Tag: Vercihan Ziflio
Turkey’s EU Minister Bağış hosts minority leaders
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
<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
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
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
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
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
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
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