Tag: Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom Today-Emperor Constantine’s Edict of Milan: 1700 years later
Istanbul, Turkey 5/16/2013 Istanbul, Turkey, 17-18 May 2013 1700 years have passed since 313 when, through the Milan Edict of Toleration, Emperor Constantine granted freedom ... Read More
Second Annual St. Andrew’s Human Rights and Religious Freedom Reception
Aphoridte - 18/12/12 PRESS RELEASE Second Annual St. Andrew’s Human Rights and Religious Freedom Reception Washington, DC – On November 29th, 2012, Congressman John Sarbanes ... Read More
Archons offer twitter updates during Religious Freedom Mission to Berlin, Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ankara
Berlin, Germany 9/10/2012 Click here to access Twitter: With the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, an Archon ... Read More
International Religious Freedom Report of 2011 (Turkey)
Anadolu Agency 1/8/2012 U.S. Department of State made public its 2011 International Religious Freedoms report. In the section on Turkey, the report drew attention to ... Read More
Ethiopian Muslims and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox Demand Religious Freedom for All Ethiopians (SMNE)
27/5/2012 Historic decision brings Ethiopian people of faith together in condemning the Meles regime’s interference in their religious practice. Ethiopian Muslims and Ethiopian Christians are ... Read More
Month of May Marks Eritrea’s Religious Freedom Abuses
Patriarch Abune Antonios of Eritrea 26/5/2012 Read OCP Article on persecutions of Eritrean Christians and the Eritrean Orthodox Church: This month marks two important anniversaries ... Read More
Senate Introduces Return of Churches Resolution
9/3/2012 Religious Freedom Measure Calls on Turkey to Return all Stolen Christian Church Properties. WASHINGTON–Senators Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) ... Read More
National Commander Limberakis honored by the Constantinopolitan Society
Athens, Greece 2/6/2012 Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate The Constantinopolitan Society honored Dr. Anthony J. Limberakis, National Commander of the Order of Saint Andrew, in ... Read More
Why Christians in Egypt Are Holding Their Breath, Part 2
By Kurt J. Werthmuller 26/1/2012 The long-term future of Christians in Egypt is fraught with peril. Paradoxically, the last century has been a period in ... Read More
Why Christians in Egypt Are Holding Their Breath, Part 1
By Kurt J. Werthmuller 23/12/2012 A guided tour through the Christian communities of the Middle East begins with a community founded in the Apostolic generation. ... Read More
ŒCOCW Calls for International Religious Freedom for Exiled Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch
22/1/2012 The Holy Synod of the Œcumenical Canonical Orthodox Church Worldwide (ŒCOCW) joins the faithful of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church in demanding religious freedom ... Read More
Archons deliver Religious Freedom Presentations for the Ecumenical Patriarchate to OSCE
Warsaw, Poland 11/8/2011 On behalf of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons Theofanis Economidis and Achilles Adamantiades, Ph.D., presented two papers at the ... Read More
Turkey’s Elephant in the Room: Religious Freedom
By Susanne Gusten New York Times 9-29-2011 ISTANBUL -- With his triumphant tour of the countries of the Arab Spring this month, Prime Minister Recep ... Read More
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
Archons’ Religious Freedom Mission in support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate continues in Central and Eastern Europe
Ecumenical Patriarchate Vienna-Prague-Bucharest-Istanbul, Europe5/7/2009A delegation of Archons visited Central and Eastern Europe during the week of February 21-28, 2009, in continuation of the Archons' Religious ... Read More
Symposium to be held on Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Religious Freedom Crisis
The Order of Saint Andrew's Greater Delaware Valley region will be hosting a symposium entitled, "The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A Church in Captivity and the Religious ... Read More