Tag: Lebanon

The Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod of Antioch Condemns World’s Silence About Terrorism Against Syria

OCP- July 10, 2014

10/7/14 The participants in the Holy Synod of Antioch in Lebanon denounced the silence of the world over the terrorist crimes committed against the Syrian ... Read More

Patriarchs Call on Region’s Christians to Hold on to Their Lands

OCP- July 4, 2014

Lahham, Yazigi and Rai at the opening of the Holy Synod at the Lady of Balamand Convent in north Lebanon, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 (photo: ... Read More

Eastern Patriarchs Deplore Regional Violence

OCP- July 2, 2014

Daily Star, Lebanon - 2/7/14 BEIRUT -- The patriarchs of Eastern churches Tuesday deplored raging violence in Iraq and Syria that has caused massive displacement of ... Read More

The Ceremony in Antelias to conclude the 2013-2014 Bible Study Course for Women

OCP- June 29, 2014

Armenian Church in Lebanon - June 2014 The annual Bible Study Course for women, organized by the Christian Education Department, ended on 17 June 2014. ... Read More

Divine Liturgy to be held at Anthiochian Unity Conference 

OCP- June 27, 2014

27/6/14 Lebanon/Balamand: The work of the conference will be crowned with the service of the Divine Sacrifice on Sunday, June 29, 2014 in order to ... Read More

Metropolitan Georges Khodr on the Orthodox in Lebanon

OCP- June 23, 2014

June 2014- The Orthodox in the Country Don't wait for me to say to you that they are great. They are just like everyone. They ... Read More

Christians’ Last Journey Through Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq

OCP- June 19, 2014

By Nuri Kino - 19/6/14 Sodertalje, Sweden -- In 2008, Sodertalje, a small town of 80,000 inhabitants, alone received more Iraqi refugees than the United ... Read More

Sheikh Mohammed Kabbani, the Grand Mufti of the Republic of Lebanon Meets with His Holiness Aram I

OCP- May 26, 2014

May 2014 Antelias – 24 May 2014. On Saturday morning, Sheikh Kabbani and his close collaborators met with His Holiness Aram I in his office ... Read More

Celebrations of the Installation of Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II

OCP- May 7, 2014

<img class="alignnone" src="http://www.livenet.de/sites/default/files/media/cache/images/titelbild320/253112-Ignatius-Aphrem-II-Karim.jpg" alt="" width="522" height="320" /> Announcement by Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Eastern United States - 7/5/14 Celebrations of the Installation of Moran ... Read More

The Tragic Situation of Syria’s Christians

OCP- May 4, 2014

Magdi Khalil - May 2014 Coptic Solidarity The Syrian uprising began as a peaceful protest against an autocratic regime that has oppressed its people for ... Read More

The members of the Executive Committee of the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches meet with His Holiness Aram I

OCP- May 3, 2014

May 2014 30 April 2014. On Wednesday, members of the Executive Committee of the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches, representing the United States of America, ... Read More

Ordination and Consecration of Bishops in Antelias

OCP- April 29, 2014

  Armenian Orthdox Church in Lebanon - April 2014 26 April 2014. The ordination ceremony began Saturday evening in the Cathedral where His Holiness Aram ... Read More

His Holiness Aram I receives the Baroness Valerie Amos , the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief

OCP- April 9, 2014

2 April 2014. On Wednesday evening the UN-Undersecretary Baroness Valerie Amos, who was on a one-day visit to Lebanon to discuss the status of Syrian ... Read More

His Holiness Aram I receives the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon

OCP- April 2, 2014

March - April 2014 28 March, 2014. On Friday evening Derek Plumbly, the UN Special    Coordinator for Lebanon, met with Catholicos Aram I to follow up ... Read More

Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Primates attend Funeral Service of late Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas in Lebanon:Mortal Remains moved to Syria

OCP- March 27, 2014

Prakash Varghese (OCP Delegate of UAE, Gulf and Levant Region) OCP News Service- 27/3/14 Beirut: Pope Tawadros II , Patriarch John X of Antioch and ... Read More

Mortal Remains of Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas in Lebanon

OCP- March 25, 2014

  25/3/14 The Mortal Remains of Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas has arrived in Lebanon on 23rd Tuesday March 2014. It is kept  at the Monastery ... Read More

Celebrating 2014, Year of the Elderly, one hundred elderly women and men invited guests for lunch with His Holiness Aram

OCP- March 21, 2014

Lebanon: On 14 March 2014. On the occasion of 2014, the Year of the Elderly, instituted by Catholicos Aram I, one hundred elderly people visited ... Read More

His Holiness Aram I meets young artists from Artzakh (Karabagh)

OCP- March 21, 2014

On 10 March 2014. On Monday, a group of young artists from Artzakh, accompanied by the Vice-Minister for Culture and Youth and representatives of the ... Read More

Snaps from the Release of the Kidnapped Nuns of Maaloula – Updated

OCP- March 10, 2014

A convoy of Lebanese security vehicles transported the women to the Lebanese border One of thirteen released nuns speaks to the press upon their arrival ... Read More

His Holiness Aram I Decorates Raffi Arslanian with the “Knight of Cilicia” Insignia

OCP- February 27, 2014

February 2014 On Sunday 23 February 2014, in the evening a special ceremony was organized to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Melkon and Haik Arslanian ... Read More

Archbishop Dionysius Behnan Jajawi Enters Eternal Rest

OCP- February 18, 2014

Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East - 18/2/14 Memory Eternal!!! His Eminence  Dionysius Behnan Jajawi former archbishop of Jerusalem and the Holy Land ... Read More