Tag: II

Pope Tawadros II calls upon Coptic movements to choose ‘peaceful struggle’

OCP- March 17, 2013

Ahram Online - 16/3/13 Tawadros II met several Coptic movements to discuss recent crisis in Libya and call upon groups to struggle peacefully. Coptic Pope ... Read More

Egypt’s coptic church commemorates late Pope Shenouda

OCP- March 16, 2013

Ahram Online - 9/3/13 Egypt's church remembers late Pope Shenouda with three days celebration.Pope Tawadros II announced on Saturday that three days of celebrations will ... Read More

FIRST MONUMENT TO PATRIARCH ALEXIY II UNVEILED IN MOSCOW

OCP- March 4, 2013

4/3/13 On February 23, 2013 the authorized representative of the Ukrainian Church on matters of higher education and science, Archimandrite Viktor (Bed) took part in ... Read More

Resumption of Georgian wine supply to Russian market will help improve bilateral relations – Ilia II

OCP- February 28, 2013

Tbilisi, February 27, Interfax - Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia met with representatives of Russia's Rospotrebnadzor, who are in Georgia to inspect the Georgian ... Read More

Coptic Pope heads up 1st meeting of United Council for Egyptian Churches

OCP- February 19, 2013

  Ahram Online - 19/2/13 Monday sees inaugural meeting of United Council for Egyptian Churches, bringing together representatives of Coptic, Episcopal, Evangelical, Catholic and Greek ... Read More

Tallinn’s Medieval Old Town

OCP- February 19, 2013

Sean McLachlan 18/2/13 Tallinn is a medieval wonderland. The capital of Estonia isn't on a lot of people's bucket list but anyone at all interested ... Read More

The Armenians: Unsung Supporter of Hellenism

OCP- February 14, 2013

Catherine Tsounis - 14/2/13 “The Armenians are our brothers,” said Mr. Constantine Parthenis my Modern Greek instructor at St. Demetrios Greek American School in 1950’s ... Read More

Egypt’s Coptic Leader: ‘Christians Are Not a Minority in Terms of Value to the Nation’

OCP- February 9, 2013

By Katherine Weber , Christian Post Reporter 9/2/13 Pope Tawadros II, Egypt's Coptic leader, has issued an uncharacteristically sharp assessment of the North African country's ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill hopes visit by Ilia II to Moscow will strengthen Georgian-Russian relations

OCP- February 1, 2013

Moscow, January 21, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expects the visit by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia to Moscow to ... Read More

Remains of Yugoslavia’s former king returned to Serbia from Libertyville

OCP- January 25, 2013

Michael Holtz, Chicago Tribune reporter - 25/1/13 Laid to rest in north suburban Libertyville more than 40 years ago, King Peter II of Yugoslavia long had ... Read More

Meeting of patriarchs in Moscow aims to ease tensions

OCP- January 25, 2013

  Nino Edilashvili - 25/1/13 Leader of Georgia’s Orthodox Church, Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II, visited Moscow to personally receive the Russian Church’s award ... Read More

Catholicos Karekin II meets Javakhk Armenians

OCP- January 25, 2013

22/1/13 PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin IImet with a delegation of Javakhk Armenians led by the president of Russia’s Javakhk Diaspora Aghasi Arabyan. The meeting ... Read More

Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia arrives in Moscow

OCP- January 21, 2013

January 20, 2012 – His Holiness and Beatitude Iliya II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, was given a solemn welcome at Vnukovo airport in Moscow. On ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill hopes visit by Ilia II to Moscow will strengthen Georgian-Russian relations

OCP- January 21, 2013

Moscow, January 21, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expects the visit by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia to Moscow to ... Read More

Armenian History To Be Taught In Georgian Schools

OCP- January 19, 2013

18/1/13 Armenian history will soon be included in the curriculum of Georgian schools. During a visit to Yerevan on January 18, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina ... Read More

Georgia’s Holy Trinity

OCP- January 16, 2013

  Giorgi Lomsadze - 16/1/13 Georgia’s two squabbling rulers, the prime minister and the president, both need love . . . the love of the country’s ... Read More

Yanukovych presents Order of Merit I to Patriarch of Georgia

OCP- January 16, 2013

2013-01-15 KYIV, January 15. /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian Ambassador to Georgia Vasyl Tsybenko handed the Order of Merit I over to spiritual leader of Georgia, Catholicos-Patriarch of ... Read More

Pashazadeh refuses to meet Karekin II in Artsakh

OCP- January 14, 2013

YEREVAN, JANUARY 10, ARMENPRESS. The Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Board Sheikh-ul-islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh declared that he can have a meeting with Catholicos of All Armenians ... Read More

Georgian Patriarch denies controversial Karabakh comment

OCP- January 9, 2013

Karabakh - 9/1/2013 H H Ilia II, the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church, has denied making a ... Read More

Catholicos Patriarch’s traditional Christmas epistle

OCP- January 9, 2013

8/1/2013 Ilia II, Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia, celebrated Christmas and addressed residents of Georgia with his traditional Christmas epistle. “First of all we are responsible ... Read More

Catholicos Karekin II offers Pashazadeh to meet in Artsakh

OCP- January 9, 2013

9/1/2013 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II has offered Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO) Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh to meet in Artsakh, on the border, ... Read More