Tag: United States
Football, Politics and Assyrian National Identity
A large Assyrian flag is displayed by Assyrian fans at a game played by Assyriska, an Assyrian football club in Sweden. By Paul Antonopoulos - ... Read More
CONSECRATION OF THE LARGEST ORTHODOX CHURCH ON THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES TAKES PLACE IN MIAMI
On December 12, the solemn opening and consecration of a new Church of St Matrona of Moscow took place in Miami, Florida, USA. Metropolitan Hilarion of ... Read More
Statement on the Reception of Refugees in the United States by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America - 21/11/15 Statement from the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America on the Reception of Refugees in ... Read More
Assembly of Bishops issues statement on Paris terrorist attacks
On Saturday, November 14, 2015, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America issued a brief statement concerning the terrorist attacks ... Read More
PATRIARCH KIRILL MEETS WITH US AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA
On October 30, 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H. E. John F. Tefft, United States ambassador to Russia, ... Read More
OCA Holy Synod releases Position Paper on Canonical Regional Planning
Orthodox Church in America- 30/10/15 The Holy Synod of Bishops has released the text of a Position Paper delivered in response to the plan presented ... Read More
Assembly of Bishops issues study on US Orthodox theological schools
NEW YORK, NY - October 2015 For the second time in as many months, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of ... Read More
Syrian Christian Leader: Russia “Really Targeting ISIS,” U.S. Airstrikes Are Just “Window Dressing”
Msgr. Jacques Behnan Hindo Raymondibrahim- October 2015 Whatever Russia’s motives in Syria, one thing is clear: persecuted Syrian Christians favor Russian intervention against the jihadis ... Read More
Vice President Joe Biden to Receive Athenagoras Human Rights Award
October 2015 NEW YORK – The Order of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate will bestow this year’s Athenagoras Human Rights Award to Vice ... Read More
STATEMENT BY THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE DEPARTMENT FOR EXTERNAL CHURCH RELATIONS ON THE MASS MURDER OF CHRISTIANS IN A COLLEGE IN OREGON, USA
October 2015 The Russian Orthodox Church is deeply grieved to learn about the terrible terrorist action in a college in the state of Oregon in ... Read More
Address By His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew On Receiving the 2015 Steward of Creation Award
(Prinkipos, August 6, 2015) Dear and distinguished friends, Welcome to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and to the Holy Metropolis of the Princes Islands. We have just ... Read More
4th Oriental Orthodox Annual Youth Conference in the United States of America
Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches- August- September 2015 Purchase tickets here: Visit FB Page here: Please join SCOOCH for this year's Annual Youth Conference! Theme: ... Read More
Growing in Truth: Lessons Learned and Given in Alaska
This year's team to Kasigluk had the opportunity to teach Alaskan youth about the Orthodox Faith and a life in Christ. Team members like Andrew ... Read More
In anticipation of the Assembly of Bishops’ September 2015 meeting
- August 2015 The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America will hold its annual meeting in Chicago, IL September 15-17, ... Read More
Feodor Dostoevsky – Orthodox Christian Convert
July - August 2015 On February 9, 1881, Feodor Dostoevsky parted this world as his family read to him the Gospel parable of the prodigal ... Read More
Patriarch John X Blesses Humanitarian Work of IOCC
July- August 2015 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Speaking on behalf of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the United States of America as Episcopal ... Read More
IOCC Farm Project Reaps Food And Earning Power For West Bank Women
The freshly laid eggs that Rana gathers daily from her hen house not only help to feed her and her ailing mother, but also provide ... Read More
HIERARCHICAL STATEMENT OF THE DIOCESAN BISHOPS OF THE DIOCESES OF THE ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF THE EAST IN THE UNITED STATES
July 2015 Beloved Clergy and Faithful of the Assyrian Church of the East in the U.S., greetings and peace in the Name of the Holy ... Read More
Georgian Patriarch condemns same-sex “marriage” permitted in U.S
Tbilisi, June 29, Interfax - Legal acknowledgment of same-sex "marriage" in the United States is a mistake, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia said. "It ... Read More
U.S. decision to legalize same-sex “marriages” Godless, sinful – Russian Church
Moscow, June 29, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church has appealed to all Russian advocates of the American model of governance, asking them to think ... Read More
The Official Orthodox Christian Position on Marriage Equality
26/6/15 - Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America The following statement was released by the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox ... Read More