Tag: Christmas Day

Ayatollah Khamenei Visits Armenians & Assyrians on Christmas

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 31, 2015

By Siranush Ghazanchyan http://www.armradio.am - 31/12/15 Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has visited the families of Iranian Christian martyrs on the occasion ... Read More

The Nativity Fast: A Time of Preparation

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 2, 2015

December 2015  The Fast of the Nativity is the Church's wise solace and aid to human infirmity. We are a forgetful people, but our forgetfulness ... Read More

The Nativity Fast: A Time of Preparation

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- November 28, 2015

November -December-January 2015 The Fast of the Nativity is the Church's wise solace and aid to human infirmity. We are a forgetful people, but our ... Read More

Kosovo: ‘Only dead Serb is a good Serb’ graffiti on Orthodox church in Djakovica

OCP- March 2, 2014

2/3/14 BELGRADE – The Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) has noted that anti-Serb graffiti appeared on the Orthodox church in Djakovica in the south-western ... Read More

Iraq bomb attacks kill 37 on Christmas Day

OCP- December 26, 2013

The Associated Press - 26/12/13 Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in two separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 37 people, officials ... Read More

Kosovo: Serbs attending Christmas liturgy detained

OCP- January 8, 2013

BETA, TANJUG - 8/1/13 GRAČANICA -- The Kosovo police, KPS, on Monday detained several young Serbs after they attended Christmas liturgy in Gračanica. The medieval ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill urges Nigerian govt to resolutely crack down on terror

OCP- January 5, 2012

Moscow, January 4, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent condolences to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan following the death of dozens ... Read More

Christmas Day terrorist attacks kill Nigerian Christians

OCP- December 26, 2011

Jim Kouri, Law Enforcement Examiner 25/12/2011 Islamic terrorists detonated bombs throughout Nigeria on Christmas Day targeting Christian churches that were celebrating the birth of Jesus ... Read More

Celebrating the most ancient Christmas Day

OCP- January 5, 2011

4/1/2011 NIKKI GAMM ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News Christmas is just around the corner – this time Armenian Christmas, which is held on Jan. 6, ... Read More

Turkish Cypriot side throws Karpasia worshippers out of Christmas Day Mass

OCP- January 4, 2011

By Natalie Hami 28/12/2010 WIDESPREAD condemnation continued yesterday over the Turkish Cypriot side’s interruption and cancellation of services at a church in occupied Rizokarpasso on ... Read More

Kerala’s Christmas trimming – Snip goes the Menu

OCP- December 17, 2010

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 17 (IANS) Once upon a time not so long ago in Kerala, the Christmas Day table was a smorgasbord of homemade wine, painstakingly ... Read More