Tag: Europe
One Armenian’s Fateful Escape from the Titanic
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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”
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
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