Tag: Orthodox Christians
O you Apostles from afar…
Orthodox Mission Fraternity - September 2015 It sounds like a gentle touch that brings back childhood memories, somewhere in our home country, in the small ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch’s Message for the New Ecclesiastical Year and the Day for the Protection of the Natural Environment
August- September 2015 Prot. No. 851 + BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace, ... Read More
Atlanta Pan-Orthodox Vespers
July 2015 At the invitation of His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta, participants in the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians of ... Read More
Response of Assembly of Bishops to Obergefell v. Hodges
July 2015 The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America strongly disagrees with the United States Supreme Court decision of June ... Read More
OCA Statement Concerning June 26 US Supreme Court decision
June 28 - 2015 Also Read: Bishop Paul responds to US Supreme Court decision: Source: http://www.pravmir.com/bishop-paul-responds-to-us-supreme-court-decision/#ixzz3eMnHDnu2 To the Venerable Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful ... Read More
Why do Orthodox Christians “cross themselves” different than Roman Catholics?
June 2015 They touch their right shoulder first, then their left, whereas the Roman Catholics first touch their left shoulder. Is this difference important? Does ... Read More
Steps to “becoming” an Orthodox Christian
May 2015 - OCA For the past year or so I have been considering conversion to Orthodox Christianity. I have read many things on the ... Read More
Orthodox Christians in Jerusalem and Gaza mark Good Friday
http://cdn.timesofisrael.com/ 11/4/15 Orthodox Christians in Jerusalem walk along the Via Dolorosa while Palestinians attend mass to commemorate Good Friday. Along the route of the Via ... Read More
Metropolitan Yulios Geevarghese Updates on the situation of Orthodox Christians in Yemen
Episcopal visit to Republic of Yemen in 2013 Indian Orthodox Malankara Church 3/4/15 Dear All Latest Update Fr. Bijoy Varghese, the vicar of our Sanna ... Read More
Moscow Patriarchate to monitor violations of Orthodox Christians’ rights in Europe
Moscow, March 10, Interfax - The Center for Monitoring Orthodox Christians' Rights and Liberties in Europe has launched a website with support from the Moscow ... Read More
Polish young Orthodox Christians discuss the problems of social network addiction
Report by Nadezhda Prepared for OCP Media Network - 28/2/15 A lot of young Europeans tend to use social networks more and more in their ... Read More
Pope Tawadroas II observe prayers for the martyred Coptic Orthodox Christians
John Anton- (Special Delegate in Cairo) OCP News Service- 17/2/15 Cairo: His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria observed special prayers for the 21 murdered Coptic ... Read More
I.A.O. Statement on the murder of Coptic Orthodox Christians in Libya
I.A.O. - Athens -16/02/ 2015 - OCP News Service STATEMENT The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (I.A.O.) expresses its dismay and deep sorrow about the atrocious ... Read More
Orthodox Christians protest against attacks on churches in Kiev
February 2015 Representatives of the Orthodox community have held a “prayer standing” protest action near the building of the Ukraine’s Ministry for Internal Affairs in ... Read More
Church official warns against repetition of Soviet persecutions of believers in Ukraine
Moscow, February 9, Interfax - Representative of the Russian Church in Strasbourg Hegumen Philip (Ryabykh) urges to not allow new persecutions of Orthodox Christians similar ... Read More
Preconciliar Commission reviews AAC agenda, Statute revisions
SYOSSET, NY Members of the Orthodox Church in America’s Preconciliar Commission , charged with the organization of the 18th All-American Council in Atlanta, GA July ... Read More
Hundrends of pilgrims visit St. Paisios’ tomb in Thessalonica
19/1/15 (orthodoxmag.com) – A great number of faithful Orthodox Christians travel to Thessalonica to the tomb of St. Paisios the Athonite, who canonized on January ... Read More
Orthodoxy in South Africa before and after Apartheid
January 2015 http://myocn.net/orthodoxy-south-africa-apartheid/ All images belong to Fr. Stephen Hayes, via http://khanya.wordpress.com/ Nelson “Madiba” Mandela, the first democratically-elected President of South Africa, has been a beloved ... Read More
Sanctity of Life Sunday 2015 – Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon
OCA- January 2015 To the Venerable Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America: Dearly beloved, Today has been designated by ... Read More
Orthodox Christians to participate in Pro-Life Marches
SYOSSET, NY - January 2015 Thursday, January 22, 2015 marks the 42nd Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United ... Read More