Tag: Orthodox Christians
Kazakhstan: Christians fear draft laws threaten Religious Freedom
29/9/2011 Christians in Kazakhstan are concerned that draft legislation being discussed in Parliament's upper house today (Thursday 29 September) would severely limit religious freedom. If ... Read More
The Primate of the Russian Church Abroad Sends Greetings to the Orthodox Christians of Kazakhstan
16/9/2011 Your Eminence, Vladyka Metropolitan Alexander, Brother Archpastors, Honorable Fathers, Dear Orthodox Christians in Kazakhstan: Today I rejoice together with you over this important event, ... Read More
Bulgaria Marks Holy Cross Day, ‘End of Summer’
14/9/2011 Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria celebrate the day of the Holy Cross on September 14, which is said to spell the end of the summer ... Read More
Inter-Council Presence’s commission on attitude to non-Orthodoxy and other religions meets at DECR
8.09.2011 The Inter-Council Presence’s commission on attitude to non-Orthodoxy and other religions met at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations on 2 September ... Read More
Number of Orthodox Christians, Muslims grows in Russia
Moscow, September 8, Interfax - 69% of the Russians define themselves as Orthodox Christians, and 5% say they are Muslims. No more than 1% are ... Read More
Turkey Decrees Partial Return of Confiscated Christian, Jewish Property (Update)
By: Weekly Staff 28/8/2011 ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey’s government is returning hundreds of properties confiscated from the country’s Christian and Jewish minorities over the past 75 years ... Read More
Poland’s Holy Hill of Grabarka draws Orthodox Christian Pilgrims
By Gabriela Baczynska in Grabarka, Poland 20/8/2011 Some 15,000 Orthodox Christian pilgrims carried crosses, drank holy water and prayed on Friday at a hill in ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Honor St. Ivan Rilski
18/8/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates Thursday, August 18, the assumption of Saint Ivan Rilski, honored as the patron of the Bulgarian people. St. Ivan ... Read More
Putin visits ancient Monastery
14/8/2011 On Sunday, the Orthodox Christian Church celebrates a holiday named “Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross”. This holiday originates from an ... Read More
Bartholomew urges donations for African Famine
Associated Press 2011-08-1 The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians urged all with means to help the victims of famine in the Horn of ... Read More
Met. Jonah Publishes Encyclical on Marriage and the Moral Limits of Human Sexuality
July 28, 201 Beloved Fathers, brothers and sisters in Christ, If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie ... Read More
African-American Orthodox Christians to hold national conference in metro Detroit
DETROIT, MI 23/7/2011 The Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black , a national organization of African-American Orthodox Christians, will hold its 18th annual Ancient Christianity ... Read More
Local Priest and Author Explores Orthodoxy in new Book
22/6/2011 He says theology is not just theory and doctrine matters. Special to the Emmaus Patch by the Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick I am ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks Cherry All Souls’ Day
Nikola PETKOV 11/6/2011 Sofia. Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks Cherry All Souls’ Day, the second big all souls’ day throughout the year. It falls on the ... Read More
Greek Orthodox Christians renew calls for Arabising Church Leadership
By Thameen Kheetan 31/5/2011 AMMAN - Jordanian members of the Greek Orthodox Church have renewed calls for Patriarch Theophilus III to step down and for ... Read More
Orthodox Christians Assist Tornado-Stricken Areas of Alabama
14/5/2011 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — A shipment of personal health kits, many of which were donated by Orthodox Christians from across the United States, have ... Read More
Orthodox Paschal Celebrations 2011- Worldwide Snaps
24/4/2011 Special Courtesy: Daniel Malyon Source1: Source2: Source3: Source4: Source5: Source6: Source:7: Read More
Easter in Georgia
21/4/2011 Easter is the most important holiday for Orthodox Christians. The week before Easter is called Passion Week. This is when special services are conducted ... Read More
Bishop Natanail: It is possible to canonise past historical heroic deeds of Orthodox Christians and martyrs of modern History
2/4/2011 Focus News Agency Blagoevgrad. “Canonisation is s the act by which the church declares a person to be a saint. There is a concrete ... Read More
Serbian Orthodox Christians welcome church Patriarch
Serbian Patriarch in USA 24/2/2011 The sound of bells and choir voices and the flash of cameras greeted the highest-ranking official of the world's Serbian ... Read More
Christians Criticize Tajik Bill Barring Youth From Churches, Mosques
17/2/2011 QURGHONTEPPA, Tajikistan -- Russian Orthodox Christians in southern Tajikistan are critical of a draft law on "parental responsibility" that would ban children under 18 ... Read More