Tag: Greek Orthodox Church

Church school is set to open

OCP- January 13, 2012

By Sophie Barnes 12/1/2012 Website of the School PLANS for a Greek Orthodox Free School are getting off the ground – and the first intake ... Read More

Greek Orthodox Church in Gulf Shores to be consecrated by Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta

OCP- January 9, 2012

By Roy Hoffman, Press-Register 7/1/2012 In Alabama, St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox parish joins four others: Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Mobile; Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church ... Read More

‘Vasilopita’ One of the Most Inspirational Traditions of Greek Orthodox Church

OCP- January 2, 2012

Fani Toli 31/12/2/011 One of the most beautiful and inspirational traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church is the annual family celebration of the Vasilopita. This ... Read More

Christmas tree missing in gloomy Athens

OCP- December 28, 2011

PHILIP PANGALOS, ATHENS From: The Times 28/12/2011 IN a sign of the increasingly gloomy times in austerity-stricken Greece there was no traditional Christmas tree in ... Read More

Palestinian Church Threatens to Sue Israeli Newspaper

OCP- December 4, 2011

4/12/2011 JERUSALEM, December 4, 2011 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Roman Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem threatened Sunday to sue Israeli newspaper Haaretz for publishing false reports ... Read More

Madaba’s Mosaics

OCP- November 27, 2011

27/11/2011 Aruna Chandaraju examines the mosaic map of Madaba in Jordan and offers a picturesque review of the church in which it’s found, as well ... Read More

Israeli public figures apologize to Greek patriarch for ultra-Orthodox spitting incidents

OCP- November 23, 2011

By Oz Rosenberg 23/11/2011 Visit to Greek Orthodox patriarch led by Rabbis for Human Rights head. Last Friday, a group of Jewish public figures and ... Read More

Gemayel condemns attack on Greek Orthodox Church

OCP- November 18, 2011

16/11/2011 Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel condemned on Wednesday what happened to the Greek Orthodox Church for the Archdiocese of Beirut which was vandalized by ... Read More

Greek Orthodox Church honors retiring Metropolitan

OCP- November 13, 2011

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW 13/11/2011 Metropolitan Maximos, the Metropolitan of Pittsburgh, was recognized at a reception held to honor his retirement, at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox ... Read More

First religious service at Neo-Byzantine Greek Orthodox Church at Ann Street (Yesterday’s News)

OCP- November 13, 2011

13/11/2011 Editor's Note: These are excerpts from past editions of the Press-Register. 1861: • "BENEFIT OF MONS. GILLES. -- The time of has been fixed ... Read More

Communiqué from the Holy Synod of Antioch’s Fall Session

OCP- November 4, 2011

31/10/2011 The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East At the invitation and under the guidance of His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV, the Antiochian ... Read More

Bishop Savas of Troas Elected Metropolitan of Pittsburgh

OCP- November 4, 2011

3/11/2011 The Greek Archdiocese of America(Ecumenical Patriarchate) NEW YORK – The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople elected today His Grace ... Read More

Halloween a.m. vandals spray-painted Greek Orthodox Church

OCP- November 4, 2011

By DAVID C. SHAMPINE TIMES STAFF WRITER 3/11/2011 Halloween a.m. vandals spray-painted Greek Orthodox Church as well as 8 cars and a fence as well ... Read More

Greek Orthodox Church in Adelaide Open Again

OCP- October 29, 2011

Stella Tsolakidou 22/10/2011 The Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in Thebarto, Adelaide, is fully functional again after all work on noise abatement has been ... Read More

Greek Archbishop Seeks Qatari Property Investment, Ta Nea Says

OCP- October 27, 2011

By Marcus Bensasson 25/10/2011 The Archbishop of Athens is in Qatar seeking to attract investment from the Gulf emirate in church- held real estate in ... Read More

Occupy the Greek Orthodox Church

OCP- October 13, 2011

LOUIS A. RUPRECHT 13/10/2011 As the debate about IMF- and EU-imposed austerity measures and the possibility of a Greek government default continues, there is one ... Read More

WTC Anniversary Excludes Clergy, First Responders

OCP- September 7, 2011

7/9/2011 TUCSON, Ariz. - Like a lot of Americans, the 10 year anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero feels very personal. Also like a lot of ... Read More

Greek Orthodox Church Sues to Open at Ground Zero

OCP- September 5, 2011

4/9/2011 (New York, NY) -- The only church destroyed on September 11 was St. Nicholas, a Greek Orthodox Church. A decade later, the parish is ... Read More

Feast of Transfiguration celebrations set for Mount Tabor

OCP- August 18, 2011

By TRAVELUJAH 08/17/2011 For more information on Christians sites and travel in Israel, visit Travelujah.com Greek Orthodox church celebrates transfiguration of Jesus, one of the ... Read More

Priests move to protect Churches

OCP- August 17, 2011

Greek Orthodox Church 17/8/2011 Hundreds of churches have been burgled this year and faced with a rapid rise in the number of break-ins over the ... Read More

Athens debt crisis taxes cosy ties between state and Greek Orthodox Church

OCP- July 16, 2011

15/7/2011 The Greek Orthodox Church owns more land than anyone except the state, employs thousands on the public payroll, has a stake in the nation’s ... Read More