Tag: US

Coptic Church rejects US commission Report

OCP- May 2, 2011

Emad Khalil 29/04/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt rejected the US Commission on International Religious Freedom's (CIRF) annual report, which condemned Egypt's lack of ... Read More

Armenian restitution claims Grow

OCP- April 6, 2011

By Charlotte Burns 6/4/2011 CALIFORNIA. Legal cases relating to objects looted during the Armenian massacres (of 1915 to 1918 and 1920 to 1923) are on ... Read More

Davutoglu received Archbishop of US Eastern Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church

OCP- March 16, 2011

15/03/2011 Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu received Archbishop Barsamian of US Eastern Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church, “Anadolu Ajansı” news agency writes. Archbishop Barsamian ... Read More

The US Visit of His Beatitude Metropolitan Christopher of the Czech Lands and Slovakia Comes to an End

OCP- March 6, 2011

2/3/2011 On February 28, 2011, after praying at Divine Liturgy at the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady “of the Sign” at the residence of His ... Read More

‘Patriarch’s palace’ is just a spiritual centre, Orthodox Church Says

OCP- February 26, 2011

By Andy Potts 25/02/2011 A so-called palace on the Black Sea coast is indeed the work of the Russian Orthodox Church – but the building ... Read More

Anger over court’s decision to acquit suspects in Coptic killing Case

OCP- February 24, 2011

By Brian Hutt 23/2/2011 Six Christians were killed in January 2010 as they left their church in Nag Hammadi after celebrating Christmas Eve mass. The ... Read More

Catholicos of All Armenians is operated successfully

OCP- January 23, 2011

22/1/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the Second was operated in the USA. The head of the information department of Holy Etchmiadzin priest Vahram Melikyan ... Read More

Hindus and Jews seek Romanian Church Patriarch’s help to end Roma Apartheid

OCP- December 29, 2010

28/12/2010 Nevada (US), Dec 28 (ANI): Hindus and Jews have urged Patriarch of majority Romanian Orthodox Church, its Holy Synod, and National Church Assembly to ... Read More

Holy Synod of Bishops approves Church Planting Grants for US and Mexican missions; Canadian Archdiocese funds full grant to mission in British Columbia

OCP- December 22, 2010

Orthodox Church in America 12/9/2010 SYOSSET, NY -- At their fall session held at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America here November 16-18, ... Read More

Al-Azhar asks Coptic Church to denounce US religious discrimination Claims

OCP- November 27, 2010

26/11/2010 Al-Azhar attempted to persuade Egypt's Coptic Church on Thursday to rebuff a US report claiming that Christians in Egypt were discriminated against. The Coptic ... Read More

Egyptian churches praise US report on religious Freedoms

OCP- November 19, 2010

Amr Bayoumi 19/11/2010 Egyptian churches welcomed, for the first time, the American religious freedom report, stressing that Christians face discrimination in Egypt, and that the ... Read More

A man on a mission: Archbishop Hanna Attallah cries for Palestinian Unity

OCP- November 7, 2010

Dr. Aref Assaf 6/11/2010 Close to 500 people were treated last Sunday to a most moving speech by Archbishop Hanna Attallah who traveled from Jerusalem ... Read More

Hillary Clinton in Gracanica Monastery

OCP- October 15, 2010

14/10/2010 Serbian Church U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today as a part of the visit to the region visited the Gracanica monastery. With the ... Read More

Armenians supreme spiritual council condemns burning of holy Quran

OCP- September 30, 2010

29/9/2010 Supreme Spiritual Council chaired by Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II condemns burning of Koran and statements made on the issue. Ahlul Bayt News ... Read More

US tells Egypt to bring Christmas Eve killers to Justice

OCP- September 21, 2010

By Aaron J Leichman, Christian Post 19/9/2010 The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has called on Egypt’s government to resume the trial of three ... Read More

Bartholomew hopeful Orthodox Church will Survive

OCP- September 1, 2010

30/8/2010 İstanbul-based Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew said he is hopeful the Orthodox Church will survive and that he will not be the last “Ecumenical Patriarch ... Read More

Abp. Barsamian Ponders Past, Looks Forward to His Sixth Term as Primate

OCP- August 4, 2010

By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff 2/7/2010 NEW YORK — Archbishop Khajag Barsamian holds one of the most prestigious and influential positions in the hierarchy of ... Read More

Pope Shenouda: Homosexuality is cause for Divorce

OCP- July 20, 2010

By: Amr Bayoumi Pope Shenouda III of the Orthodox Coptic Church has considered homosexuality a legitimate cause for divorce. "Adultery is not just determined by ... Read More

Muslims Attempt to Behead Apostate in Egypt

OCP- July 16, 2010

11/7/2010 The latest in a string of failed attempts by Muslim fanatics on the life of Egyptian Muslim-born Maher el-Gowhary who publicly converted to Christianity ... Read More

Communique regarding the pogrom in Kosovo and Metohija on March 17, 2004 and 10-years of the NATO Bombing

OCP- March 21, 2009

Serbian Orthodox Church This March 17 is five years since the pogrom committed upon the Serbian orthodox people and the orthodox sanctuaries in Kosovo and ... Read More

IOCC Leads Orthodox Community Outreach in U.S.

OCP- March 13, 2009

Baltimore, MD — With the participation of 235 volunteers from across the country, IOCC provided $3.5 million in community development and emergency relief programs throughout ... Read More