Tag: Holy Family

Christmas in Eastern Orthodox Church: Facts & Details

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 7, 2017

© Sputnik/ Konstantin Chalabov Sputniknews - 7/1/17 While most commonly Christmas is celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on December 25, the Eastern Orthodox Church ... Read More

Zemene Tsigie: the Season Dedicated to the Flight of the Holy Family into Egypt

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- October 15, 2016

Mahibere Kidusan - Kassa Nigus - October 2016 Zemene Tsigie meaning “the season of flower” is a season devoted to the Flight of the Holy ... Read More

Egyptian Government Promotes Christian Itineraries

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- October 23, 2014

Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab (R) and Pope Tawadros II (L) of Alexandria at the ceremony for the recent reopening of the Hanging Church, in ... Read More

An urgent plea from Gaza: ‘We need aid more than ever’

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 7, 2014

7/8/14 “The humanitarian situation in Gaza is very bad... We ask for your help for the poor and those injured by the war. Now, more ... Read More

PILGRIMAGE ROUTE, “ON THE TRAIL OF THE HOLY FAMILY”, BEING PREPARED IN EGYPT

OCP- May 5, 2014

May 2014 There is an attempt afoot to revive the religious tourism in Egypt. The pilot tour of the new route, "On the trail of ... Read More

New Western Rite Orthodox parish comes to valley

OCP- June 20, 2012

The Rev. Richard Reed stands in a room in his Woodstock home which is being used as the temporary chapel for the Holy Family Orthodox ... Read More

Parish Priest escapes bombing of Iraqi Church

OCP- August 17, 2011

BY JOHN PONTIFEX 16/8/2011 Another church in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk has been bombed bringing the tally to three within less than two weeks. ... Read More

Iraq: Islamic Radicals Bomb Christian Church In Kirkuk

OCP- August 15, 2011

15/8/2011 Kirkuk (AsiaNews) – A bomb exploded last night near the St Ephraim Syrian Orthodox Church in Kirkuk, which is just a few hundreds of ... Read More

Kaliningrad’s Orthodox Christians accuse Catholics of proselytizing Plot

OCP- November 24, 2010

23/11/2010 Kaliningrad, November 23, Interfax - More than 600 Orthodox Christians in Kaliningrad issued a statement accusing the city's Roman Catholic community of a scheme ... Read More