Tag: CHURCH

PROUD TO HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE FIRST ORTHODOX CHURCH IN PAKISTAN

OCP- April 28, 2013

  Presbytra Rosy Orthodox Mission Pakistan – 27/4/ 13 OCP News Service Exclusive It was on 21st April 2013 , at 11 a.m. Fr John ... Read More

PROFILE OF ABUNE MATHIAS – PATRIARCH ELECT OF ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

OCP- March 1, 2013

1/3/13 Abune Mathias was born Aba Teklemariam Asrat in 1934 Ethiopian calendar (1940/41 European calendar) in Tigray region, Agame awraja, Sebuha wereda. He attained basic ... Read More

SOCIAL WORK IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE CHURCH’S LIFE AND WITNESS” SAID HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

OCP- February 7, 2013

On the occasion of the international day of social workers, the staff of Armenian institutions visited His Holiness Aram I on Friday 1 February 2013. ... Read More

“THE CHURCH IS NOT A BUILDING OR RITUALS; IT IS THE PEOPLE OF GOD” HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

OCP- January 3, 2013

On 25 December 2012, after the liturgy celebrating the feast at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, His Holiness Aram I received the clergy, the seminarians ... Read More

Response of the Orthodox Clergy of the Archdiocese of Tirana to Some Recent False Statements

OCP- January 3, 2013

THE ORTHODOX AUTOCEPHALOUS CHURCH OF ALBANIA 3/1/2012 Response of the Orthodox Clergy of the Archdiocese of Tirana to Some Recent False Statements One of the principles ... Read More

JERUSALEM’S HOLY SEPULCHRE CHURCH WATER BILL ROW ‘RESOLVED’

OCP- November 15, 2012

Amman (Jordan) 15/11/2012 The conflict over unpaid water bills of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been resolved, the spokesman for Patriarch ... Read More

Pussy Riot reveals rift in Russian Orthodox Church

OCP- August 16, 2012

16/8/2012 FP Staff MOSCOW (Reuters) – An anti-Kremlin protest by three women on the altar of Moscow’s main cathedral has united many Russian Orthodox believers ... Read More

“THROUGH THE LITURGY THE CHURCH BECOMES COMMUNITY AND ACQUIRES ITS IDENTITY” HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

OCP- July 23, 2012

22/7/2012 Addressing the fourth conference of the Society of Oriental Liturgy, His Holiness Aram I stressed the pivotal importance of liturgy for the life and ... Read More

“OUR CLERGY ARE WHOLLY COMMITTED TO SERVE OUR CHURCH AND PEOPLE” Said Aram I on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of his election and consecration

OCP- July 9, 2012

On Sunday, 1 July 2012, during the Holy Liturgy, special thanksgiving prayers were offered to thank the Almighty for the 17 years of Spiritual guidance, ... Read More

HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL MEETS WITH HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH MAXIM OF BULGARIA AND MEMBERS OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

OCP- April 28, 2012

DECR Chairman 28/04 /2012 On 27 April 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met and talked with His Holiness Patriarch Maxim ... Read More

GRAFFITI ON WALLS OF ORTHODOX CHURCH IN KOSOVO

OCP- April 5, 2012

Strpce 5/4/2012 Graffiti with offensive content and the letters UCCK (Kosovo Liberation Army) have been sprayed on the walls of the Church of Saint Apostles ... Read More

CHURCH-MONUMENT of Archangel Michael. City of Dalian

OCP- April 2, 2012

Chinese Orthodox Church Levoshko S.S. English translation by Katherine Ilachinski 2/4/2012 The Chapel in the city of Dalian was until 1902 at the Russian cemetery, ... Read More

METROPOLITAN VOLODYMYR ASSURES THAT HE GOVERNS THE CHURCH

OCP- March 5, 2012

4/3/2012 Ukrainian Orthodox Church In an interview to Radio Freedom, Metropolitan Volodymyr, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), said that he governs ... Read More

THE FIRST CHURCH IN THE WORLD DEDICATED TO THE HOLY NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS OF RUSSIA MARKS ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

OCP- February 8, 2012

6/2/2012 On Sunday, February 5, 2012, the Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside ... Read More

At liturgy in Beijing

OCP- December 18, 2011

Yulia Makoveychuk English translaton by Nina Tkachuk Dimas 18/12/2011 THE CHINESE ORTHODOX CHURCH Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the Russian Embassy ... Read More

Skete in Odrynki Devastated

OCP- December 10, 2011

THE POLISH ORTHODOX CHURCH Michał Kalina 10.12.2011 Thursday evening, the police in Hajnówka was informed about the devastation of the Saints Anthony and Theodosius of ... Read More

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF MOLDOVA

OCP- November 19, 2011

15/11/2011 On November 10th, 2011, the Orthodox Church of Moldova, represented by the Metropolis of Moldova, presented to the Ministry of Justice its Review of ... Read More

APPEAL OF THE REPRESENTATIVE OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THAILAND ARCHIMANDRITE OLEG (CHEREPANIN) ON THE FLOOD SITUATION IN THAILAND

OCP- October 30, 2011

22/10/2011 Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Christ, compatriots, all people of good will living in Thailand and all others in other countries whose hearts ... Read More

OCP Article Updates

OCP- October 28, 2011

28/10/2011 New Articles added to OCP Blog Do We Need a Priest? MORE AND MORE PEOPLE IN CZECHIA AND SLOVAKIA ARE GIVING PREFERENCE TO THE ... Read More

HIS HOLINESS PRESIDES OVER 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOLY CROSS CHURCH AND 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOLY CROSS CATHEDRAL IN MONTEBELLO

OCP- October 28, 2011

10/23/2011 LOS ANGELES, ANTELIAS - On the evening of Sunday, October 23, 2011, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I arrived at Holy Cross Cathedral in Montebello ... Read More

REQUEST FROM MOLDOVAN ORTHODOX CHURCH TO HELP A FAMILY IN DISTRESS

OCP- October 27, 2011

20/10/2011 Help a mother to raise her child Pain in a family from Cârnăţeni village, Căuşeni raion – Constanţa, mother of a 2 months baby, ... Read More