Tag: Latvia

LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT ROUNDLY REJECTS GAY MARRIAGE

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- June 26, 2017

Photo: http://en.delfi.lt Pravoslavie.ru - 26/6/17 The Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) completely rejected a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage last week, reports the Vilinus news portal Lietuvos ... Read More

One fourth of Latvian residents consider themselves Orthodox

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 30, 2014

August 2014 According to the results of a poll conducted by the Research Center for Study of Public Opinion (SKDS), every fourth Latvian resident considers ... Read More

Latvians consider Putin God’s messenger, Lutheran archbishop of Latvia says

OCP- May 11, 2014

May 2014 Riga, May 6, Interfax - Archbishop of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Latvia Janis Vanags praises Russian President Vladimir Putin and criticizes a model ... Read More

Leaders of Christian Churches from thirteen countries call to peace in Ukraine

OCP- March 2, 2014

February-March 2014 We, representatives of the Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Christian communities of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, ... Read More

Two Orthodox churches robbed in Latvia

OCP- September 1, 2012

1/9/2012 Moscow, August 31, Interfax - Two Christian Orthodox churches were robbed on the days of the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin in ... Read More

Latvian version of Patriarch Kirill’s book presented in Riga

OCP- March 23, 2012

20/3/2012 On 19 March 2012, the Latvian version of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s book ‘Freedom and Responsibility: In Search of Harmony. Human Rights and Personal ... Read More

Catholicos of All Armenians meets Latvian President in Riga

OCP- July 4, 2011

1/7/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II left for a visit to Latvia on June 29. Priest Khosrov Stepanyan, head of Armenian community Arno Ter-Sahakov ... Read More

Catholicos of All Armenians starts St. Petersburg Visit

OCP- June 28, 2011

28.06.11 The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church on Monday arrived in the Russian northern city of St. Petersburg to attend events dedicated to the ... Read More

Catholicos of All Armenians will visit St. Petersburg and Riga

OCP- June 26, 2011

24/6/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the Second will visit Saint-Petersburg (RF) and Riga (Latvia) on June 27, Mother Sea Holy Echmiadzin informs. His Holiness ... Read More

Latvian churches in row over social science sexuality Teaching

OCP- June 24, 2011

By ENInews 22/6/2011 Christian churches in Latvia have criticised a new social science school textbook that describes gay and lesbian life as a "normal aspect ... Read More

Zumoro to attend International Music Festival In Minsk

OCP- April 27, 2009

Indian Orthodox Church ZUMORO - The Indian Orthodox Choir has been invited to attend the Xth International Festival of Orthodox Chants to be held from ... Read More

Synod of the Latvian Orthodox Church makes statement on the current situation in the country

OCP- January 19, 2009

In the context of the recent developments in the country the Synod of the Latvian Orthodox Church made a statement, noting in particular that though ... Read More