Tag: Saudi Arabia

First Ever Coptic Orthodox Divine Liturgy Celebrated in Saudi Arabia

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 3, 2018

John Anton (Correspondent - Coptic Affairs) - OCP News Service - 3/12/18 Riyadh- Saudi Arabia: A report by Cairoscese states that the first ever Coptic Orthodox Divine Liturgy ... Read More

‘Don’t open doors to evil’: Top Saudi cleric calls concerts & cinemas a ‘depravity’

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 16, 2017

FILE PHOTO © Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters RT.Com - 16/1/17 Cinemas and singing concerts are merely a depravity, Saudi Arabia’s top religious cleric said, adding ... Read More

“Francis and Kirill… The People of Syria Know Best” – Fr Georges Massouh on Francis and Kirill’s Joint Statement

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 20, 2016

www.zimbio.com February 2016 - Notes on Arab Orthodoxy  Francis and Kirill... The People of Syria Know Best There is no doubt that the meeting between ... Read More

The Letter of Prophet Muhammad to the Orthodox Monks of St. Catherine Monastery in Mount Sinai

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- November 30, 2015

Prophet Muhammad 's Letter to the Monks of St. Catherine in Mt. Sinai offering protection religious freedom and peace. Pic Source: Wikipedia The Higher Learning.com - ... Read More

Famous Saudi Arabian Personality Dr Khalid Al Shamry Discovers Jesus Christ 

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 8, 2015

August 2015 Visit FB PAGE: A Saudi Muslim discovers Jesus. Dr Khalid Al Shamry, a microbiologist, is now reaching out to Muslims with the gospel. ... Read More

METROPOLITAN HILARION OF VOLOKOLAMSK MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR OF SAUDI ARABIA TO RUSSIA

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- June 24, 2015

On 23 June 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H. T. Abdulrahman Ibrahim ... Read More

Archbishop Atallah Hanna Responds to Leaked Saudi Document

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- June 23, 2015

22/6/15 The Arabic original can be found here. Clarification issued by His Eminence Atallah Hanna - Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebate in Jerusalem We were ... Read More

5th-6th century Christian monuments discovered in Saudi Arabia

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 6, 2015

6/2/15 Ancient monuments of Christian culture have been discovered in the sands of the southern desert of Saudi Arabia, reports the Linga portal with the ... Read More

27 Christians in Saudi Arabia Arrested for Using House As a Church

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 15, 2014

http://www.ecumenicalnews.com - September 2015 Saudi authorities have swooped on a house in the eastern province city of Khafji, on the border with Kuwait, and arrested 27 ... Read More

Syrian Archbishop: Assad is staying

OCP- August 2, 2013

Sakher Naser and Ali Harb - 2/8/13 Archbishop Louka El-Khouri, patriarchal auxiliary of the Syrian Orthodox church, believes that the Syrian regime will not fall ... Read More

Syrian rebels destroy Shi’ite site, loot churches: HRW

OCP- January 25, 2013

Alexander Dziadosz | Reuters - 25/1/13 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels in Syria have burned and looted the religious sites of minorities, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, ... Read More

Intolerance is rife in Islamic lands

OCP- August 10, 2012

STEVE HUNTLEY shuntley.cst@gmail.com 9/8/2012 As the horrific attack on the Sikh temple in Wisconsin showed, no society is secure from the occasional outrage by a ... Read More

Saudis release Christians

OCP- August 6, 2012

6/8/2012 Almost three dozen imprisoned Christian Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia have been freed after months of being held by the authorities there. The 35 Ethiopians ... Read More

Syrian Christians in the war between fundamentalists and secularists, Sunnis and Shiites

OCP- June 12, 2012

Samir Khalil Samir 12/6/2012 Al Qabas, Kuwait's daily newspaper, reports the arrival in Syria of jihadists from Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Pakistan. Among them many ... Read More

Europe bishops slam Saudi fatwa against Gulf churches

OCP- March 24, 2012

By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor 24/3/2012 PARIS (Reuters) - Christian bishops in Germany, Austria and Russia have sharply criticised Saudi Arabia's top religious official after ... Read More

The World’s Worst Religious Persecutors – OpEd

OCP- March 21, 2012

By Nina Shea 20/3/2012 Today, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (Uscirf) released its 14th annual report, which it is mandated to do under ... Read More

Christians angry as Saudi Grand Mufti calls for churches to be destroyed

OCP- March 16, 2012

Joseph Mayton 16/3/2012 Christians across the Middle East are expressing anger and frustration after the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia said it is “necessary to ... Read More

Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for “Destruction of All Churches in Region”

OCP- March 16, 2012

Raymond Ibrahim 16/3/2012 According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it ... Read More

Ethiopian Christians to be deported from Saudi Arabia

OCP- February 2, 2012

1/2/2012 Some 35 Ethiopian Christians face deportation from Saudi Arabia for "illicit mingling", the global rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. Police arrested the ... Read More

Growing Islamic fundamentalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina

OCP- January 21, 2012

John Newton and Eva-Marie Kolman 20/1/2012 Christians and moderate Muslims are trying to stem the tide of Islamo-fascism in the heart of the former Yugoslavia. ... Read More

Saudi Arabia: 42 Ethiopian Christians arrested for Prayer Meeting

OCP- December 19, 2011

18/12/2011 If Muslim migrants were subjected anywhere in the world to the injustices Christians and other expat workers face in Saudi Arabia, it would be ... Read More