Tag: II

Church infrastructure projects steaming ahead

OCP- May 29, 2013

29/5/13 PLANS to build a hotel in Paphos on church land, the creation of a photovoltaic park near Nicosia and the construction of a private ... Read More

Awarding Ceremony of the Winners of the National Contest of Dumitru Stăniloae

OCP- May 28, 2013

May 2013 Following the initiative and blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Theological Educational Department of the Romanian Patriarchate organised from 15 November 2012 ... Read More

Georgian, Ecumenical Patriarchs not expected in Abkhazia

OCP- May 24, 2013

Sukhum, May 23, Interfax - The head of self-proclaimed Abkhaz Orthodox Church Priest Vissarion Aplia, said that the visit of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia ... Read More

Georgia Patriarch Calls For Calm After Orthodox Groups Thwart Gay Rights Rally

OCP- May 20, 2013

18/5/13 (Civil.Ge) — The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, has called for calm after violence that erupted after aggressive anti-gay protesters, ... Read More

Why Pope Francis isn’t welcome in Serbia

OCP- May 16, 2013

Sasa Milosevic - 15/5/13 The Roman Catholic Church's alleged role in the Ustase slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Serbs during World War II has not ... Read More

Catholicos Karekin II meets SCEJA employees

OCP- May 16, 2013

15/3/13 PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Karekin II met on May 15 with employees of RA Service for Compulsory Execution of Judicial Acts ... Read More

Pope Tawadros II begins historic visit to Vatican

OCP- May 9, 2013

Ahram Online - 9/5/13 Leader of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church arrives in Rome for first such visit in 40 years. Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros ... Read More

His Holiness Karekin II visits the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America

OCP- May 8, 2013

7/5/13 His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, has left for the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America at the ... Read More

Orthodox Christian Holy Week 2013 – Snaps Around the World

OCP- May 6, 2013

Holy Land: Scene from Holy Fire Syria: Aleppo Archbishop Mor Yuhanon Gregorios blessing the faithful, The pic was taken before his abduction by the terrorists ... Read More

Coptic Orphans Registered in Egypt and Meets with H.H. Pope Tawadros II (Video)

OCP- May 1, 2013

1/5/13 On March 31, 2013, hundreds of Coptic Orphans volunteers, along with key staff, met with His Holiness Pope Tawadros II at St. Mark's Coptic ... Read More

His Holiness Karekin II and His Holiness Aram I urge Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide and return Armenian Churches

OCP- April 24, 2013

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services  24/4/13 In 2015, the Armenian people of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and the diaspora ... Read More

Catholicos Karekin II meets Indian ambassador

OCP- April 20, 2013

19/4/13 PanARMENIAN.Net -  Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Karekin II met with the newly-appointed Indian ambassador Shri Suresh Babu. His Holiness congratulated the envoy ... Read More

Coptic pope suggests church-building law to ease tensions

OCP- April 19, 2013

Ahram Online - 18/4/13 Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II met with legislators to discuss recent sectarian violence. In a meeting with 20 members of the ... Read More

Catholicos Karekin II meets CoE Secretary General

OCP- April 19, 2013

18/4/13 PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 18, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland. Karekin II highly assessed the support ... Read More

Out of seclusion, Egypt’s Coptic Pope to meet Khosous victims’ families

OCP- April 15, 2013

Ahram Online - 154/13 After days in meditative seclusion following violent attacks at Egypt's main Coptic cathedral, Pope Tawadros II returns to Cairo and will ... Read More

Remarks of His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Inauguration of the Republic of Armenia

OCP- April 9, 2013

9/4/13 Your Excellency, Mr. President, Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabagh, Honored President of the National Assembly, Your Eminences and Your ... Read More

Egypt’s Coptic pope to receive condolences for Al-Khosous victims on Thursday

OCP- April 9, 2013

Ahram Online 9/4/13 Pope Tawadros II to hold reception for public figures to offer condolences after four Copts killed in recent violence. Egypt's Coptic Orthodox ... Read More

Pope Tawadros II to Visit Pope Francis

OCP- April 6, 2013

CWN - 6/4/13 Pope Tawadros (Theodoros) II of Alexandria, who was elected head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in November, has announced that he will soon ... Read More

Repentance According to Saint Gregory Palamas

OCP- April 6, 2013

Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi - April 2013 As we all know, Saint Gregory Palamas is a great luminary of the Orthodox Church, who with the ... Read More

Metropolitan Philip II

OCP- April 3, 2013

3/4/13 "He alone can in truth call himself sovereign who is master of himself, who is not subject to his passions and conquers by charity." ... Read More

Orthodox Church in Cyprus offers assets to aid crisis

OCP- March 20, 2013

20/3/13 The head of Cyprus's influential Orthodox Church says he will put the church's assets at the country's disposal to help pull it out of ... Read More