Tag: Greek Orthodox
ISIS Committing Genocide Against Christians – Video Report
By Seraphim Danckaert in This Week in Orthodoxy - August 2014 Welcome to “This Week in Orthodoxy,” the world’s only online video newscast focused on events in the life ... Read More
Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos – August 15, 2014
Protocol No. 145/14 August 15, 2014 Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks ... Read More
‘We put all our hopes in this church – we need somewhere to sleep
People pray over casket of Palestinian Christian woman who doctors said was killed in an Israeli air strike. Reuters/Suhaib Salem Independent News Service - 28/7/14 Desperate Palestinians ... Read More
Greek Orthodox Church Condemns Attacks on Christians in Mosul
Daily Star, Lebanon - 25/7/14 Beirut -- The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Wednesday condemned the attacks on Mosul's Christians, calling on states funding extremist organizations to ... Read More
Gazans find sanctuary in ancient church
AL Monitor - 23/7/14 Gaza’s only Greek Orthodox Church canceled its Sunday prayers and opened its doors to hundreds fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the ... Read More
42nd Clergy Laity Congress Delegates Explore Questions of Family and Faith
Greek Orthodox Church - USA - July 2014 PHILADELPHIA – The delegates of the 42nd Clergy Laity Congress explored during this second full day of ... Read More
“Religious freedom is founded on truth and is essential to our human and communal existence”- Archbishop Demetrios
1/7/14 Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for Independence Day To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and ... Read More
‘Christians in Turkey Are Second-Class Citizens’
Halki Theological Seminary By Walter Flick http://www.dw.de - 10/5/14 The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomew of Constantinople, arrives to Germany May ... Read More
Turkish PM Erdoğan’s steps ‘not enough,’ Greek Orthodox Patriarch says
May 2014 Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of 250 million Orthodox Christians, praised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for improving rights for Christians, but added ... Read More
Archbishop Hanna holds prayers for the release of abducted Aleppo Bishops
26/4/14 Occupied Jerusalem, (SANA) Archbishop of the Sebastian Greek Orthodox Church Atallah Hanna called for prayer on Friday for the release of the two abducted ... Read More
Christian Palestinians reject calls to join Israeli army
26/4/14 Representatives of orthodox national institutions in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories have rejected the recruitment of Christians in the Israeli army yesterday. At a ... Read More
Patriarch john X : Violence exacts heavy price, freedom is about reaching out to the other
22/4/14 Yazigi: Violence exacts heavy price, freedom is about reaching out to the other. Damascus, (SANA) Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All East, John ... Read More
Introducing Mayan Orthodoxy
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Mexico - April 2014 Visit website here: Who are the Mayan Orthodox? The Mayan Orthodox are a group of several thousand ... Read More
Continued Support for Relief Work in the Philippines
April 2014 NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America continues to support recovery efforts in the Philippines. Through a recent $40,000 grant to ... Read More
Palm Sunday at the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Anthioch and All East - 14/4/14 His Beatitude, John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, presided over the Divine ... Read More
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Donates to Cephalonia and Cyprus Donates to Cephalonia and Cyprus
Iro-Anna Mamakouka - March 2014 The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America offered 25,000 dollars for the earthquake victims of Cephalonia, western Greece. According to the ... Read More
Prince Charles Visits Greek Orthodox Church in Doha – Qatar
22/2/14 Read more here: Doha: On the fifth day of The Prince of Wales's tour of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, His Royal Highness visited ... Read More
Greek Inspirations on St. Valentine’s Day
Konstantinos Menzel - 14/2/14 If love could be defined, then it would contain the most intense and vitalizing feeling, but also the most oppressive one, ... Read More
Patriarch Youhanna X Appeals for Peaceful Solution to Political Crisis
26/1/14 Greek Orthodox leader Youhanna X Yazigi urged the Lebanese on Saturday to resolve their political disputes peacefully and avoid a constitutional vacuum. The Patriarch of ... Read More
Martin Luther King’s Great Greek Friend & Supporter
Anastasios Papapostolou- January 2014 Archbishop Iakovos is known in the U.S. as the committed and caring pastor who put the Greek Orthodox Faith on the map ... Read More
Oxford University Press Releases Rev. Dr. Pentiuc’s The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition
Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc 7/1/14 Oxford University Press will release the latest book by Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc, Professor of Old Testament and ... Read More