Tag: Europe
Metropolitan Amphilohije: “NATO bombings are a continuation of fascism
March/April 2014 In the days when the whole Serbian Church commemorates victims of barbaric bombings during the NATO attack of Yugoslavia in 1999, Metropolitan Amphilohije ... Read More
Iraqi Christians Feel ‘Forgotten’ Amid Violence
By Ava Thomas http://www.brnow.org 15/2/14 BAGHDAD -- When Don Alan* thinks of Iraq, he thinks of friends who sit trembling in their walled neighborhoods, afraid to ... Read More
Renowned political scientist believes Russian Church is savior of Russia and in future even Europe
Moscow, February 3, Interfax – Renowned Russian political scientist Vitaly Tretyakov believes Russia is not able to survive without the Church. “The Russian Orthodox Church ... Read More
Russia’s Orthodox Culture Warrior Comes To The Aid Of Kosovo’s Serbs
Jasmina Scekic - Radio Free Europe 4/2/14 NORTH MITROVICA, Kosovo -- It's a real Catch-22 trying to open a nongovernmental organization in a country you ... Read More
European Commission Research on Middle Eastern Christians in Europe
From left to right: Dr Lise Paulsen Galal (Roskilde University, Denmark), Torsten Moritz (Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe), Dr Fiona McCallum (University of St ... Read More
Georgian Patriarch asks Europe not to impose alien ideas on nation
Tbilisi, January 7, Interfax – Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia has urged the European Union to take into account Georgia’s determination to adhere to ... Read More
World Turns Away as Rebel Massacres of Syrian Christians Intensify
Alex Newman - 23/12/13 The world media is increasingly losing interest in the foreign-fueled war still raging in Syria between the Assad regime and an assortment ... Read More
If Kosovo is the price, than we say Thank You but No Thank you to EU – Irinej
TANJUG - 10/11/13 The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, said that Serbia can not give up on Kosovo, and if the price ... Read More
Slaughter in Syria: 45 Christians Killed by Islamists in Sadad and Thrown into Mass Graves
Deacon Keith Fournier -6/11/13 SADAD, Syria (Catholic Online) - We have regularly covered the plight of Christians in Syria and will continue to do so. That ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Elects New Metropolitan Bishop
October 2013 The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church elected a new metropolitan bishop for Western and Central Europe Sunday. Anthony, who up to ... Read More
Patriarchs, presidents at Edict of Milan celebrations
Tanjug - 5/10/13 BELGRADE -- The celebrations of the 1,700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan will bring together seven heads of Orthodox Churches. ... Read More
Ukrainian churches support European integration of Ukraine
4/10/13 Heads and representatives of ten Ukrainian churches have supported the European integration of Ukraine and urged Russia to respect this choice, according to the ... Read More
God died in Europe – Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Irinej
29/7/13 MOSCOW – Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Irinej said, at the end of his visit to St. Petersburg and Moscow, that Serbia is ... Read More
The Conference of European Churches urges Prime Minister Gruevski for immediate release of Archbishop Jovan!
11/7/13 The Conference of European Churches, which from 3rd to 8th July held its 14th General Assembly in Budapest, at the end of its work issued an announcement ... Read More
Church dignitary likens NATO to “Fourth Reich”
TANJUG - 1/7/13 PODGORICA -- SPC Metropolitan of Montenegro Amfilohije has referred to the western military alliance NATO as "the Fourth Reich." The media in ... Read More
Christendom’s Greatest Cathedral to Become a Mosque
Raymond Ibrahim - 21/6/13 While unrest in Turkey continues to capture attention, more subtle and more telling events concerning the Islamification of Turkey—and not just at ... Read More
1700 years of Edict of Milan
Come, o people, and see the works of God Who works wonders on the earth! 11/6/13 Behold, the year of the Lord's goodness which has ... Read More
Small Island
Helena Drysdale – 15/6/13 As anti-Islamist violence erupted across Turkey, another threat to the ambitions of Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the rising tension between Christians ... Read More
Sourp Kevork Armenian Church in Mardin Selected as “One of the 7 Most Threatened Landmarks in Europe”
13/6/13 The Sourp Kevork (St. George) Armenian Apostolic Church (Mardin,Turkey) has been selected as one of the seven most threatened landmarks in Europe by Europa ... Read More
Austrian President Proud of the Coptic Church, Calls for Spreading of Religious Tolerance
1/6/13 Austrian President Hans Fischer stressed that the Coptic Church works to spread peace throughout the world and consolidate love and tolerance between Muslims and ... Read More
Orthodox Churches Fight Back As Eastern Europe Pushes To Modernize, Secularize
By Robert Coalson - 26/5/13 Many were shocked on May 17 to see a phalanx of black-robed Orthodox clergy break into a trot and lead an ... Read More