Tag: Middle East
Patriarch John X decorates Sergey Lavrov with the Order of Sts Peter and Paul
On February 20, 2015, His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch met with the head of the Russian foreign policy departments, Mr. Sergey Lavrov. Mr. ... Read More
Let us put this question to the entire world : where are our bishops? Patriarch John X of Antioch
21/2/15 Arabic original (presumably to be published in Russian) here. An Interview with His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Unity ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill: Real genocide of Christian population perpetrated before our eyes in Middle East
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in his remarks during the opening of the Russian Orthodox Church Bishops’ Conference on February 2, ... Read More
Paradise Lost: is Christianity Doomed in the Middle East?
In Iraqi security officer guards a church (Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images) By Gerard Russell http://www.newstatesman.com - 30/1/15 The stark cliffs of the Zagros Mountains on the Iran-Iraq ... Read More
MEETING OF THE M.E.C.C. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
On the 9th and 10th/22nd and 23rd of January 2015, the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches (M.E.C.C.) was convened at the ... Read More
“My message today to the entire world is: stop the war in Syria and against Syria” – Patriarch John X
January 2015 Our prayer today is for Palestine and for Palestine's neighbors. Our prayer is for the cradle of Christ, for Jordan, for Egypt, for ... Read More
Orthodox Nun pleads for Christians raped, sold, killed by ISIS
wnd.com - December 2014 It is the season of “peace on Earth,” but Sister Hatune Dogan has a chill in her spirit that could only be ... Read More
Lebanon Should Safeguard Its Specificity in the Middle East – Declared Aram I to the Lebanese Community in the UAE
9 December 2014. On Tuesday evening, His Holiness Aram I attended a special event organized by the Lebanese Embassy, where he met members of the ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion condemns anti-Christian “genocide” in M. East
Moscow, December 11, Interfax - Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations on Thursday expressed deep anxiety over ... Read More
Seminar on “Christians of the East: Is there a hope for the future?” takes place in Brussels
On 2 December 2014, a seminar on “Christians of the East: Is There a Hope for the Future?” organized by the Thomas More Institute took ... Read More
In Defense of Christians Meets Assyrian Church Leaders in Chicago
http://www.indefenseofchristians.org - November 2014 In Defense of Christians traveled last week to Chicago for meetings with religious leaders and activists from the city's Middle Eastern Christian ... Read More
MEETING OF THE I.A.O. INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT AND COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS AND RAPPORTEURS
November 2014 The works of the I.A.O. International Secretariat and the Chairpersons and Rapporteurs of the I.A.O. Committees, held in Nicosia, 22 – 25 November ... Read More
DECLARATION OF VIENNA
(November 19, 2014) Under the auspices of the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, high-level representatives of the major world ... Read More
BURIAL PLACE OF HOLY ARCHDEACON STEPHEN THE PROTOMARTYR DISCOVERED
Pravoslavie.ru - 20/11/14 During excavations near the Palestinian town of Ramallah archaeologists have discovered a greatest Christian relic – the burial place of Holy Archdeacon ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church: Christian suffering in Middle East caused by West indifference
Moscow, November 12, Interfax - Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, deputy head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations, said he believes the persecution of Christians ... Read More
Muslims, Christians equally subjected to purges in Middle East – Patriarch Kirill
© ITAR-TASS TASS. Russian News Agency - November 2014 Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill discussed the situation in the Middle East with Syria’s supreme ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I Meets the Heads of Christian Communities in Iran
23 October 2014. On Thursday afternoon, His Holiness Aram I met with the Heads of Christian Communities in Iran at the Prelacy in Tehran. Archbishop ... Read More
Patriarch John X of Antioch: “The Jihadists are a Foreign Body”
Arab Orthodoxy - October 2014 In his interview with VIMA, Patriarch John of Antioch highlighted the necessity of international mobilization for peace in the Middle East ... Read More
Orthodoxy is not simply a Church of the past – Patriarch Bartholomew
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople - 23/10/14 Greeting By His All-Holiness To The Toronto's Conference on the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Your Eminence and beloved brother Metropolitan Sotirios, ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Delivers Lecture on the Situation of Christians in Middle East at the Yerevan State University
October 2014 On October 13, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II was received as a guest of honor at Yerevan State University. The ... Read More
October 2014 Statement of the Holy Synod of Antioch
English translation of a report (Arabic original here) published by the Patriarchate of Antioch: Under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch John X (Yazigi), the ... Read More