Tag: Vercihan Ziflio

Turkey’s EU Minister Bağış hosts minority leaders

OCP- November 30, 2013

EU Minister Bağış (2 L) is seen with Sait Susin, the President of the Meryem Ana Church Foundation (L), Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew (2 R), ... Read More

Orthodox leaders to meet in Istanbul

OCP- March 2, 2013

‘Russia’s presence in such a meeting is a clear sign of the value given to the Fener Greek Patriarchate,’ Metropolitan of Bursa Lambriniadis says. DAILY ... Read More

Syriacs form group in Swiss to make their voices heard

OCP- October 3, 2012

Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 03/10/2012   Twelve Syriac-origin lawmakers in the Swiss Parliament have come together to establish a group that aims to make the voice ... Read More

Piano melodies to echo at historic Armenian church

OCP- September 7, 2012

Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 7/9/2012 Some 97 years after being closed, the historical Surp (Holy) Giragos Armenian Church in the southeastern ... Read More

Church asks Christians in fear to stay in Syria

OCP- August 30, 2012

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 30/8/2012 Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr Syriac clerics call on Christians in Middle East, especially those in Syria, to avoid leaving their ... Read More

Syriacs offered land already belong to other minorities

OCP- July 16, 2012

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 14/7/2012 Controversy has risen over plots of land that Turkey’s Syriac community has claimed were offered to ... Read More

Historic Armenian School Building in Istanbul to Become Hotel

OCP- June 26, 2012

By Vercihan Ziflioğlu From Hurriyet Daily News 25/6/2012 A historical Armenian school, Mesrobyan School in Istanbul’s Gedikpaşa district, is being transformed into a hotel. Gedikpaşa ... Read More

Red Crescent assists Fener Patriarchate

OCP- June 7, 2012

Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 5/6/2012 The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay), for the first time in its history, provided 200 boxes of food and clothing aid to ... Read More

Christian clerics alarmed at growing threats, persecution in Turkey

OCP- April 10, 2012

<caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="This file photo shows the Dirisu home church located in Istanbul’s Şişli district. Many Christian clerics say police keep watch at ... Read More

Fener Greek Patriarch ‘encourages’ Turkish government for minority rights

OCP- March 30, 2012

27/3/2012 Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr Even though the Patriarch praised the government in an international platform, this does not mean all of the problems of the ... Read More

Syriac leader refuses to move patriarchate to Turkey

OCP- March 23, 2012

Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 22/3/2012 The head of the Syriac Union Party in Syria stated his opposition to the relocation of ... Read More

Turkey moves to fetch Syriac Patriarchates

OCP- March 10, 2012

ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News 10/3/3012 Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr Turkey has rolled into action to bring the Syriac Orthodox and Catholic Patriarchates in Syria and Lebanon ... Read More

Syriac Christians to get first church in Istanbul

OCP- October 6, 2011

Vercihan Ziflioğlu ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News 5/10/2011 Turkey’s Syriac Christian community has secured approval from officials for the construction of its first church. The church, ... Read More

Greek minority schools await approval of books

OCP- October 5, 2011

Vercihan Ziflioğlu ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News 3/10/2011 Students in Turkey’s Greek minority schools use photocopies instead of regular books since the books sent from Greece ... Read More

Orthodox leaders convene in Istanbul

OCP- September 2, 2011

Vercihan Ziflioğlu ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 1/9/2011 The religious leaders of the Orthodox Christian world met Thursday at the Fener Greek Patriarchate to participate ... Read More