Tag: II

Historic documents tell it all

OCP- February 7, 2012

07/02/2012 Disturbing news is coming from Abkhazia. With instigation of the Moscow Patriarchate and through blindness of the separatist authorities of Abkhazia vandals of the ... Read More

Catholicos opens Mar Eusebius lecture series

OCP- February 4, 2012

Indian Orthodox church 4/2/2012 Those who have selflessly served the society and the world were remembered as great souls, said Catholicos of the East, Baselius ... Read More

Commentary: Georgia’s Chokehold on Armenia Reaches Critical Level

OCP- January 28, 2012

By Edmond Y. Azadian 26/1/2012 While Armenian news media outlets have been concentrating on the French Senate action criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, ... Read More

565 more babies became Patriarch’s godchildren

OCP- January 21, 2012

20/1/2012 565 more babies became the Patriarch’s godchildren. The 21st baptism was held at the Trinity Cathedral yesterday. The Patriarch arrived at the cathedral for ... Read More

Armenian-Georgian relations continued to develop actively in 2011 – Armenain MFA

OCP- January 17, 2012

16/1/2012 YEREVAN. – Armenian-Georgian relations continued to develop actively in 2011. Bilateral visits on various levels were significantly activated, as well as an active political ... Read More

Catholicos Patriarch of all Georgia to visit Germany for medical examination

OCP- January 17, 2012

17/1/2012 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II will leave for Germany for medical examination at the end of this week. As Patriarchate told Trend, he ... Read More

Primate of Antiochian Syriac Orthodox Church Writes to Catholicose of the East

OCP- January 13, 2012

13/1/2012 Primate of Antiochian Syriac Orthodox Church Metropolitan Mor Severious Moses has send an official letter to Catholicose of the East Baselious Paulose II, Primate ... Read More

Ilia II – “Don’t be afraid of obstacles”

OCP- January 5, 2012

4/1/2012 His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II called on the Georgian population not to be intimidated by obstacles in his ... Read More

Message of the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II on New Year

OCP- January 2, 2012

01.01.2012 His Holiness Garegin Ip, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, addressed a congratulation message on the New Year. The message reads in Prticular ... Read More

Head of Georgian Church Meets Ivanishvili

OCP- December 26, 2011

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 25/12/2011 Head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, met on December 24 in the Patriarchate with billionaire philanthropist Bidzina Ivanishvili for ... Read More

U.S., Kosovo sign cultural protection agreement

OCP- December 16, 2011

TANJUG 15/12/2011 WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga signed the Agreement on Protection and Preservation of Certain Cultural ... Read More

Inter-religious dialogue around Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

OCP- December 10, 2011

ZAUR SHIRIYEV z.shiriyev@todayszaman.com 9/12/2011 International media have a long history of presenting political events in terms of their religious context. Reports on the recent Egyptian ... Read More

A place at the top table

OCP- December 7, 2011

By Stefanos Evripidou 4/12/2011 NO ONE can accuse the Archbishop Chrysostomos II of being boring. A few words spoken by the colourful primate get more ... Read More

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates memorial service on the third anniversary of the demise of Patriarch Alexy II

OCP- December 7, 2011

December 5th, 2011, marked the third anniversary of the demise of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill ... Read More

Patriarch Preaches Respect for Parents

OCP- December 6, 2011

5/12/2011 The Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia the second spoke about importance of respecting parents. He said that parents today give a varied education to ... Read More

ADDRESS BY H. B. CHRYSOSTOMOS II ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNSIL OF CHURCHES OF THE MIDDLE EAST

OCP- December 4, 2011

November 29, 2011 It is with feelings of great joy that we greet today the 10th General Assembly of the Council of Churches of the ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos wishes success to Junior Eurovision 2011 contestants

OCP- December 2, 2011

1/12/2011 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II on Thursday received the contestants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011, which will be ... Read More

Patriarch’s Moscow Visit an Irritation for Georgian Government

OCP- December 2, 2011

By Messenger Staff 30/11/2011 Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II visited Moscow to congratulate Russian Patriarch Kiril on his 65th birthday. This was the official ... Read More

Russian church managers lose battle

OCP- December 1, 2011

1/12/2011 The long battle for ownership of Nice’s iconic Russian Orthodox Church may have come to an end. An Aix-en-Provence court has upheld an earlier ... Read More

Greek Patriarch of Alexandria Pays Historic Visit to St. Catherine Monastery at Mount Sinai

OCP- November 29, 2011

Stella Tsolakidou 28/11/2011 76 years after the then Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa His Beatitude Meletios Metaxakis had visited the historic Holy Monastery of ... Read More

No alternative to peaceful resolution of Karabakh conflict – Catholicos Karekin II

OCP- November 28, 2011

28/11/2011 YEREVAN.- Leadership of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh repeatedly voiced their aspiration for strengthening peace and cooperation with all the neighboring states, said Catholicos of All ... Read More