Tag: MP
Minority sects demand greater representation in Parliament
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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