Tag: Orthodox Patriarchate

Tribute to Bishop Gyuregh Kapikian

OCP- April 24, 2014

Armenian Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem - April 2014 At Sts. Tarkmanchatz Armenian School Auditorium on 25th April 2015 His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan, the Armenian Patriarch ... Read More

Palm Sunday at the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus

OCP- April 14, 2014

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Anthioch and All East - 14/4/14 His Beatitude, John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, presided over the Divine ... Read More

Antiochian Patriarchate Withdraws from Synaxis after Jerusalem Patriarchate Refuses Mediation

OCP- March 9, 2014

  8/3/14 THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION from Notes on Arab Orthodoxy. Arabic original can be found here. Statement issued by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East ... Read More

The gift of baptism is a spiritual gift which prepares us for the heavenly life

OCP- January 7, 2014

Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate   On 5 January 2014, the Sunday before the Baptism of the Lord, the Gospel presenting the preaching of Saint John the ... Read More

Greek Orthodox bishop denies urging Syrian Christians to take up arms

OCP- December 19, 2013

CWN -19/12/13 A Greek Orthodox bishop has denied urging Syrian Christians to take up arms, according to a new Fides news agency report. Bishop Lukas El ... Read More

Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate: ” No news of the 13 Ma’aloula nuns, we do not trust the video”

OCP- December 16, 2013

16/12/13 According to video released by Al-Jazeera the women religious held in Yabrud were to be released on December 9. The Greek -Orthodox Patriarchate "concerned" ... Read More

Appeal for help!

OCP- November 20, 2013

Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate Help Request - November 2013 My name is Tanja Miliskovic, I was born on 08. 03. 1980 and I live with my ... Read More

Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate to remain in Damascus

OCP- September 17, 2013

September 2013 LEBANON: In the annual Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch which started on 10th September at Atchane, Lebanon, His Holiness ... Read More

Statement issued from the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch

OCP- September 4, 2013

4/9/13 Statement issued from the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, Balamand, on 30th August 2013 I raised my eyes to the mountains ... Read More

Official statement from the Committee of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate concerning the two Archbishops Yohanna Ibrahim and Boulous Yazigi

OCP- July 29, 2013

29/7/13 “One hundred days since the abduction of the two Archbishops Yohanna Ibrahim and Boulous Yazigi On Monday, April 22, 2013, which has become known to ... Read More

Damascus bishops congratulate Muslims on Ramadan

OCP- July 11, 2013

11/7/13 Damascus, (SANA) - Bishops of Damascus congratulated Muslims in Syria and worldwide on the arrival of the holy Month of Ramadan, wishing them many ... Read More

The Romanian Patriarchate expresses solidarity with the Patriarchate of Antioch

OCP- June 10, 2013

10/6/13 While noticing that - from April 22, 2013, when His Eminence Metropolitan PAUL of Aleppo and Alexandretta, from the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and ... Read More

Church Denies Israeli Municipality Use of its Property for Lights Festival

OCP- June 7, 2013

JERUSALEM, June 4, 2013 (WAFA) – The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem said Tuesday that it will not allow the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem ... Read More

Antioch’s Patriarch Urges Release of Kidnapped Bishops

OCP- June 5, 2013

5/6/13 Maria Korologou Patriarch John X (Yazigi) of Antioch and All The East, the primate of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All The ... Read More

Turkey Increases Security for Orthodox Patriarch

OCP- May 10, 2013

ANKARA - 10/5/13 An official says Turkish authorities have tightened security for the Istanbul-based Orthodox Patriarchate following allegations of a plot to attack the spiritual ... Read More

Joint Communique on the Abduction of Bishop Paul and Bishop John

OCP- April 24, 2013

24/4/13 The following official joint statement has been released by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate ... Read More

Orthodox Church in Syria provides aid to conflict victims

OCP- March 13, 2013

13/3/13 The Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development (DERD) of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East has delivered around 75,000 humanitarian ... Read More

World’s most revered church seeks international backing in $2.3mln water bill standoff

OCP- November 13, 2012

12/11/2012 Jerusalem’s Church of Holy Sepulchre called on world leaders to help end what it calls an existentially “aggressive move” – Jerusalem’s water supply company ... Read More

Church of Holy Sepulchre bank account frozen over £1.5m water bill

OCP- November 3, 2012

Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem 3/11/2012 Standoff over unpaid water bill could result in closure of revered church believed to be site of Jesus's crucifixion and burial. ... Read More

Orthodox Churches reflect on WCC Assembly theme

OCP- October 20, 2012

20/1/0/2012 Orthodox churches have reaffirmed their commitment to "unity, justice and peace" saying that the "supreme act of God's love is the economy of salvation". ... Read More

Patriarch of Jerusalem: We will Respond to the Occupation Crimes in the Holy Land with More Construction

OCP- October 12, 2012

PNN 12/10/2012 On Thursday 11th October, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, said that Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem Will respond to the Israeli ... Read More