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