Tag: MP

Minority sects demand greater representation in Parliament

OCP- February 16, 2013

Van Meguerditchian The Daily Star 15/2/13 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s minority Christian sects demanded greater representation in  Parliament Thursday and called on lawmakers to add two more ... Read More

Sami Gemayel: We Fully Back the Orthodox Gathering Draft Proposal

OCP- January 12, 2013

Naharnet Newsdesk - 12/1/13 Phalange Party MP Sami Gemayel restated his party's rejection of the 1960 electoral law, and reiterated approval of the Orthodox Gathering ... Read More

Christian rivals scrap Orthodox plan

OCP- January 12, 2013

By Wassim Mroueh The Daily Star 12/1/13 BEIRUT: Following a surprise meeting chaired by Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Rai  Friday, rival Christian leaders  called for ... Read More

Orthodox plan heats up electoral law debate

OCP- January 10, 2013

By Hussein Dakroub The Daily Star 10/1/13 BEIRUT: Lawmakers from the Hezbollah-led March 8 alliance and the rival March 14 coalition will resume their discussions ... Read More

More Orthodox churches to be built in “Big Moscow”

OCP- November 9, 2012

  8/11/2012 Some 200 Orthodox churches will be soon constructed both in Moscow and new territories adjacent to the city under the Big Moscow expansion ... Read More

Amal MP: Berri to approve of ‘any’ electoral law Christians agree on

OCP- September 28, 2012

28/9/2012 Development and Liberation bloc MP Michel Moussa said on Thursday that Speaker Nabih Berri will approve of any electoral law that the Lebanese Christian ... Read More

Berri wants Christian unity on electoral law

OCP- September 21, 2012

The Daily Star 21/9/2012 BEIRUT: If Christian parties adopt the Orthodox Gathering’s electoral proposal Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri will most likely accept it, Tyre MP ... Read More

Syria lost 50 thsd Christians – State Duma MP

OCP- July 9, 2012

Moscow, July 5, Interfax - About 50 thousand Christians have been killed or exiled from the country - such figures were unofficially voiced by a ... Read More

Ethnic Albanians demand removal of church

OCP- March 16, 2012

TANJUG 16/3/2012 PODGORICA -- An ethnic Albanian MP in the Montenegrin parliament on Thursday again demanded for an Orthodox church to be removed from Mt. ... Read More

METROPOLITAN VOLODYMYR ASSURES THAT HE GOVERNS THE CHURCH

OCP- March 5, 2012

4/3/2012 Ukrainian Orthodox Church In an interview to Radio Freedom, Metropolitan Volodymyr, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), said that he governs ... Read More

Hungarian Parliament adds eighteen religious orders to list of officially recognized churches; 66 rejected

OCP- February 28, 2012

BY MTI 28/2/2012 Hungarian parliament expanded the number of recognised churches from an initial 14 to 32 on Monday. The related amendment to the law ... Read More

Katatni: Egyptian Families Displacement Unacceptable

OCP- February 15, 2012

15/2/2012 He was commenting on urgent statements made by MP Emad Gad, in which he said that certain Coptic families were removed from the Nahda ... Read More

Maronite agreement on election law draws fire

OCP- December 19, 2011

By Hussein Dakroub The Daily Star 19/12/2011 BEIRUT: A radically new election law endorsed by Maronite leaders that would allow each sect to choose its ... Read More

Succariyeh: Orthodox Plan drives Lebanon ‘to its end’

OCP- December 18, 2011

18/12/2011 Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Walid Succariyeh said that the Orthodox plan for a new electoral law implies the “end of Lebanon.” In ... Read More

Maronite leaders approve Orthodox draft electoral law

OCP- December 18, 2011

The Daily Star 16/12/2011 BKIRKI/BEIRUT: Maronite leaders agreed Friday to support the Orthodox Gathering’s draft electoral law, and designated a committee to discuss the proposed ... Read More

Franjieh supports Orthodox proposal on electoral law

OCP- December 16, 2011

16/12/2011 Marada Movement leader MP Sleiman Franjieh said on Friday during the Christian leadership meeting in Bkirki that he supports in principle the Orthodox proposal ... Read More

ROC MP Vicar Bishop of Vladivostok Diocese admits failure of mission to N. Korean migrant workers

OCP- December 10, 2011

English translation by Nina Tkachuk Dimas 12-9-2011 In an interview with "Our Kamchatka", the local diocesan publication, Bishop Innocent (Yerokhin) of Usuri, vicar of ROC ... Read More

Orthodox Gathering sets up committee for Expats

OCP- November 10, 2011

The Daily Star 10/11/2011 BEIRUT: The Orthodox Gathering established a new committee Wednesday to follow up on the community’s affairs in different countries around the ... Read More

Christian leaders fail to agree on Electoral Reform

OCP- September 24, 2011

By Patrick Galey The Daily Star 24/9/2011 BKIRKI, Lebanon: Christian leaders failed to agree upon proposed changes to the parliamentary electoral law Friday, as divisive ... Read More

Serbian MP accuses Serbia of destabilizing Region

OCP- August 24, 2011

24.08.2011 NOVI SAD -- Independent MP Vesna Pešić has stated that Serbia keeps destabilizing the region by maintaining “broken Bosnia”. Pešić, who was elected to ... Read More

Legal status of Armenian Church in Georgia will secure religious heritage – MP

OCP- July 3, 2011

2/7/2011 YEREVAN. - The fact that Georgian Parliament amended the Civil code, granting 5 religions denominations, Armenian Apostolic Church among them, status of legal entity ... Read More