Tag: Turkey
Christian Muslim dialogue an imperative in Globalization – His Holiness Aram I
10 August 2015. On Monday morning His Holiness Aram I received Sheikh Hussein Ahmed Chehadeh, General Secretary of “Encounter between Religions,” and committee members of ... Read More
Report on Turkish and Kurdish Confiscation of Assyrian Property
The Assyrian village of Ainwardo in Turkey (photo: Markus Tozman). Augin Kurt Haninke - August 2015 (AINA) -- The German journalist Susanne Gusten in Istanbul ... Read More
Kurds Build Cemetery Park in Heart of Assyrian Area in Turkey
August 2015 (AINA) -- Kurdish groups loyal to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have recently built a park named after the group's imprisoned leader, Abdullah ... Read More
Press Conference Explaining the Lawsuit of the Catholicosate of Cilicia filed with the Turkish Constitutional Court
Aztag Armenian Daily Newspaper - July 2015 “The main purpose of the lawsuit is to demand the return of the See of the Catholicosate of ... Read More
“I only ask the West one thing: Stop arming our assassins” – Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II
July 2015- http://en.abouna.org/ Interview with the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch, Aphrem II: martyrdom is not a human sacrifice offered to God in order to obtain his favour. ... Read More
The distribution of the Awards of Khatchik Babikian School competition and The Graduation of the students of Western Armenian Language Crash Course
June 2015 We must assume collective responsibility and safeguard our Armenian language and values Said Catholicos Aram I 21 June 2015. On Sunday a special ... Read More
The Catholicosate of Cilicia Reiterates and Clarifies Its Demand for the Return of Its Historical Seat from Turkey
The Armenian Orthodox Church of Lebanon - June 2015 The Catholicosate of the Holy See of Cilicia issues this statement to clarify any misconceptions as to the ... Read More
One of metropolitans kidnapped in Syria treated in Ankara, then returned to kidnappers – Syrian Mufti
Interfax-religion Moscow, June 11, Interfax - The Supreme Mufti of Syria Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun claims that Turkey is involved in the abduction of two Christian ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I Met with the Minister of Religious Freedom in Canada
June 2015 During his visit to Ottawa, His Holiness Aram I met with Dr. Andrew Bennett, the Ambassador of the Office of Religious Freedom in ... Read More
The Last Divine Liturgy in St. Sophia – Constantinople
May 2015 - http://www.londinoupolis.blogspot.co.uk/ Many, even Orthodox, even Greeks, believe that the last Divine Liturgy in St. Sophia, in Constantinople, was celebrated on the 29 May ... Read More
Assembly of Bishops’ Executive Committee to meet with Ecumenical Patriarch June 16
OCA- 27/5/15 In a media release posted on the web site of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA on Tuesday, May 26, ... Read More
Hundreds Demand That Hagia Sophia be Converted into Mosque
A. Makris - Greek Reporter- May 2015 Hundreds of people demanded that the historic Istanbul Hagia Sophia museum be converted into a mosque during a ... Read More
Turkey: Armenian Church Sues for Lost Property
May 2015 In a potentially groundbreaking lawsuit, a branch of the Armenian Apostolic Church is seeking the return of its ancient religious center in Kozan ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I Meets the Youth in New York
16 May 2015. On Saturday afternoon His Holiness Aram I attended a seminar prepared by the youth movement of the Eastern Prelacy of the Catholicosate ... Read More
Armenian Church Leader His Holiness Aram I Speaks on Suit to Reclaim Seized Property
May 2015 A lawsuit in Turkey filed by the Armenian Church to recover its ancient headquarters, seized a century ago during the Armenian genocide, is the “first legal ... Read More
May 19 – Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day
Stella Tsolakidou - May 2015 - Greek Reporter In 1994, May 19 was selected by the Greek parliament as the day to commemorate the Pontian ... Read More
Turkey Bulldozes Armenian-Christian Orphanage
Camp Armen demolished (Source: BBC) Raymond Ibrahim - May 2015 On the same year that millions around the world commemorated the centennial of the Armenian Genocide—or, ... Read More
SEMINARY ON THE ISLAND OF HALKI MAY BE RESTORED IN EXCHANGE FOR OPENING OF A MOSQUE IN THESSALONIKI
http://www.pravoslavie.ru/ - May 2015 The Orthodox seminary on the island of Halki (Turkey) may be restored in exchange for opening of a mosque in Thessaloniki, Greece. ... Read More
Documentary Film on the Assyrian Genocide Shown in Sweden
Director Aziz Said (R) filming on location in recording in Summer 2014 in the Assyrian city of Tur Abdin, Turkey (photo hujada.com) May 2015 Sodertalje, ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I explains the reasons for filing the lawsuit of the Catholicosate of Cilicia against the Constitutional Court of Turkey
May 2015 During a recent interview, His Holiness Aram I explained the reasons for the lawsuit filed on 28 April 2015 before the Turkish Constitutional ... Read More
Greek orthodox church in west Turkey opens after 93 years
BGN News - 11/5/15 The church of Agios Konstantinos in the town of Menemen in Turkey’s western province of İzmir opened on Sunday for its first ... Read More