Tag: ISTANBUL
Calls for prayers in Hagia Sophia raise concerns
May 2014 ISTANBUL — Numerous supporters of controversial imam Fethullah Gülen recently started a campaign on Twitter calling for the Hagia Sophia to be reopened ... Read More
ORTHODOX CHURCH VANDALISED IN ISTANBUL
29/3/14 A group of young thugs, apparently from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), vandalised an Orthodox Christian church in Istanbul. Although informed of the incident, the police refused to ... Read More
Dialogue and peace – the speech by Patriarch Bartholomew at the 17th Eurasian Economic Summit
Patriarch Bartholomew ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 9/2/14 It is once again an honor to address the Eurasian Economic Summit, which is organized each year ... Read More
Syriacs to regain Mor Gabriel’s land, no move on Halki Seminary in ‘democratization package’
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News - 2/10/13 The land of the historic Mor Gabriel Monastery will be returned to the Syriac community in Turkey as ... Read More
Hagia Sophia mosque conversion under fire
ISTANBUL - 5/9/13 The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate released a statement criticizing the possible reconversion of the Hagia ... Read More
Halki Seminary to undergo status change to allow for reopening
ISTANBUL - 26/8/13 The Halki Greek Orthodox seminary on Istanbul’s Heyebeliada island will revert to its pre-1971 status as part of an indirect method of ... Read More
Armenian Church in Turkey Demands List of ‘Categorized’ Armenians
15/8/13 ISTANBUL—The director of a Turkey-based Armenian church organization has asked the Interior Ministry to submit to it the list of Armenians codified in Turkish ... Read More
Istanbul’s last White Russians pray for church’s survival
By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL Aug 2 (Reuters) - About 25 Russian Orthodox celebrated a divine liturgy on Friday for the first time in four ... Read More
Orthodox patriarch calls for reopening of Istanbul’s Halki Seminary
ISTANBUL – Anadolu Agency 23/7/13 Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew has repeated his call to the Turkish government for the reopening of the Heybeliada Halki Seminary, saying ... Read More
US Secretary Kerry urges Turkey to re-open Halki Seminary of Istanbul
ISTANBUL – Agence France-Presse 23/4/13 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Turkey today to re-open Orthodox clergy schools on Heybeliada island near Istanbul that ... Read More
Syrian Christian refugees turn to churches for help
James Martone Catholic News Service 28/3/13 ISTANBUL Churches and monasteries in Turkey are struggling to shelter a rising number of Syrian Christian refugees who are reluctant ... Read More
Orthodox leaders to meet in Istanbul
‘Russia’s presence in such a meeting is a clear sign of the value given to the Fener Greek Patriarchate,’ Metropolitan of Bursa Lambriniadis says. DAILY ... Read More
84-Year-Old Armenian Woman Brutally Murdered in Istanbul (Update)
Januray 2013 ISTANBUL, Turkey—On Dec. 29, an 84-year-old Armenian woman was brutally murdered in Istanbul’s Koca Mustafa Pasha neighborhood, Turkish newspapers reported. The woman, identified ... Read More
Turkish public unaware of truth of Imbros: Patriarch
Erdem Güneş erdem.gunes@hdn.com.tr ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News - 15/11/2012 The Turkish public must acknowledge the injustices Greeks on Imbros island (Gökçeada) suffered in the ... Read More
Historic Orthodox Church to be demolished, not restored
ISTANBUL - 9/11/2012 The decision to demolish a 232-year-old Orthodox Church in the Bodrum district of the western province of Muğla has surprised locals who had been ... Read More
Armenian Church decides to end blessing mixed marriages
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 12/10/2012 Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople Armenian Patriarchate restarts regulations which nix the blessing and the church wedding ... Read More
Piano melodies to echo at historic Armenian church
Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 7/9/2012 Some 97 years after being closed, the historical Surp (Holy) Giragos Armenian Church in the southeastern ... Read More
Church asks Christians in fear to stay in Syria
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 30/8/2012 Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr Syriac clerics call on Christians in Middle East, especially those in Syria, to avoid leaving their ... Read More
Syriacs offered land already belong to other minorities
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 14/7/2012 Controversy has risen over plots of land that Turkey’s Syriac community has claimed were offered to ... Read More
Christian clerics alarmed at growing threats, persecution in Turkey
<caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="This file photo shows the Dirisu home church located in Istanbul’s Şişli district. Many Christian clerics say police keep watch at ... Read More
Cleric hopeful over reopening of Istanbul Greek Seminary
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 3/4/2012 The classrooms of the Halki Greek Orthodox Seminary on Istanbul’s Heybeliada Island are being renovated with ... Read More