Tag: UK
‘We must be reconcilers,’ says UK Coptic Orthodox Church
Bishop Angaelos (r) with House of Commons speaker John Bercow (l) The service at Westminster Abbey commemorate the Coptic Feast of Nayrouz and the new ... Read More
UK and Irish Oriental Orthodox Churches concerned over Egypt
18/8/13 The president of the Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland has expressed deep concern over the ... Read More
Reform of religious funding in Romania: UK Secular Society comments, Becali insults, Orthodox Church disapproves
19/4/13 Disputes over the funding of Romania’s Orthodox Church and religious organizations in general has piqued the interest of Britain’s National Secular Society. The idea ... Read More
The Church of the Moldovan Community in the UK was inaugurated in London
1/2/13 At multiple requests of Moldovan Orthodox Christians who live in London, UK, with the mercy of the Lord and the efforts of priest Nicolae ... Read More
Metropolitan Mor Aphrem Mathews Visited Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Syrian Orthodox Church in India - 19/12/12 DURHAM/UK: His Grace Mathews Mor Aphrem Patriarchal Vicar of the Syrian Orthodox Church in the UK paid a ... Read More
Eritrean UK Subdiocese of Europe Committee meets with Abba Seraphim
Oriental Orthodox Churches Eritrean- British Orthodox Churches 1/9/2012 On 27 August, 2012 the Committee of the Eritrean Orthodox UK subdiocese of Europe met together with ... Read More
New Officers for Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches
The Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches In UK and Ireland 19/7/2012 At its meeting on 17 July at the Armenian Church Hall in Iverna Gardens, ... Read More
Persecuting Christianity… in Europe
Milena Faustova Moscow Times 11/7/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church is going to challenge in court a ban on wearing crucifixes, which was recently introduced in ... Read More
Coptic Church Head in UK Speaks of Hope for Egypt in Wake of Morsi’s Election Win
By Christian Today 25/6/2012 The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the U.K. has spoken of his hope for positive reform in Egypt after ... Read More
Bishop Makarios visits the Eritrean Community in the UK
16/5/2012 The British Orthodox Church During a visit to the clergy and faithful of the new Eritrean Orthodox Diocese of Europe in the UK, His ... Read More
UK parliamentarians hear plight of Christian Women
John Pontifex and John Newton Aid to the Church in Need 15/5/2012 Revelations about the scale of hate crimes against Christian women in Pakistan and ... Read More
Catholicos familiarizes UK ambassadors with Armenian Church activities
21/2/2012 YEREVAN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, received, at the Holy See of Saint Etchmiadzin, Jonathan James Aves and Catherine Jane Leach, ... Read More
Organ donation: Church leaders in Wales attack presumed consent
23/1/2012 Church leaders in Wales have criticised "ill-judged" proposals for presumed consent rules on organ donation. The Roman Catholic Church in Wales, Church in Wales ... Read More
UK Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and others join Christians to wish Happy Christmas 4 All
The following is a guest contribution. Reuters is not responsible for the content and the views expressed are the authors’ alone. Alexander Goldberg is the ... Read More
Armenian Church in Britain and Ireland celebrates its new bishop
22/11/2011 The Armenian Church in Britain and Ireland has been celebrating its new bishop over the second weekend in November. The Very Rev Fr Vahan ... Read More
Is Estonia really the least religious country in the World?
Ringo Ringvee Guardian, UK 16/9/2011 Estonians, and especially the young, have turned their backs on organised religion, but belief in neo-paganism is thriving. Estonia and ... Read More
Opinion: Turkey’s Grand Gesture
By Idris Tawfiq - The Egyptian Gazette 26.8.2011 Turkey has come a long way in recent years. Gone is the era and ethos of a ... Read More
Report on The Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Përmet’s Old Bazaar
The Albanian Orthodox Church 19/6/2011 By Dr. Kostantinos Giakoumis, Byzantinist B.A. Athens University h.D. C.B.O.M.G.S., University of Birmingham, UK. Mr. Joan Stratoberdha, Architect B.A. Tirana ... Read More
Egypt’s Christians fear ‘uncaged’ Salafists
By JOHN PONTIFEX 13/6/2011 Months after the revolution led by the ‘Facebook Generation’ John Pontifex meets frightened Coptic Christians worshipping in secret. Clambering up to ... Read More
THE WAY Introductory Course to the Orthodox Faith Published in the UK as a DVD/CD Box Set
1/12/2010 The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies - University city of Cambridge The Introductory Course to the Orthodox Faith, THE WAY, has been launched as ... Read More
Church leader urges Iraqi Christians to quit Country
7/11/2010 A senior Iraqi Christian is to call on believers to quit the country, after gunmen targeted a church in Baghdad. Archbishop Athanasios Dawood, who ... Read More