensuing conflicts in Kosovo, poverty and isolation continue to be a challenge ... Read More
Syria’s Healthcare System Latest War Casualty
27/2/14 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Heavy fighting in Syria's embattled Idlib province forced Khaled, 5, and his family to flee their home and settle in ... Read More
IOCC Assists in Evacuation of Syrians Fleeing Homs
February 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Syrian civilians evacuated from the embattled city of Homs under a UN-negotiated cease-fire are being aided by International Orthodox ... Read More
Healing The Hidden Wounds Of War In Syria
January - 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Joumana will never forget the day she, her husband and two children abandoned their home in the war-torn ... Read More
IOCC Delivers Winter Relief To Greece’s Most Vulnerable
January 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — As snow and nighttime temperatures fall in portions of Greece, the country's most vulnerable – the elderly, people with ... Read More
IOCC Responds To Victims
13/11/13 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Just four days after the most powerful tropical storm ever to make landfall blasted across the Philippines with wind speeds ... Read More
ERDOGAN CALLS CHRISTIAN BYZANTIUM “A DARK CHAPTER” IN HISTORY
31/5/13 The prime minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the time of Christian emperors in Byzantium "a dark chapter" in history. In Erdogan's ... Read More
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION BOOK DONATION TO CHICAGO AREA SCHOOL CHILDREN
Maria A. Karamitsos - 20/3/13 Baltimore, Md. (IOCC) – International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) announced today its support for after school enrichment opportunities, mentoring and summer ... Read More
PRAYER FOR UNITY AND PRACTICAL COOPERATION AMONG THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: Every year, on the third week of January (18 – 25 January), the Christian Churches from ... Read More
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES HEADS OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE GULF COUNTRIES
On Friday 16 November 2012, the Heads of 22 Christian communities, established in the countries of the Gulf region, visited His Holiness Aram I. Bishop ... Read More
COPTIC POPE WARNS OF CHRISTIAN PULLOUT FROM GOVERNMENT
MICHAEL CARL 15/11/2012 Newly selected Egyptian Coptic Pope Tawadros II is warning that he will pull the Christian delegates from the Egyptian Constituent Assembly if a religious ... Read More
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I APPEALS FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND CALLS FOR CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM CO-EXISTENCE
7/8/2012 His Holiness Aram I the Spiritual Head of the Armenian Orthodox Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia and a President of the Middle East Council of ... Read More
“CHRISTIAN UNITY IS AN IMPERATIVE FOR THE CHURCHES IN THE MIDDLE EAST” His Holiness Aram I
15/6/2012 Opening Session -Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches In his opening speech, His Holiness Aram I stressed the importance of visible ... Read More
SYRIA OPPOSITION TARGETS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY: Christians Expelled from Homs by “Opposition” Al Qaeda Gunmen
Global Research 19/3/2012 Al-Haqiqa (translated fromm Arabic) Armed men from the Faruq Brigade have succeeded in expelling most of the Christians of Homs and have ... Read More
“THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE ARAB WORLD MUST ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH ALL TRENDS OF ISLAM WHICH ADVOCATE DEMOCRACY, COEXISTENCE AND NON-VIOLENCE” H. H. ARAM I
25/1/2012 In his opening remarks to the international conference on "The Christian Presence and Witness in the Arab World", taking place at the headquarters of ... Read More
PRAYER FOR UNITY AND PRACTICAL CO-OPERATION AMONG THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
17/1/2012 The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: Every year, on the third week of January (18 – 25 January), the Christian Churches ... Read More
‘COMMON VALUES SHOULD BE THE CORE OF CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM CONVIVIALITY’ SAID ARAM I TO MUSLIM CLERICS
01/09/2012 On Monday 9 January 2012, a delegation composed of Sunni and Shi’a clerics visited His Holiness Aram I. The visit lasted for more than ... Read More
EXISTENTIAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS
03/31/2011 On 31 March 2011, a group of German theologians met with His Holiness Aram I. During their conversation, the Catholicos said that Islam and ... Read More