Tag: Orthodox Patriarch

400 Syrian Churches Destroyed, Christianity Nearing ‘Extinction’ in Mideast — Russian Orthodox Patriarch

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- April 18, 2015

Raymond Ibrahim - April 2015 Read -Patriarch Kirill expresses concerns about crimes against Christians in Middle East: Around mid-April, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia ... Read More

Turkish Opposition Leader Meets Non-Muslim Religious Leaders

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 27, 2015

CHP leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu (R) shake hands with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew in ?stanbul on Monday (Photo: Cihan). Turkish Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yusuf Cetin speaks ... Read More

S. Africa: Children Welcome Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 25, 2015

Ioanna Zikakou - 25/1/15 Over 200 students from Jabavu East Primary School in Johannesburg, South Africa, waved Greek and South African flags, and sang the ... Read More

President Basahr-al-Assad of Syria receives Orthodox Patriarch’s of Antioch & Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 22, 2014

Prakash Varghese (OCP Delegate of UAE,Gulf and Levant Regions OCP News Service - 22/12 14 Beirut: His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II along ... Read More

Catholicos of All Armenians and Patriarch of Antioch and All the East visits Tsitsernakaberd

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- October 12, 2014

October 2014 On October 11, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians and His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Orthodox ... Read More

Assyrian Orthodox Patriarch: ‘Mosul Must Be Retaken’

OCP- July 25, 2014

By Fady Noun Asia News - 25/7/14 Beirut -- "Mosul must be retaken," Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II said yesterday in a press conference in ... Read More

Holy Synod of Antioch stresses need to unite efforts to end crisis in Syria and save Iraq

OCP- July 2, 2014

1/7/14 Beirut, SANA – The Holy Synod of Antioch in Lebanon highlighted the need to join efforts to put an end to the crisis in ... Read More

Patriarch John X Yazigi: Participation in presidential elections duty and right of all

OCP- May 29, 2014

29/5/14 Damascus, (SANA) - Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All East John X Yazigi called upon all the Syrians to participate in the presidential ... Read More

US Bishops of the Assyrian Church of the East Visit New Syriac Orthodox Patriarch

OCP- May 21, 2014

Assyrian Church of the East- May 2014 With the blessing of His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, the ... Read More

His Holiness Aram I and His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Discuss Christian Presence in the Region

OCP- May 20, 2014

May 2014 Following their meeting in Bahrain during the International Conference, His Holiness Aram I and Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East, ... Read More

Turkish PM Erdoğan’s steps ‘not enough,’ Greek Orthodox Patriarch says

OCP- May 9, 2014

May 2014 Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of 250 million Orthodox Christians, praised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for improving rights for Christians, but added ... Read More

Patriarch john X : Violence exacts heavy price, freedom is about reaching out to the other

OCP- April 22, 2014

22/4/14 Yazigi: Violence exacts heavy price, freedom is about reaching out to the other. Damascus, (SANA) Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All East, John ... Read More

Canterbury greeting to new Syriac Orthodox Patriarch

OCP- April 4, 2014

Lambeth Palace Press Office - April 2014 The Archbishop of Canterbury has written to congratulate His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II on his election as ... Read More

His Holiness Aram I presents his condolences upon the death of Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Zakka I Iwas

OCP- March 24, 2014

24/3/14 Upon receiving the news of the passing of Patriarch Zakka I Iwas, His Holiness Aram I called Archbishop George Saliba, Secretary of the Holy ... Read More

Visit of the I.A.O. delegation to Cairo

OCP- March 17, 2014

Interparlimentary Association on Orthodoxy- Febraury-March 2014 The I.A.O. delegation consisted by Mr. Anastasios Nerantzis, Member oΕthe Hellenic Parliament, I.A.O. Secretary General, Mr. Sergei Popov, Member ... Read More

Metropolitan Mar Yulios extends invitation to Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch to visit India in 2015

OCP- January 29, 2014

Liju Cherian - 29/1/14 Indian Malankara Orthodox Church - Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Inter-Orthodox Unity ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – His Holiness Abune Mathias I, the 6th ... Read More

Volgograd attacks carried out by foreigners ‘captive to dark forces’, says Church

OCP- January 1, 2014

Jonathan Luxmoore - 1/1/14 The Tablet  Russia's Orthodox Patriarch has condemned suicide bomb attacks in Volgograd, blaming them on foreigners "captive to dark forces". Following the twin ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Calls for Peace on Christmas

OCP- December 25, 2013

25/12/13 Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Neofit held Wednesday his first solemn Christmas mass at the St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. Neofit wished “peace and blessing” ... Read More

Nativity Greetings from Patriarch John X

OCP- December 25, 2013

25/12/13 With the mercy of God Almighty John X Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East To My brothers, pastors of the Holy Antiochian ... Read More

Syria Nun Kidnapping: Greek Orthodox Patriarch Urges Release of Maaloula Sisters

OCP- December 4, 2013

Umberto Bacchi - 12/4/13 John Yazigi calls on jihadist Jabhat al-Nusra militia to return St Tecla nuns to safety. Syria's Greek Orthodox patriarch has urged Syrian ... Read More

French President meets Patriarch of Jerusalem

OCP- November 18, 2013

18/11/13 French President Francois Hollande met with Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Theophilos. Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal was also present for the occasion ... Read More