Tag: Israel

UN refugee agency calls for Egypt to help ‘abducted’ Eritreans

OCP- December 14, 2010

By Bikya Masr Staff 8/12/2010 CAIRO: The United Nations refugee agency has urged the Egyptian government to assist in helping to secure the release of ... Read More

This Is the Way

OCP- December 14, 2010

Tamara Shavit 13/12/2010 The Greek Orthodox’s St. George’s Monastery, carved in sand deep in the Judea Desert, has recently been made accessible to the thousands ... Read More

Monastery near Wadi Kelt celebrates renewed Accessibility

OCP- December 3, 2010

By JONAH MANDEL 12/01/2010 A festive ceremony on Tuesday overlooking Wadi Kelt marked the completion of five months of work on the access road to ... Read More

Georgian patriarchy to send letter to Russian Patriarch

OCP- December 3, 2010

03.12.2010 N.Kirtzkhalia The Georgia patriarchy is preparing a special letter for the Russian patriarchy about the unauthorized reconstruction of an 11th-century Georgian church in Abkhazia. ... Read More

Eritrea Refugees Detained In Sinai Desert, Group Says

OCP- November 28, 2010

By Worthy News Middle East and African Services 28/11/2010 CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Worthy News)-- There was international concern Friday, November 26, over the situation of 80 Eritrean ... Read More

Ambassadors Of Great Britain And Israel Received At The Patriarchate

OCP- November 19, 2010

17/11/2010 Department for Church and Inter-Religious Relations and the Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate inform us: On 17 November 2010, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch ... Read More

A man on a mission: Archbishop Hanna Attallah cries for Palestinian Unity

OCP- November 7, 2010

Dr. Aref Assaf 6/11/2010 Close to 500 people were treated last Sunday to a most moving speech by Archbishop Hanna Attallah who traveled from Jerusalem ... Read More

Coptic Bishop’s Trip to Jerusalem may Contravene Church Ban

OCP- October 15, 2010

By: Benjamin Peim 14/10/2010 Bishop Theodosius of Giza traveled to Israel for medical treatment and to visit Christian holy sites; the Church bars pilgrimage to ... Read More

Egyptian Coptic Church Accused of ‘Stockpiling Weapons’

OCP- September 24, 2010

24/9/2010 By Dan Wooding CAIRO, EGYPT -- A Middle East journalist is reporting that a "new wave of defamation by Islamists" against Coptic Pope Shenouda ... Read More

Georgian Patriarch ready to share church lands with Population

OCP- September 1, 2010

Tbilisi, August 30, Interfax – Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II has come up with the initiative of sharing the lands of the Orthodox Church ... Read More

INAUGURATION OF THE RENOVATED ISRAEL MUSEUM IN JERUSALEM

OCP- August 12, 2010

Patriarchate of Jerusalem 25/07/2010 The Israel Museum is situated in West Jerusalem near the Church of the Holy Cross of the Patriarchate and close to ... Read More

Russian Сhurch envoy lambastes UN conference on racism

OCP- May 17, 2009

Prague, May 15, Interfax - April's UN conference on racism was "an outrageous instance of avoidance of dialogue by leading political forces," the Russian Orthodox ... Read More

A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE MOCKERY OF SACRED PERSONS AND SYMBOLS OF RELIGIONS

OCP- March 14, 2009

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem has condemned, through its representative in Nazareth, the offensive expressions and stances towards the Person of Jesus Christ and the Most ... Read More

Byzantine period church exposed in Moshav Nes-Harim

OCP- March 13, 2009

A church that dates to the Byzantine period which is paved with breathtakingly beautiful mosaics and a dedicatory inscription was exposed in an archaeological excavation ... Read More