Tag: Europe

One Armenian’s Fateful Escape from the Titanic

OCP- April 14, 2012

BY DAISY SINDELAR From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 14/4/2012 Neshan Krekorian was barely in his twenties when his father urged him to emigrate from western ... Read More

Hopes to Revive the Christian Area of Turkey

OCP- April 5, 2012

By SUSANNE GÜSTEN 4/4/2012 IDIL, TURKEY — Clambering over the rubble of what was once his hometown, Robert Tutus pointed to a spot just up ... Read More

Europe bishops slam Saudi fatwa against Gulf churches

OCP- March 24, 2012

By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor 24/3/2012 PARIS (Reuters) - Christian bishops in Germany, Austria and Russia have sharply criticised Saudi Arabia's top religious official after ... Read More

Bulgarian Archaeologists Claim Oldest Monastery in Europe

OCP- March 19, 2012

19/3/2012 Bulgarian archaeologists have uncovered what they believe is the oldest Christian monastery in Europea near the village of Zlatna Livada in southern Bulgaria. According ... Read More

5.0 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Mount Athos

OCP- March 11, 2012

Fani Toli 4/3/2012 An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale occurred on Mount Athos in Chalkidiki at 05.30 on Sunday morning, 30 ​​km ... Read More

Orthodox Believers Stand Up For Jailed Anti-Putin Punk Rockers

OCP- March 10, 2012

9/3/2012 Radio Free Europe Public outrage is mounting over the jailing of two Russian women accused of staging an illegal anti-Kremlin performance in Moscow's largest ... Read More

Turkey warns Europe against mounting racism, Islamophobia

OCP- February 6, 2012

1/2/2012 ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday warned of rising racism and Islamophobia in Europe as he once again denounced a recent ... Read More

Azerbaijani ambassador: Armenians try to represent Karabakh conflict as religious to Europe

OCP- February 3, 2012

Trend E.Tariverdiyeva 2/2/2012 Russia has recently proved that it wants the OSCE Minsk group to promote the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, the Azerbaijani ... Read More

Georgia wants CoE to take charge of its Orthodox monuments in Abkhazia

OCP- January 28, 2012

Strasbourg, January 25, Interfax - Georgian parliamentarians are going to draw the attention of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to what ... Read More

Aram I urges Europe to develop interfaith relations

OCP- January 28, 2012

26/1/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - Archbishop of Canterbury’s Interfaith Dialogues Assistant Rana Kahn visited residence of the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I. During ... Read More

Opinion: Time to rethink how we relate to Christians

OCP- January 26, 2012

25/1/2012 Jews are known for their intellect, and for legitimate reasons. The number of Jewish recipients of Nobel Prizes, for example, is wildly disproportionate to ... Read More

Hellenism in Vienna Honors the Late Metropolitan Michael of Austria

OCP- January 25, 2012

Fani Toli 23/1/2012 Many Greeks in Central Europe attended the requiem Liturgy being held in honor of the late Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria-Exarch of ... Read More

Europe No Longer Center of Christian Faith

OCP- December 23, 2011

BY BRUCE WALKER 20/12/2011 Christianity was once so localized to Europe that the term “Christendom” largely meant Europe. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, ... Read More

Christianity is world’s largest religion, says Pew Forum survey

OCP- December 20, 2011

By JohnThomas Didymus 20/12/2011 Christianity is the world's largest religion, so says a new Pew Forum Survey called "Global Christianity." According to the survey, about ... Read More

Christianity Sees Major Shifts In 100 Years, Percentage Of Population Remains Constant

OCP- December 19, 2011

19/12/2011 Washington, D.C. — With Christmas fast approaching, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life published a new comprehensive demographic report on ... Read More

Religious structure of Armenians

OCP- December 9, 2011

6/12/2011 YEREVAN. - A scientific conference entitled “Religious structure of Armenians: challenges and opportunities” will take place in Yerevan on Friday and Saturday. Armenia’s Ministry ... Read More

Christians happiest people in Europe: survey

OCP- December 9, 2011

8/12/2011 A study of the effect of religion on happiness has revealed that Christians are the happiest people in Europe. The study was an empirical ... Read More

Hellenism Honours the Late Metropolitan Michael of Austria

OCP- November 30, 2011

28/11/2011 Hellenism of Central Europe attended the requiem mass being held in honor of the late Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria-Exarch of Hungary and Central ... Read More

Is liberalism killing the copts?

OCP- November 19, 2011

Marc Michael 18/11/2011 One consequence of neo-liberal policies under Mubarak lead to religious ghettoisation of Egypt says author. Cambridge, United Kingdom - On 'bloody' Sunday ... Read More

“Palestinian Theologian” Trashes “Palestinian Theology”

OCP- November 10, 2011

by Malcolm Lowe 10/11/2011 For over two decades, parts of the Christian world have been bemused by the writings of self-styled "Palestinian Christian theologians." Since ... Read More

Orthodox church at the gates of Purgatory

OCP- November 9, 2011

Laurenţiu Mihu 9/11/2011 In Bucharest and in Athens, the exacerbation of the economic crisis has undermined public tolerance for the privileges enjoyed by the Orthodox ... Read More