Tag: Turkey
PAT. BARTHOLOMEW CONSECRATES RESTORED CHURCH IN CONSTANTINOPLE ORTHODOX CEMETERY
Photo: ekirikas.com Photo: ekirikas.com Orthochristian.com - 30/10/17 The consecration of the restored historic Church of the Transfiguration in the Şişli Orthodox cemetery in Constantinople was celebrated ... Read More
“WHY WOULD THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS SO EASILY REJECT OUR CASE, KNOWING THAT NO LAWYER WOULD DARE TO BRING SUCH A CASE BEFORE THE TURKISH COURTS?”
ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org - 26/10/17 Brussels. Addressing the conference on the Armenian Cause at the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday 19 October 2017, His Holiness Aram I ... Read More
Turkish Archaeologists Claim to Solve Mystery of Santa Claus’s Burial Place
CC0 Sputinknews - 5/10/17 Archaeologists in Turkey may have solved a mystery dating back thousands of years, after they discovered an ancient tomb they believe contains ... Read More
Romanians in Turkey offer prayers to Virgin Martyr Paraskeva on her feast day
Aurelian Iftimiu - Basilica News Agency - 30/7/17 Romanian Orthodox faithful living in Istanbul gathered Wednesday, 26 July 2017, at St Paraskeva – Pikridion Church to ... Read More
US STATE DEPARTMENT CALLS ON TURKEY TO PRESERVE AGIA SOPHIA’S SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE
Pravoslavie.ru - 26/6/17 The US Department of State has called on Turkey to respect and preserve the special historical significance of the great Agia Sophia ... Read More
TURKEY AGAIN PROVOKES INTERNAT’L COMMUNITY WITH READING OF KORAN IN AGIA SOPHIA ON TELEVISION
Photo: Romfea.gr Pravoslavie.ru - 23/6/17 Turkey has again provoked the international community with a reading of the Koran in Agia Sophia that was broadcast on ... Read More
“Armenians and the Cypriot government share a common demand: justice from Turkey,” His Holiness Aram I tells the president of Cyprus
ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org - June 2017 14 June 2017. On Wednesday morning President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus, accompanied by the Ministers of Foreign and Internal Affairs, the Minister ... Read More
37th Annual Commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago - June 2017 “ENGINEERING AN ANCIENT EMPIRE AND ITS LEGACY TODAY” PRESENTATION HOSTED BY GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF CHICAGO, THE ... Read More
We expect Europe to act firmly against the Turkish policy of Genocide Denial, stated His Holiness Aram I
ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org - April 24 April 2017 – On Monday morning, Armenians gathered in Antelias to commemorate the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The commemoration ... Read More
Assyrian, Armenian, Greek Genocide Commemoration Held in Glendale, California
AINA - April 2017 (AINA) -- The city of Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, hosted commemoration events on the Turkish genocide of Assyrians, ... Read More
SCANDAL ERUPTS OVER ABSENCE OF CROSS FROM MOLDOVAN FLAG DURING PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO IRAN
http://www.worldatlas.com Pravoslavie.ru - 14/2/17 A scandal has broken out in Moldova over the distortion of the national flag during President Igor Dodon’s recent trip to ... Read More
Turkey Removed Assyrian Sculpture From Public Square
The Assyrian Lamassu sculpture in front of the Diyarbakir Local Council was removed on January 8. AINA - 18/1/17 Diyarbakir (AINA) -- Turkish authorities removed ... Read More
Understanding the Christian Crisis in the Middle East
ANIA - 13/1/17 (AINA) -- Elizabeth Kendal, an international religious liberty analyst and advocate, has published a book titled After Saturday Comes Sunday: Understanding the ... Read More
RT: Slain Russian ambassador Karlov laid to rest in Moscow, named hero posthumously
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia holds a funeral service for Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov at the Christ the Savior Cathedral. © ... Read More
PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW HOPES TO VISIT UKRAINE SOON
RISU.org - 22/11/16 On November 19, Ukraine’s Parliament Speaker Andriy Paruby during his visit to Turkey met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the premises of ... Read More
UNLIKELY PROTECTOR: TURKISH SHEPHERD GUARDS HISTORIC PONTIAN GREEK CHURCH
The Pappas Post - 22/11/16 A 60-year-old Turkish shepherd is an unlikely guardian of a Greek Orthodox Church in northern Turkey, protecting the historic structure from ... Read More
In Continuing Purge, Turkey Removes Only Assyrian Mayor
Februniye Akyol, the first Assyrian mayor in Turkey, was removed today by Turkish authorities. AINA - 18/11/16 Mardin, Turkey (AINA) -- Turkey removed the two ... Read More
Armenia’s Broken Heritage
In a gorge that separates Armenia (background) from Turkey, the Monastery of the Hripsimian Virgins is one of the crumbling remnants of Ani, a capital ... Read More
Assyrian Women’s Conference Issues Appeal for Aid
AINA - October 2016 Brussels (AINA) -- An International Assyrian Women's Conference was held in Brussels on September 29. Representatives from Europe and the Middle East ... Read More
The Catholicosate of Cilicia continues consultations on the lawsuit asking the Return of its historic Seat from Turkey
Armenian Orthodox Church of Lebanon - August 2016 Since his arrival in Geneva, His Holiness Aram I has been consulting with experts regarding the lawsuit asking ... Read More
AFTER THE SUPPRESSION OF REVOLT IN TURKEY THE SITUATION OF CHRISTIANS WILL DETERIORATE, A RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES SPECIALIST BELIEVES
© Photo - by the National Research University of the Higher School of Economics. Pravoslavie.ru- 21/7/16 The situation of Christians in Turkey will deteriorate, since ... Read More