Tag: Turkey
U.S. Presbyterian Church recognizes Armenian Genocide
July 2014 PanARMENIAN.Net - In June 20, in Detroit, Michigan, the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide, urging congregations to commemorate its ... Read More
Turkey’s top oppositionist refused entry to Armenian church
1/7/14 PanARMENIAN.Net - Germany-based Armenians refused to meet with the Republican People's Party (CHP) leader who was recently visiting Cologne, Demokrat Haber said. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ... Read More
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Welcomes H.R. 4347 Adopted by the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs
June 2014 The Armenian Apostolic Holy Church and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, welcome the H.R. 4347 Act, adopted ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch Visits Athens and Cappadocia
June 2014 His All-Holiness in Athens On Tuesday, June 17, 2014, His All-Holiness traveled to Greece, where he attended and offered the keynote address at ... Read More
Syrian Forces Expel Rebels From Christian Town on Turkish Border
A church in the Armenian Christian town of Kessab (Reuters/Stringer). 16/6/14 - http://rt.com The Syrian military has recaptured the strategically important border town of Kessab. ... Read More
Centuries-old church rescued in Cappadocia
June 2014 The roof of a 1,500-year-old church in the central Anatolian region of Cappadocia has begun to be restored before its collapse. Now, officials ... Read More
International Consultation on “Crisis in Syria: Challenges for Faith Communities” Held at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
June 2014 On June 11, in the Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Library of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, under the presidency of His Holiness ... Read More
Newly Elected Assyrian Patriarch Wants to Commemorate Genocide Centennial
8/6/14 Damascus (AINA) -- The synod of the Assyrian Orthodox Church made a surprising decision on May 30th to form a committee to prepare for ... Read More
Vandalized Armenian church to be reconstructed in Turkey’s Mush
PanARMENIAN Network - May 2014 PanARMENIAN.Net - Plans for reconstruction of the vandalized St. Marine Church in Armenian district of Mush have been announced, with ... Read More
COMPARATIVE LAW – A Conference on Turkey and Modern Greece
May 2014 By His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Boġaziçi University, May 9-10, 2014) Eminent Rector of this esteemed university, Prof. Gülay Barbarosoğlu, Distinguished symposium organizers ... Read More
‘Christians in Turkey Are Second-Class Citizens’
Halki Theological Seminary By Walter Flick http://www.dw.de - 10/5/14 The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomew of Constantinople, arrives to Germany May ... Read More
Calls for prayers in Hagia Sophia raise concerns
May 2014 ISTANBUL — Numerous supporters of controversial imam Fethullah Gülen recently started a campaign on Twitter calling for the Hagia Sophia to be reopened ... Read More
TURKISH PRIME-MINISTER TO PERFORM NAMAZ AT HAGIA SOPHIA CHURCH
Istanbul - May 2014The current Turkish prime-minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is considering the possibility of Muslim prayer at Hagia Sophia Church in Istanbul (Constantinople), reports ... Read More
‘The Savior’ Screening at Turkey’s Halki Seminary
Ioanna Zikakou- Greek Reporter- April - May 2014 Halki Seminary in Heybaliada, Istanbul, will open its doors to host a special screening of the film ... Read More
US Congressmen Visit the Ecumenical Centre of the Mother See
April 2014 On April 24, following their meeting with His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, in the Mother See of ... Read More
“Armenians do not want sympathy or mercy from the Turkish authorities; they demand the recognition of the Genocide and Reparations,” Said His Holiness Aram I
April 2014 24 April 2014. On Thursday, following the Holy Liturgy at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, the faithful attended the requiem ... Read More
Hundreds Commemorate Genocide in Diyarbakir, Turkey
A boy stands near the Monument of Common Conscience during the genocide commemoration in Diyarbakir. (Photo by Scout Tufankjian)A boy stands near the Monument of ... Read More
Armenians expect genocide recognition from Turkey – Catholicos Aram I
Yerevan, April 25, Interfax - The Armenian people expect not only condolences but the recognition of the Armenian Genocide from Turkey, Catholicos Aram I of ... Read More
99 Years of Turkish Genocide
In this 1919 photo released by the Armenian National Archives shows victims of the "Great Slaughter" in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The sign ... Read More
Turkish Government Issues Message Denying Assyrian, Armenian, Greek Genocide
By Rufiz Hafizoglu http://en.trend.az - 24/4/14 Turkey's Cabinet of Ministers has spread a message in connection with the events of 1915, the website of the country's ... Read More
His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received Mr. M. Levent Bilgen – Consul General of the Republic of Turkey
April 2014 On April 17th His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received Mr. M. Levent Bilgen, Consul General of the Republic of Turkey. Mr. ... Read More