Tag: France

Syria’s Christian refugees seeking European future

OCP- April 19, 2013

18/4/13 Christian refugees from Syria have not been in Lebanon for very long. Or at least, you don’t hear much from them, as many are ... Read More

Femen act in the cathedral – French politicians in fury – similarities to Pussy Riot

OCP- February 20, 2013

Dmitry Babich 20/2/13 Here is another example of the European double standards: in France the very same politicians who recently admired the Pussy Riot act ... Read More

Boyer Introduces New Genocide Denial Criminalization Law in France

OCP- January 5, 2013

5/1/2013 PARIS, France—French Parliament Member Valerie Boyer, who spearheaded last year’s effort to pass a bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, submitted a ... Read More

PanARMENIAN.Net – Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with legendary French actor Alain Delon.

OCP- December 19, 2012

19/12/12 PanARMENIAN.Net -  Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with legendary French actor Alain Delon. His Holiness briefed Mr. Delon on the mission of ... Read More

Sooner or later, Turkey will have to accept the truth – Armenian President

OCP- November 15, 2012

15/11/2012 In the City Hall of Lyon, Mayor Gerard Collomb hosted a reception in honor of the President of Armenia which was also attended by ... Read More

Greek Police Smite Facebook Man for Taunting Orthodox Monk

OCP- September 26, 2012

Elder Paisios 25/9/2012 Athens. Police in Greece have arrested a 27-year-old man for hosting a Facebook page taunting a late Orthodox monk with a cult ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos will pay patriarchal visit to France

OCP- June 26, 2012

25/6/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II will pay a patriarchal visit to the French Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, from ... Read More

Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople Honored in Ceremony of the Theology Department at Boston College

OCP- March 16, 2012

By Areti Kotseli 15/3/2012 The ceremony in memory of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras held annually by the Theology Department at Boston College was attended ... Read More

First high-ranking Christian soldier defects from Syrian army

OCP- March 13, 2012

HATAY / PARIS 13/3/2012 A Lieutenant Colonel has defected from the Syrian army, becoming the first high ranked Christian defector from the Syrian regime, according ... Read More

Sarkozy expresses his support for the Armenian People

OCP- March 13, 2012

12.03.2012 During a meeting in Villepinte as part of the election campaign, French President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke about “wounded memory of the Armenians" and expressed ... 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

Turkey welcomes appeal of ‘genocide’ law

OCP- February 3, 2012

By Tony Todd 01/02/2012 Some 130 French parliamentarians have lodged an appeal with the country’s constitutional court to overturn a controversial bill that would criminalise ... Read More

“FRANCE ASSISTS TURKEY TO CORRECT ITS HISTORICAL RECORD” SAID HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

OCP- January 25, 2012

01/24/2012 Commenting on the adoption of the bill by the French Senate last night, which declares that ‘denial of the Armenian genocide is a crime,’ ... Read More

Kazakhstan denies persecution of Orthodox Christians

OCP- January 23, 2012

Astana, January 23, Interfax - Kazakhstan claimed on Monday that its Orthodox Christian community enjoys equal rights and that the country is a land of ... Read More

Ateshian: French Resolution Freezes Turkish Armenian Relations

OCP- December 28, 2011

27/12/2011 The acting Patriarch of Turkish Armenians Aram Ateshian has said that involvement of other thoughts would freeze Turkish-Armenian relations. Commenting on a resolution criminalizing ... Read More

Agos Editor-in-Chief Koptaş: Turkey cannot be democratic until the past is settled

OCP- December 27, 2011

27/12/2011 Rober Koptaş, editor-in-chief of the bilingual Armenian weekly Agos, has said Turkey will never be a fully democratic country until it faces its past ... Read More

Sarkozy provoking conflict between the Christians and Muslims. TUrkey

OCP- December 26, 2011

26/12/2011 Paris (UNN) French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged the mutual respect of views between France and Turkey amid a row over France|s criminalization of the ... Read More

His Holiness Aram’s Letter to H.E. Nicolas Sarkozy

OCP- December 26, 2011

26/12/2011 Hereunder the text of the letter that His Holiness Aram I sent to H.E. Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of the Republic of France, on ... 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

Violence leaves Syria’s Christians with little mood to celebrate Christmas

OCP- December 23, 2011

By Roueida Mabardi Agence France-Presse 23/12/2011 DAMASCUS – Nine months of unrest in Syria have stripped Bab Tuma, the oldest Christian quarter of Damascus, of ... Read More

France to criminalize denial of the Armenian Genocide

OCP- December 18, 2011

Martin Barillas 17/12/2011 French president Nicholas Sarkozy's party has introduced legislation in that nation's legislature that would make illegal the denial of the infamous genocide ... Read More