Tag: Hungary

Intercultural Association Macedonia Cuts Vasilopita

OCP- January 25, 2013

Nicky Mariam Onti - 25/1/13 The customary cutting of the Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s Cake) was celebrated in an event of the Intercultural Association Macedonia in ... Read More

Conference of European Churches deplores Azerbaijani murderer’s extradition

OCP- September 19, 2012

18/9/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Conference of European Churches (CEC) Central Committee convened its annual meeting in the Greek island of Crete on September 13 and ... Read More

Armenian Americans demand Azeri axe-murderer’s re-incarceration

OCP- September 11, 2012

10/9/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Americans from throughout the Greater Washington DC area called Hungary's release and Azerbaijan's pardon and glorification of convicted axe-murderer Ramil Safarov ... Read More

Catholicos of Great House of Cilicia sends protest letter to Hungarian President

OCP- September 7, 2012

7/9/2012 BEIRUT. – Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church addressed a letter of protest to the President ... Read More

ARMENIANS OF INDIA PROTEST AGAINST HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT

OCP- September 4, 2012

4/9/2012 On 4th September, 2012, members of the Armenian Community of India, voiced their protest against Hungary, in front of the Hungarian Consulate in Kolkata, ... Read More

Orthodox Service Held in the Hungarian City of Kecskemét after 100 Years

OCP- March 14, 2012

By Areti Kotseli 13/3/2012 Last Sunday an Orthodox Episcopal service was held in the historical church of Holy Trinity in the Hungarian city Kecskemét celebrated ... Read More

Hungarian Parliament adds eighteen religious orders to list of officially recognized churches; 66 rejected

OCP- February 28, 2012

BY MTI 28/2/2012 Hungarian parliament expanded the number of recognised churches from an initial 14 to 32 on Monday. The related amendment to the law ... Read More

Orthodox Church Supports Hellenism in Hungary

OCP- January 21, 2012

By Fani Toli 20/1/2012 The Greek Ambassador to Hungary, Spyridon Georgiles, emphasized during a discussion held on the occasion of the Blessing of the Waters ... Read More

Hungary Approves Restrictive Church Law Amid Evangelical Protests

OCP- December 31, 2011

31/12/2011 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of protesting pastors and other evangelical Christians failed Friday, December 30, to prevent the adoption of the European Union's most ... Read More

Hellenism Honours the Late Metropolitan Michael of Austria

OCP- November 30, 2011

28/11/2011 Hellenism of Central Europe attended the requiem mass being held in honor of the late Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria-Exarch of Hungary and Central ... Read More

Greeks in Hungary Celebrate National “Oxi” Day

OCP- November 2, 2011

Stella Tsolakidou 31/10/2011 Within a very emotionally tense atmosphere due to the recent loss of Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria and Exarch of Hungary Michael, ... Read More

Sreckovic to open “Month of Serbian culture” in Budapest

OCP- September 16, 2011

Emg.rs 16/9/2011 Minister of Religion and Diaspora Srdjan Sreckovic will open in Budapest tomorrow the traditional cultural event “Month of Serbian culture”, organised by the ... Read More

Egypt’s Pope back Home

OCP- September 12, 2011

The Egyptian Gazette 9/9/2011 CAIRO - Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, returned home Thursday from a trip to the US ... Read More

First Coptic church in Hungary Consecrated

OCP- August 25, 2011

By: MTI 23/8/2011 Shenouda III, the leader of the Coptic Christian community, consecrated the first Coptic church in Hungary on Sunday. The Coptic Pope, as ... Read More

Coptic Church cancels this year’s national Unity Iftar

OCP- August 2, 2011

Emad Khalil 31/07/2011 A source from the Coptic Church said on Sunday that Pope Shenouda III has canceled the usual yearly national unity Ramadan iftar. ... Read More

Xploring Hungary: Orthodox Museum In Miskolc

OCP- July 13, 2011

13.07.2011 "This exhibition introduces the visitor to the history and cultural heritage of the Eastern Orthodox church with the help of goldsmith works, textiles, icons ... Read More

Participants of the contest “Days of Cyrillic Alphabet” in the Serbian Patriarchate

OCP- June 24, 2011

21/6/2011 His Grace Vicar Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno blessed on Saturday, June 18, 2011 in the Patriarchate chapel of St. Symeon the Myrrh-Gusher the most ... Read More

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Michael of Austria & Exarch of Hungary & Mid-Europe Receives Highest Austrian Honor

OCP- April 5, 2011

By Anastasia Miskedaki 5/4/2011 A historical moment for Orthodoxy in Austria and a new milestone in its relations with the Austrian state is the forthcoming ... Read More

“Greek Orthodox Diaspora in Hungary, 17th – 19th Century” Exhibition, Patras

OCP- December 17, 2010

By Apostolos Papapostolou 14/12/2010 Historical evidence of the life and action of the flourishing Greek element in Hungary, from the 17th until the 19th century ... Read More