Tag: US
Turkey’s Continuing Siege: Remembering the Fall of Constantinople
Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou and Alexandros K. Kyrou 29/5/13 29th of May 2013 marked the 560th anniversary of the fall and capture of the magnificent ... Read More
US Western Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church allocated 20,000 USD to help Syrian Armenians
9/5/13 YEREVAN, MAY 3, ARMENPRESS: The US Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church allocated 20,000 USD to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to ... Read More
The Copts flee Egypt
3/5/13 Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less ... Read More
Israel: The Politics Behind
Akiva Eldar for Al-Monitor Israel Pulse - 22/4/13 On Wednesday the world will mark the 98th anniversary of the genocide carried out against the Armenians by ... Read More
US Secretary Kerry urges Turkey to re-open Halki Seminary of Istanbul
ISTANBUL – Agence France-Presse 23/4/13 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Turkey today to re-open Orthodox clergy schools on Heybeliada island near Istanbul that ... Read More
Russian army introduces the flying Orthodox church-in-a-box
Oliver Wainwright - 2/4/13 The latest addition to the Russian military arsenal takes the form of an airborne church complete with parachuting priests. The Russian military ... Read More
The Kidnapping of Coptic Girls
Frank Crimi -8/3/13 When a rumor circulated last week that a Muslim woman in the southern Egyptian city of Kom Ombo had been forcibly converted to ... Read More
Libya arrests foreign ‘missionaries’
Chris Stephen in Tripoli - 17 /2/13 Four foreign nationals accused of distributing Christian literature, a charge that could carry the death penalty. Four foreigners have ... Read More
Armenian church supports two-state solution in Palestine
Archbishop Aykazian is a member of Pres. Obama's inter-religious affairs advisory task force. Arthur Hagopian - 2/2/13 Jerusalem - Leading figures among the Armenian and Greek ... Read More
US religious leaders seek two-state solution for Palestine and Israel
Arthur Hagopian - 27/1/13 Leading figures among the Armenian and Greek Orthodox churches in the US have joined other leaders of Christian, Muslim and Jewish ... Read More
Metropolitan Tikhon leads Orthodox Christian witness at DC March for Life
27/1/13 Orthodox Christian hierarchs, clergy, seminarians and faithful of all ages joined tens of thousands of pro-lifers from across the nation for the annual March ... Read More
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“LET US REVIEW THE PAST WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND EMBRACE THE FUTURE WITH COMMITMENT” SAID HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
On 1 January 2013, after the New Year’s thanksgiving Liturgy at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, His Holiness Aram I received the clergy ... Read More
US Egyptian Christians fear for faith under Morsi’s Islamist agenda
Melissa Chrise 10/12/2012 It seems like every Sunday, there's a new face sitting in the pews of the Church of Saint Verena and the Three Holy ... Read More
Six expat Copts receive death penalty sentence for anti-Islam film
Ahram Online -28/11/2012 Court orders death penalty for 6 Coptic Egyptians, who reside abroad, over controversial anti-Islam film. The state security court issued a verdict ... Read More
Restoring Ani: Armenian specialists expect to be part of Turkey-led efforts for ancient Armenian capital
GAYANE ABRAHAMYAN ArmeniaNow reporter 16/11/2012 The first stage of restoration works of Armenia’s most beautiful ancient capital Ani in modern-day Turkey (Western Armenia) has been ... Read More
Two Coptic kids face trial in Egypt over ‘insulting Islam’
4/10/2012 Two Coptic boys aged 9 and 10 are awaiting trial after an Islamic cleric accused them of tearing up and urinating on the Koran. ... Read More
Iraq’s Armenian Primate Visits US
By Florence Avakian Special to the Mirror-Spectator 12/9/2012 NEW YORK — He takes care of his flock in one of the most dangerous countries in ... Read More
Media review: “Pussy Riot. The Unfortunate Dupes of Amerikan Hegemony”
25/8/2012 My heart goes out to the three Russian women who comprise the Russian rock band, Pussy Riot. They were brutally deceived and used by ... Read More
US Congressman calls to protect Syria’s Armenians
10/8/2012 U.S. Congressman Gus Bilirakis called on official Washington to prioritize the security of Syria’s Christians, including Armenians. The member of the U.S. House of ... Read More
Church calls for Madonna ban for backing Pussy Riot
8/8/2012 Supporters of Russia's powerful Orthodox Church called on the authorities Tuesday to ban Madonna's concerts after the US pop icon called for the release ... Read More
Religious freedom: US not fit to preach
5/8/2012 The 2011 International Religious Freedom Report – an annual report released by the US Department of State – looks more like a political tool ... Read More