Tag: TV

Cairo killings deepen Coptic Christians’ feelings of Alienation

OCP- October 11, 2011

By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 11/10/2011 Around 25 people were killed and 327 injured in Sunday night clashes outside the state radio and TV building ... Read More

Live Updates: Protesters march from Coptic Hospital to Cathedral

OCP- October 11, 2011

10/10/2011 1:01 am: The funeral service is over. 12:56 am: The priest announces that all of the martyrs will be buried together in a collective ... Read More

Copts congregate at cathedral ahead of victims’ funeral

OCP- October 10, 2011

Ahmed Zaki Osman 10/10/2011 Thousands of Copts protested against the ruling military council on Monday, after violence Sunday night left 24 killed during a march, ... Read More

Hundreds of Egyptian Coptic Christians protest in Cairo

OCP- October 5, 2011

English.news.cn 2011-10-05 CAIRO, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Egyptian Christian Copts staged a sit-in on the road in front of the state TV building ... Read More

Updates From Ukrainian Orthodox Church

OCP- August 11, 2011

11/8/2011 ANNOUNCEMENT. Honorable relics of the Holy Hierarch Theophanes (Vyshensky) the Recluse to visit Kyiv On August 6, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan ... Read More

The Cathedral For The Nation’s Salvation In Being Built

OCP- July 14, 2011

14/7/2011 The building yard in Dealul Arsenalului St., where the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation will be built has reached the anchorage stage, namely the ... Read More

Syria’s Minorities Fear Sectarian Split Amid Protests

OCP- July 1, 2011

By DEBORAH AMOS 30/6/2011 In Syria, a four-month protest movement and a government crackdown have strained the country's ethnic and sectarian mix. The government and ... Read More

Romanian Orthodox Church Attracts Cyber-Followers

OCP- June 26, 2011

26/06/2011 BUCHAREST, June 26, 2011 (AFP) -The Romanian Orthodox Church, known as a bastion of conservatism, has broken a taboo by embracing the Internet and ... Read More

A turning point in Coptic History

OCP- May 29, 2011

29/5/2011 CAIRO - “A revolution will erupt inside the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Copts will denounce its policies,” predicted Mamoun Fandi, the President of Fandi ... Read More

Church lawyer says controversial priest’s wife to appear on TV Soon

OCP- May 2, 2011

By:Marwa Al-A’sar/Daily News Egypt 1/5/2011 CAIRO: A priest’s wife who is allegedly being held against her will by the Coptic Church for converting to Islam, ... Read More

Archbishop Vsevolod Chaplin: Russia is the best part of today’s Europe

OCP- April 9, 2011

Moscow, April 8, Interfax - Head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin said that today’s Russia was the best ... Read More

Serbian official: Bishop must apologize for making anti-gay remarks after Parade

OCP- March 6, 2011

By The Associated Press (CP) 6/3/2011 A Serbian human rights official said Saturday a hardline Orthodox Church bishop must publicly apologize for the anti-gay remarks ... Read More

Shoghakat TV New Channel Frequency

OCP- January 27, 2011

25/1/2011 Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin The Shoghakat TV Company announces an expansion of its programming. Established in 1995 by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme ... Read More

Boy George returns 300-year-old stolen Icon of Christ

OCP- January 22, 2011

Daily Mail 21/1/2011 It's a miracle: Boy George returns 300-year-old stolen picture of Christ after bishop spots it on star's wall while watching TV. For ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill disapproves of those who say Orthodoxy is a reason of Russia’s Economic Lag

OCP- January 13, 2011

Moscow, January 11, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia decisively disagree with those who believe that Orthodoxy is a reason of economic ... Read More

Georgian Church Leader Slams Public TV Talk Show

OCP- December 18, 2010

17/12/2010 Civil Georgia, Tbilisi A talk show on public TV, discussing critically developments within the Georgian Orthodox Church, triggered a strong condemnation from the Patriarch ... Read More

Orthodox Week held for the first time on Mongolian TV

OCP- November 19, 2010

Ulan-Bator, November 18, Interfax - The Orthodox Week was held by the Ah Oron (Motherland) Mongolian TV channel from November 8 to 14. "It's remarkable ... Read More

Muslims Attempt to Behead Apostate in Egypt

OCP- July 16, 2010

11/7/2010 The latest in a string of failed attempts by Muslim fanatics on the life of Egyptian Muslim-born Maher el-Gowhary who publicly converted to Christianity ... Read More

Metropolitan Hilarion visits monasteries and churches in Yekaterinburg

OCP- July 16, 2010

On July 14 and 15, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, who is on a visit ... Read More

Orthodox TV channel stops broadcasting in Georgia

OCP- June 23, 2010

23/6/2010 Ertsulovneba , the TV channel of Georgian Patriarchy stopped broadcasting. According to the director general of the channel, it was disconnected because of debts ... Read More