Tag: II

Meeting of the CIS Interreligious Council held in Yerevan

OCP- November 28, 2011

28/11/2011 Meeting of the CIS Interreligious Council, being held in Yerevan, Armenia. Leaders from all the major religions of the CIS countries have gathered at ... Read More

Georgian Patriarch seeks reburial of two former Georgian Tsars

OCP- November 25, 2011

25/11/2011 TBILISI (RIA Novosti) The Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church asked for the reburial of two Georgian tsars, Vakhtang IV and Teimuraz II, in ... Read More

Romania gave us Catholicos Vazgen I – Karekin II

OCP- November 19, 2011

16/11/2011 ETCHMIADZIN.- Karekin II received Romania’s FM Teodor Baconschi on Wednesday at Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Catholicos mentioned that close relations between the two ... Read More

His Holiness Patriarch decorates HH Pope Shenouda II with Golden Cross of St. Ignatius, the highest order of SOC

OCP- November 17, 2011

17/11/2011 CAIRO: His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas decorated His Holiness Pope Shenouda II of Coptic Orthodox Church with the Golden Cross of St. ... Read More

Georgian Church Leader Meets Ivanishvili

OCP- November 16, 2011

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 15/11/2011 Billionaire-turned-politician, Bidzina Ivanishvili, met with Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church Ilia II in the Patriarchate on Tuesday evening. After the ... Read More

Six Bishops Consecrated for Armenian Church

OCP- November 15, 2011

6/11/2011 On Sunday 6 November 2011, Holy Liturgy was presided over by His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Catholicos of all Armenians at the Cathedral Church ... Read More

Defrocked Former Primate of Russia Plans to Sue Armenia TV for Slander

OCP- November 4, 2011

4/11/2011 Archbishop Tiran Kyureghyan, the former Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese of New Nakhichevan and Russia, is planning to sue Armenia TV for ... Read More

Parumala Feast Concludes

OCP- November 4, 2011

3/11/2011 The Indian Orthodox Church PATHANANMTHITTA: The 109th commemoration perunnal of Geevarghese Mar Gregorios and annual pilgrimage concluded at Parumala near Tiruvalla on Wednesday afternoon ... Read More

Armenian catholicos, US Ambassador discuss Karabakh Settlement

OCP- November 2, 2011

1/11/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with the newly-appointed US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern. At the meeting, the catholicos called the Ambassadors’ ... Read More

Greek Church, Qatar Hold Talks on Developing Ecclesiastical Land

OCP- November 2, 2011

2/11/2011 Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Archbishop of Athens, Hieronymos II, discussed with Qatar the development of church land in Athens during a recent visit ... Read More

Investigative committee declares tsar family remains ‘authentic’

OCP- October 27, 2011

27/10/2011 The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed on Thursday that the remains of Russia’s tsar family buried in St. Petersburg’s St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, as ... Read More

St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation will help accomplish building of Orthodox church in Tallinn

OCP- October 27, 2011

Tallinn, October 27, Interfax - A little more than 3 million euro is needed to accomplish the building of an Orthodox church in Tallinn, major ... Read More

Patriarch of Alexandria at Romanian Patriarchate

OCP- October 27, 2011

On 26 October 2011, His Beatitude Teodor II, Pope of Alexandria and All Africa arrived in Bucharest. The official reception by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch ... Read More

The Catholicos of All Armenians hosts the Minsk Group Co-Chairs at the mother See

OCP- October 22, 2011

22.10.2011 His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenian, received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the Personal Representative of the OSCE ... Read More

His All Holiness: God is not your central banker!

OCP- October 14, 2011

11/10/2011 BURAK BEKDİL On this side of the most beautiful sea in the world, there is a silent war between those who think that the ... Read More

Russia demands Christian burial for royal family

OCP- October 13, 2011

13/10/2011 Russian intellectuals have demanded that the Orthodox Church finally bury the alleged remains of the Romanov children who died in 1918. For years, despite ... Read More

Pastoral Visit of Patriarch Theodoros II to Zimbabwe

OCP- October 13, 2011

Stella Tsolakidou 12/10/2011 On Monday the 10thof October 2011, His Beatitude Theodoros II Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa visited the St George Missionary Centre ... Read More

His Holiness Karekin II leaves for U.S.

OCP- October 7, 2011

07/10/2011 His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians left for the U.S. today. His Holiness will visit the U.S. Eastern Diocese ... Read More

Ilia II Calls for Unity among Followers

OCP- October 7, 2011

7/10/2011 The Patriarchate of Georgia is worried about an “anti-church campaign” which discriminates against the Orthodox Church and its followers. In a statement released by ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos meets with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker

OCP- October 5, 2011

5/10/2011 ETCHMIADZIN. – Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received, at the Holy See of St. Etchmiadzin on Tuesday, Lebanese National Assembly Speaker Nabih Berri ... Read More

Bako Sahakyan and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II Met

OCP- September 29, 2011

On 27 September President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited Mother See on Holy Etchmiadzin and met Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, central ... Read More