Tag: Middle East
METROPOLITAN HILARION OF VOLOKOLAMSK CHAIRS PLENARY SESSION OF THE RELIGION AND PEACE INTERNATIONAL FORUM
On October 26, 2015, the 3d Moscow International forum ‘Religion and Peace’ took place under the theme ‘The Role of Religion in the Modern World’. ... Read More
Bishop Angaelos gives address on refugee crisis at WCC Consultation in Munich
29/10/15 His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, spoke of the challenges and opportunities of the current ... Read More
MEETING OF THE I.A.O. INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT AND COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS AND RAPPORTEURS
The Interparliamentary Assembly On Orthodoxy - October 2015 Athens-Greece: The autumn meeting of the I.A.O. International Secretariat and Committee Chairpersons and Rapporteurs was held at ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Ingurates Sayfo Monument in Mount Lebanon
October 2015- FB Page of Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Mount Lebanon- His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II inaugurated a Sayfo Monument in Mount ... Read More
The Current Middle East Crisis Requires a Political Solution – Stated His Holiness Aram I
22 October, 2015. In his address to Christian and Muslim leaders, representatives of different countries and international governmental and non-governmental organizations during the recent conference ... Read More
AT THE LARGEST EVER CONFERENCE ON THE MIDDLE EAST – METROPOLITAN HILARION CALLS TO DEFEND CHRISTIANS
October 2015 The largest ever conference to be held on the situation of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East took place on ... Read More
Victims of religious persecution remembered during Coptic service at St Margaret’s Church – Westminster Abbey
The Coptic Orthodox Church of UK- 23/10/15 Victims of religious persecution remembered during the annual Coptic New Year service at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey on 22 ... Read More
ISIL Will Eradicate Christianity in Iraq, Syria Unless Stopped
www.sputniknews.com/- 20/10/15 UK-based charity Aid to the Church in Need issued a worrying report to the British House of Lords this week, warning that Christianity ... Read More
Historic prayers at St Paul’s Cathedral on the same day Bishop Angaelos receives OBE
The Coptic Orthodox Church - UK- 19/10/15 Historic prayers at St Paul’s Cathedral for victims of religious persecution on the same day that Bishop Angaelos ... Read More
Russia Declares ‘Holy War’ on Islamic State
Raymond Ibrahim - FrontPage Magazine - October 2015 The Orthodox Christian Church, which is reclaiming its traditional role in post-Soviet Russia, has just described its government’s fight against ... Read More
STATEMENT BY THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE DEPARTMENT FOR EXTERNAL CHURCH RELATIONS ON THE MASS MURDER OF CHRISTIANS IN A COLLEGE IN OREGON, USA
October 2015 The Russian Orthodox Church is deeply grieved to learn about the terrible terrorist action in a college in the state of Oregon in ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill: One сannot remain indifferent to the suffering of the Syrian people
October 2015 The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church has expressed hope that participation of the Russian Federation in the resolution of the Syrian conflict ... Read More
West should learn from Russia to accept Muslim refugees – Patriarch Kirill
Moscow, September 24, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill has urged the West to follow Russia as an example of how to handle Muslim immigrants. “Unlike the ... Read More
PATRIARCH KIRILL MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS
On September 24, 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, at the Peredelkino patriarchal residence. Participating ... Read More
ST. PETERSBURG DIALOGUE FORUM’S WORKING GROUP ON CHURCHES IN EUROPE MEET IN BERLIN
On September 8, 2015, the Churches in Europe working group of the St. Petersburg Dialogue forum met in Berlin for an organizational meeting. From the ... Read More
Statement on the Refugee crisis in Europe by Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate
His Grace Bishop Angaelos - General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom 4 /9/ 2015 Having seen heartbreaking images of the ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II holds discussion the situation of Christians in the Middle East with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
August 2015 - Fb Page of Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II met with Canadian Prime Minister Mr. Stephen ... Read More
THE ACADEMIC EXCHANGE (AE) OF THE YITZHAK RABIN CENTER VISITS THE PATRIARCHATE
On Friday the 1st/14th of August 2015, representatives of the Academic Exchange (AE) initiative of the Yitzhak Rabin Center in Israel (founded in memory of ... Read More
Christian Muslim dialogue an imperative in Globalization – His Holiness Aram I
10 August 2015. On Monday morning His Holiness Aram I received Sheikh Hussein Ahmed Chehadeh, General Secretary of “Encounter between Religions,” and committee members of ... Read More
Church Bells to Ring for Christians in the Middle East
August 2015 Fribourg, Switzerland (AINA) -- Charles Morerod, Bishop of Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva invited all churches of his diocese to ring their bells at ... Read More
Assyrians Should Leave the Middle East
Peter BetBasoo - August 2015 (AINA) -- On June 10, 2014 ISIS captured Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. On August 7, 2014 ISIS drove into ... Read More