Tag: US
US Senator Ted Cruz Calls for Recognition of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocide
http://anca.org - 20/4/15 WASHINGTON -- Republican Presidential Candidate, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today marked the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide with a statement calling for the ... Read More
US Ignores UN Session on Christian Genocide in Mideast
Raymond Ibrahim - April 2015 As Christians and other minorities continue to be purged in the Middle East in general under the Islamic State and other ... Read More
METROPOLITAN SERGIUS OF TERNOPIL: “SORROWS AND PERSECUTIONS LEAD US TO GOD”
Pravoslavie.ru - March 2015 What is essential to remember for a Christian who is being persecuted? Metropolitan Sergius of Ternopil and Kremenets (Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which ... Read More
Catholicos of All Armenians Received Newly Appointed US Ambassador to Armenia
On February 24, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; received Richard Mills; the ... Read More
Assembly of Bishops launches national study on giving in US parishes
January 2015 A national study — “Exploring Orthodox Generosity: Giving in US Orthodox Parishes” — is being launched by the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops ... Read More
US Senate Calls for the Establishment of a Province for Christians in Nineveh Plain
Assyrians in Iraq. http://www.english.shafaaq.com - 29/1/15 17 members of the US Senate Foreign Minister, John Kerry called to support the Iraqi government's efforts to establish a ... Read More
New Report Published on Orthodox Monastic Communities in the United States of America
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America 28/1/15 There are more than 70 Orthodox monastic communities in the United States ... Read More
Metropolitan Primate Tikhon of OCA meets with Patriarch Kirill, US Ambassador
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014—one day after a delegation from the Orthodox Church in America began its official visit to the Russian Orthodox Church—His Beatitude, ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill meets with new US ambassador
November 21, 2014 – His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to ... Read More
US Vice President Biden visits Ecumenical Patriarchate
On Sunday, November 23, 2014, His All-Holiness welcomed the Honorable United States Vice President Joseph Biden to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This is the second official ... Read More
U.S. Bishops of the Assyrian Church Hold First Episcopal Conference
Holy Catholic Assyrian Church of the East - 10/11/14 The bishops of the dioceses of the Assyrian Church of the East in the United States ... Read More
Unique Christian Manuscripts Safeguarded in Kurdistan
Father Nageeb in the safe house where he has stored a collection of ancient manuscripts. (photo: Sharmila Devi) By Sharmila Devi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ... Read More
Bishop Mar Paulus Benjamin Testifies at US Senate Human Rights Caucus
Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East-September - October 2014 On 10 September 2014, His Grace Mar Paulus Benjamin, Bishop of Eastern USA testified ... Read More
US Lawmaker on Persecution of Middle Eastern Christians: ‘It Is Genocide’
By Penny Starr http://cnsnews.com - September 2014 Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) said on Wednesday that the persecution and slaughter of Christians at the hands of Islamic ... Read More
Five Christian Patriarchs Meet With US President : Obama states that Syrian President Assad protected Christians
12/9/14 - READ - Obama: Assad “protected” Christians in Syria: Washington - For the first time in history, five Christian Patriarchs representing Christian communities in ... Read More
US House Hearing Focuses on Christian Persecution in Iraq
September 2014 (AINA) -- A hearing on the plight of Christians in Iraq and Syria was convened yesterday at the U.S. House of Representatives. The ... Read More
Bishop Angaelos Testimony at US Congressional Hearing Human Rights Abuses in Egypt – Video
July 2014 His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom testified at a Congressional Hearing on ‘Human Rights ... Read More
Hawaiian Myrrh Streaming Iveron Icon to visit Alaska
11/7/14 Visitation Schedule The Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska will have the honor of hosting the miraculous Hawaiian Myrrh Streaming Iveron Icon of ... Read More
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Welcomes H.R. 4347 Adopted by the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs
June 2014 The Armenian Apostolic Holy Church and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, welcome the H.R. 4347 Act, adopted ... Read More
Assyrians and Christians Under Attack in Iraq and Syria
By Stephen Starr http://www.irishtimes.com - 19/6/14 With extremists battling for control of Iraq's largest oilfield on Tuesday, upping the stakes in a burgeoning war against the ... Read More
US Bishops of the Assyrian Church of the East Visit New Syriac Orthodox Patriarch
Assyrian Church of the East- May 2014 With the blessing of His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, the ... Read More