Tag: Greek Orthodox

Greek Orthodox Archbishop Petros of Axum and All Ethiopia receives OCP Secretary

OCP- October 29, 2013

OCP News Service Yonas Gredew – October-November 2013 Addis Ababa: The Greek Orthodox Archbishop Petros of Axum and Archimandrite Chrysostom received Secretary George Alexander at ... Read More

Fire Causes Significant Losses to a Greek-Orthodox Monastery

OCP- October 22, 2013

Maria Arkouli - 22/10/13 The bushfire that has broken out in the Blue Mountains area, near Sydney, caused significant damages to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint George. ... Read More

Middle Eastern primates to meet in Cyprus to discuss the future of Christians in the region

OCP- October 17, 2013

17/10/13 October 15, 2013. (Romereports.com) The primates of the increasingly fragile Greek Orthodox Churches in the Middle East plan to meet in Cyprus to talk ... Read More

Security Chief Meets Patriarch John X over kidnapped bishops

OCP- October 15, 2013

15/10/13 BEIRUT: Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim  met Saturday with Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi  and discussed the ongoing efforts  to secure the release of ... Read More

Deal could see release of two bishops in Syria: Afram

OCP- October 14, 2013

14/10/13 BEIRUT: A deal running in parallel with efforts to free the nine kidnapped Lebanese in Syria could see the release of two Greek Orthodox bishops who ... Read More

Youth conference bigger than ever

OCP- October 2, 2013

Helen Velissaris     - 2/10/13 More than 300 young churchgoers have made the pilgrimage to Bribie Island to participate in the Greek Orthodox Church's Tenth National ... Read More

Orthodox Service In Turkish Hotel, Not Church

OCP- October 1, 2013

Maria Arkouli - 10/1/2013 A group of about 400 Greeks performed a religious ceremony in a hotel, after the denial of the permission needed to ... Read More

The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch speaks out against Violence in Syria

OCP- September 29, 2013

29/9/13 Youhanna X Yazigi says Christians, Muslim united against violence The pain and suffering of Christians in Syria was at the heart of a meeting ... Read More

Up on the holy mountains

OCP- September 28, 2013

THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY - Piers Akerman  - 28/9/13 SOFT rain drifted across the small town of Karyes and mist hung over the slopes of Mount ... Read More

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A CHURCH IN BIRZEIT

OCP- September 28, 2013

On the evening of Sunday the 9th/22nd of September 2013, the foundation-stone was set of a church of the Greek Orthodox (Rum Orthodox) Community of ... Read More

Greek Orthodox Patriarch conducts religious ceremony at historic island church

OCP- September 23, 2013

BALIKESİR – Doğan News Agency - 23/9/13 The Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew yesterday conducted a religious ceremony on the Marmara Island of the northwestern ... Read More

Religious leaders and Syrian refugees meet in Lebanon

OCP- September 22, 2013

By Isabella Eisenberg - 22/9/13 Here, in the northern Lebanese district of Akkar, Catholic-Maronite, Sunni, Greek-Orthodox and Alawite villages are scattered all over the landscape. ... Read More

Greek Orthodox Church Patriarch Bartholomew I slams legal recognition of gay couples

OCP- September 14, 2013

Andrew Potts – 14/9/13 The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople says Orthodox Church will never accept gay relationships in warning Estonia about going down the path ... Read More

Lebanon patriarch rejects military action in Syria

OCP- September 2, 2013

The Daily Star - 2/9/13 BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai  rejected any military action against Syria  in remarks Sunday following his meeting  with Greek Orthodox ... Read More

Panepirotic Federation Condemns Brutal Attack Against Greek Orthodox Christians in Albania

OCP- August 31, 2013

Anastasios Papapostolou - 31/8/13 The Panepirotic Federation of America (POA) strongly condemns the brutal attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the city of Premet ... Read More

Orthodox church in Izmir faces demolition

OCP- August 24, 2013

Profitis Ilias is set to be demolished at a time when the ambitious plans of the Izmir Municipality to revive lost city monuments are in ... Read More

Ambitious project to restore one of Norfolk’s rare Greek Orthodox churches

OCP- August 24, 2013

Greek Orthodox Church of St Spyridon in Great Yarmouth.. The church is having building work carried out to the tower. Picture: James Bass Liz Coates - ... Read More

Massive rally in Occupied Jerusalem in solidarity with the abducted Bishops

OCP- August 21, 2013

21/8/13 Occupied Jerusalem, (SANA) – A massive rally was held in the courtyard of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in solidarity with ... Read More

Archbishop Hanna: Syria Will Win War on Terrorism

OCP- August 14, 2013

14/8/13 TEHRAN (FNA)- Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, Archbishop Atallah Hanna, said that Syria is the country of amity and coexistence among all religions. Heading ... Read More

UPDATE: Fire Guts St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

OCP- August 14, 2013

Matthew Hogan (Editor)  - 14/8/13 A fire ripped through the inside of the St. Demetrios Greek Orthrodox Church on Hewlett Avenue in Merrick Friday night. Merrick firefighters, with ... Read More

SYRIA: Missing Clergymen Reveal Dangers Facing Christians

OCP- August 9, 2013

Morning Star News, Assist News Service - 9/8/13 The disappearance of an Italian Jesuit priest on July 29t The disappearance of an Italian Jesuit priest on July ... Read More