Tag: UK

‘We must be reconcilers,’ says UK Coptic Orthodox Church

OCP- September 14, 2013

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

OCP- August 18, 2013

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

OCP- April 19, 2013

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

OCP- February 1, 2013

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

OCP- December 19, 2012

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

OCP- September 1, 2012

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

OCP- July 19, 2012

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

OCP- July 13, 2012

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

OCP- June 26, 2012

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

OCP- June 15, 2012

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

OCP- May 15, 2012

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

OCP- February 22, 2012

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

OCP- January 23, 2012

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

OCP- December 19, 2011

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

OCP- November 22, 2011

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?

OCP- September 16, 2011

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

OCP- August 27, 2011

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

OCP- June 19, 2011

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

OCP- June 13, 2011

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

OCP- December 1, 2010

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

OCP- November 7, 2010

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