Tag: Turkey
Turkey ‘Aided Islamist Fighters’ in Attack on Syrian Christian Town
A severely damaged house in the Armenian Christian town of Kasab (Photo: REUTERS). By Ruth Sherlock The Telegraph - 15/4/14 Turkey facilitated an attack carried out ... Read More
Second meeting of the working group for dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Turkey takes place at the Department for External Church Relations
April 2014 The meeting was held at the DECR premises on April 8, 2014, under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I briefs the Executive Committee of the Catholicosate on the situation in Kessab
29/3/14 Following the assault on Kessab during the weekend, the Executive Committee of the Catholicosate held an extraordinary meeting and moved to help the displaced ... Read More
Reports Cite 80 Dead in Kessab; Churches Desecrated
24/3/13 KESSAB, Syria–The Armenian populated villages of Kessab, Syria were the target of three days of brutal cross-border attacks from Turkey by al-Qaeda affiliated armed ... Read More
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I FOLLOWS CLOSELY THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE KESSAB REGION
24/3/14 On Friday, 21 March, early in the morning, His Holiness Aram I was informed of the assault and bombardment of the radical rebel forces ... Read More
Villagers in Turkey Urge Renovations for Armenian Church Used as Barn
The Armenian church in the village of Korlu, Çatak district, 18 miles from Van. (Photo: DHA) Hurriyet Daily News - 16/3/14 VAN (Hurriyet Daily News)—An historical ... Read More
Turkey Returns Less Than Half of Assyrian Monastery’s Land it Seized
World Watch Monitor - 14/3/14 The Turkish Ministry of EU Affairs welcomed March 2 the returnof property, seized by the country's treasury, to the world's oldest ... Read More
Snaps from the Opening Session of Synaxis of the First-Hierarchs of the Orthodox Churches at the Ecumenical Patriarchate
7/3/14 Turkey: Snaps from the Opening Session of Synaxis of the First-Hierarchs of the Orthodox Churches at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Source: Read More
Turkey’s EU Ministry Welcomes Decision on Assyrian Monastery
3/3/14 http://www.worldbulletin.net Turkey's Ministry of EU Affairs has welcomed the return of a piece of land to the historic Mor Gabriel Monastery Foundation, in Turkey's ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch holds Memorial Service for Ukrainian victims
March 2014 On Sunday, February 23, 2014, following the Divine Liturgy, His All-Holiness held a Memorial Service (Trisagion) for those who lost their lives during ... Read More
Protest to Be Held At Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles
March 2014- http://operationantioch.blogspot.com The coalition of supporters for the March 9th "Stop the Christian Genocide in Syria" protest outside the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles, ... Read More
Metropolitan Thimotheos Mathews Celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of Saint Gabriel
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East 24/2/14 Read more on the Monastery here: Turkey: His Eminence Abune Mor Thimotheos Mathews (Patriarchal Secretray for ... Read More
Turkey’s Role in the Kidnapping of the Syrian Bishops
Dikran Ego - 2/2/14 (AINA) -- On April 22, 2013 Bishops Yuhanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazici were kidnapped in Syria. During the kidnapping their driver ... Read More
Ukraine’s Medal of Freedom awarded to His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch
January 2014 On Sunday, January 19, 2013, His All-Holiness was awarded the Medal of Freedom of Ukraine “for his ministry in the service of universal ... Read More
Dutch MP asks Representation of Syria’s Christians during Peace Talks in Geneva
On 17 January 2014, Dr. Pieter Omtzigt, the Dutch MP and Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has requested all countries ... Read More
Turkey: Armenian Church Catalyst for Change in Kurdish Region
Janaury 2014 A recently restored 13th-century church has become a focal point for ethnic Armenians seeking to rediscover their cultural identity in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish ... Read More
Greek Cypriot archbishop rejects Turkish Cypriot state
27/12/13 Greek Cypriot archbishop Chrysostomos II said ‘for us, a Turkish Cypriot state means annexation, which nobody wants.' Chrysostomos II, the archbishop of the Greek ... Read More
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CALLS ON TURKEY TO ADDRESS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
14/12/13 The 2nd Archon International Conference on Religious Freedom Deemed Historic (Berlin, Germany) The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, ... Read More
Armenian Church in Turkey to be handed over to Friends of Armenia Society
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend: Baku, Azerbaijan - 10/12/13 A church in the Turkish province of Sivas located in the territory belonging to the Armed ... Read More
Constantinople: Monastery of Stoudios Converting to a Mosque
Nikoleta Kalmouki - 30/11/13 The Turkish government plans to turn the Monastery of Stoudios into a mosque. The monastery is one of the most important ... Read More
Turkey’s EU Minister Bağış hosts minority leaders
EU Minister Bağış (2 L) is seen with Sait Susin, the President of the Meryem Ana Church Foundation (L), Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew (2 R), ... Read More