Tag: Greek Orthodox
The Phanar meeting
YUSUF KANLI 6/7/2012 It was “just” a return visit for a visit by Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew to the Religious Affairs Directorate a year ago ... Read More
Turkey urged to ease up on Greek Orthodox seminary
5/7/2012 Turkey’s top Muslim cleric has supported calls for the government to allow the reopening of a Greek Orthodox seminary. Mehmet Gormez said that Thursday ... Read More
Monastic life in the Judean Wilderness
Daniel Peterson By William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson religion@desnews.com 1/7/2012 From the fourth through the seventh centuries A.D., a form of Christian religious devotion flourished ... Read More
An Insight into the Greek-Orthodox Community of Jordan
By Irene Archos 1/7/2012 The saying, “Opou geis, kai patris,” is a familiar one attesting to the Greek spirit of seeking out fortune and adapting ... Read More
Protesters attack Greek pride event, hurling eggs, plastic bottles
24/6/2012 ATHENS — Dozens of protesters on Saturday interrupted a Pride event in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, hurling eggs and plastic bottles of ... Read More
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Supports Churches of Crete and Dodecanese
Stella Tsolakidou 18/6/2012 The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America donated $190,000 to the Churches of Crete and the Dodecanese in order to promote their charity ... Read More
Turkey’s Greek Orthodox urges reopening of Halki seminary
MURAT YETKİN 19/6/2012 A small police car is one of a handful of motor vehicles on Heybeliada (Halki) island off Istanbul. A small police car ... Read More
Church leaders to deliver anti-gay marriage letters
LEESHA MCKENNY 16/6/2012 LEADERS of Sydney's major Christian churches will make a coordinated appeal against same-sex marriage straight from the pulpit this weekend in a ... Read More
Greek Orthodox Church Bishop to be Enthroned for First Time in Botswana
By Stella Tsolakidou 1/6/2012 After two years of constant efforts and humanitarian work, the relatively newly founded Greek Orthodox Diocese of Botswana will have its ... Read More
Church keeps tradition alive
By Daniela Berretta Associated Press Writer 2/6/2012 ERUSALEM — After the last tourists leave the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City at ... Read More
Turkey’s leader discusses a promise not yet fulfilled
John Kass jskass@tribune.com 23/5/2012 Why hasn't Turkish government reopened Greek Orthodox seminary? Turkish President Abdullah Gul, in Chicago for the NATO summit, sat down with ... Read More
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules in favor of Greek Orthodox church in dispute with city of Springfield over fire detection system
By Dan Ring, The Republican 4/5/2012 BOSTON -- The state's highest court today ruled in favor of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Western Massachusetts ... Read More
Rebuilding Of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Moves Forward
26/4/2012 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - On September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers weren’t the only structures destroyed. The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was also ... Read More
Georgia-Israel Relations Continue Stumbling With Monastery Flap – Analysis
By Brittany Pheiffer 19/4/2012 A controversy over a historically Georgian monastery in Jerusalem is further complicating already-strained ties between Tel Aviv and Tbilisi. Despite mutual ... Read More
Pilgrimage Rights of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
By Areti Kotseli 16/4/2012 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, known as the Church of the Resurrection, has been an important pilgrimage destination ... Read More
Archbishop denounces Israeli restrictions on freedom of religion in Jerusalem
14/4/2012 The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, Atallah Hanna, has denounced Israeli actions in occupied Jerusalem imposed due to Jewish holidays. In a press statement ... Read More
Istanbul: Historic Greek Orphanage to Become Environmental Center Under Patriarch Bartholomew I
By Areti Kotseli 10/4/2012 The Büyükada Greek Orphanage of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate is set to become an international environmental foundation, according to a recent ... Read More
Turkey returns historic graveyards to non-Muslim communities
10/4/2012 Six historic graveyards were returned to İstanbul’s Jewish, Greek and Armenian communities. Six historic graveyards were returned to İstanbul’s Jewish, Greek and Armenian communities ... Read More
Syria’s Christians caught in the middle
7/4/2012 As the year-long conflict polarises Syrian society, Omar Abdel-Razek from BBC Arabic finds an Orthodox Christian community worried it could face trouble from both ... Read More
Ancient monastery attacked by Israeli extremists
By Lauren Gelfond Feldinger 4/4/2012 Continuing vandalism at religious sites prompts condemnation from religious communities and politicians. A medieval Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem, one ... Read More
Reopening of Greek Orthodox Seminary back on agenda
27/3/2012 TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA Turkey has decided to reopen a former Greek Orthodox seminary on an island off the coast of İstanbul, according to a ... Read More