Tag: Europe

Imam, Priest Attend Event At Orthodox Cemetery In Kosovo

OCP- May 26, 2013

24/5/13 An imam and an Orthodox priest have joined efforts to clean a damaged Christian cemetery in Kosovo’s central town of Kosovo Polje and observe ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarchate, European bishops to commemorate Edict of Milan

OCP- May 17, 2013

17/5/13 The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, in conjunction with the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE), is commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the ... Read More

Religious Freedom Today-Emperor Constantine’s Edict of Milan: 1700 years later

OCP- May 17, 2013

Istanbul, Turkey 5/16/2013 Istanbul, Turkey, 17-18 May 2013 1700 years have passed since 313 when, through the Milan Edict of Toleration, Emperor Constantine granted freedom ... Read More

‘Russia’s spiritual revival might inspire’ Western Europe

OCP- May 8, 2013

7/5/13 The spiritual revival of Russia might inspire Christians in Western European countries that have adopted anti-religious laws'. This was stated by head of the ... Read More

Catholicos Karekin II meets CoE Secretary General

OCP- April 19, 2013

18/4/13 PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 18, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland. Karekin II highly assessed the support ... Read More

Two Armenian churches shortlisted as Europe’s most threatened archaeological sites and landmarks

OCP- April 19, 2013

18/4/13 YEREVAN, APRIL 18, ARMENPRESS: Church of St Peter and St Paul in Aragatsotn, Armenia and St George Armenian Church in Turkey  have been shortlisted ... Read More

Eritrea: Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities

OCP- April 2, 2013

Joel Millman - March 2013 Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities CAMPBELL, Calif.—Ande Zerasion’s voice chokes up reliving the sound of ... Read More

His Holiness visits Diocese of Middle Europe

OCP- April 2, 2013

2/4/13 His Holiness Irinej, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, in capacity of the administrator, visited the Diocese of Middle Europe for ... Read More

Lamenting Jerusalem: The Armenian Quarter In The Old City

OCP- March 30, 2013

BY TAMAR BOYADJIAN - 30/3/13 For the last two millennia, Jerusalem has been represented as a space of desire – a place that has been ... Read More

Bishop warns of “toughest times” for Serbs since 2004 pogrom

OCP- January 25, 2013

TANJUG - 25/1/13 BELGRADE -- A SPC bishop based in Kosovo has said that the position of the Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija (KiM) ... Read More

New media cracks Eritrea’s iron curtain

OCP- December 17, 2012

Martin Plaut - 17/12/12 Isolated in exile, young Eritreans have developed new forms of resistance. Young Eritreans, who have fled abroad to escape their government’s stifling ... Read More

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe in Patriarchate of Pec

OCP- October 17, 2012

15/10/2012 Admiral James Stavridis, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, visited  with KFOR Commander Folker Halbauer Stauropegial Laura of the Patriarchate of Pec in Metohija on ... Read More

European Parliament holds seminar on Discrimination of Christians in Europe

OCP- October 12, 2012

9.10.2012 A seminar on the Discrimination of Christians in Europe was held on October 2, 2012, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Organized together by ... Read More

Christianity under threat in Sarajevo

OCP- September 13, 2012

13/9/2012 SARAJEVO: The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church has warned that Christianity was under threat in Sarajevo, as Muslim and Christian clerics argued during ... Read More

BACKGROUND: Middle East Christians suffer persecution and expulsion

OCP- September 13, 2012

By our dpa-correspondent and Europe Online 13/9/2012 Berlin (dpa) - More than 15 million Christians are thought to be living in the Arab world, although ... Read More

Eritrean UK Subdiocese of Europe Committee meets with Abba Seraphim

OCP- September 1, 2012

Oriental Orthodox Churches Eritrean- British Orthodox Churches 1/9/2012 On 27 August, 2012 the Committee of the Eritrean Orthodox UK subdiocese of Europe met together with ... Read More

Greek politicians eye Orthodox Church’s income, expenses as target for budget cuts

OCP- August 12, 2012

12/8/2012 Listen Mp3 In Greece, the Orthodox Church is tied financially to the state. The state pays some priests and exempts the church and its ... Read More

Persecuting Christianity… in Europe

OCP- July 13, 2012

Milena Faustova Moscow Times 11/7/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church is going to challenge in court a ban on wearing crucifixes, which was recently introduced in ... Read More

XIVth Western European Orthodox Congress

OCP- May 21, 2012

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: Dear All Christ is risen ! Please let me remind you that the XIVth Western European Orthodox Congress will take place ... Read More

West has betrayed Christianity, Russia will save it – Orthodox Church official

OCP- May 15, 2012

14/5/2012 Countries of the “Russian world” are capable of changing the globe within ten years, believes top cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church Vsevolod Chaplin. ... Read More

Eastern Christian countries capable of altering humankind in 10 years – Archpriest Chaplin

OCP- May 15, 2012

Moscow, May 14, Interfax - Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia and other Eastern Christian countries are meant to change the entire humankind together, the head of the ... Read More