Tag: World Heritage

UNESCO Regrets the Conversion of Hagia Sophia

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- July 11, 2020

UNESCO - 11/7/2020 Statement on Hagia Sophia by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Hagia Sophia: UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of the ... Read More

Serbian Patriarch to His Spirtual Children: Save Serbian and World Heritage

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- November 5, 2015

http://www.b92.net/ Church of Serbia - 4/11/15 Visit Save World heritage website here: BY THE GRACE OF GOD, ARCHBISHOP OF PEC, METROPOLITAN OF BELGRADE-KARLOVCI AND SERBIAN ... Read More

Foolhardy churches that inspire

OCP- November 20, 2013

BY REHANA ROSSOUW - 20/11/13 WE TRIED not to stare at the Ethiopian embassy official who processed our visa applications, but it was impossible not ... Read More

Putin to Visit Mount Athos

OCP- June 27, 2013

Christina Flora - 27/6/13 Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is going to visit the Aegean on the yacht of an entrepreneur friend. Although it is difficult to ... Read More

All Armenian Catholicos receives World Heritage Cities delegation

OCP- October 10, 2012

8/10/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The All Armenian Catholisoc Karekin II received the board members of the World Heritage Cities organization accompanied by the Etchmiadzin city Mayor ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos receives Syrian-Armenian delegation

OCP- October 10, 2012

8/10/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II on Sunday received members from the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Syria Chapter and trustees ... Read More

Controversial cathedral reopens door in Georgia after its ‘restoration’

OCP- September 21, 2012

AFP/Kutaisi 21/9/2012 Georgia yesterday reopened a world-renowned medieval cathedral in the ex-Soviet state’s second city Kutaisi which has been restored despite concerns raised by global ... Read More

UNESCO places Bethlehem’s Nativity Church on World Heritage endangered site list

OCP- June 30, 2012

29/6/2012 UN culture body upholds the motion 13-6 after admitting Palestine as a full member last October; Israel views move as Palestinian political stunt. PARIS ... Read More

Palestinians push Nativity church as Heritage site

OCP- June 24, 2012

Associated Press 23/6/2012 (AP) The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is becoming the church of contention, with a bid by the Palestinians to use ... Read More

Artist Builds a Six Million-Matchstick Model Monastery

OCP- January 19, 2012

19/1/2012 Michelangelo spent only three years carving David. Da Vinci's depiction of The Last Supper required just three. This giant model of the Rila Monastery ... Read More

Restoration threatens Georgian Medieval Masterpiece

OCP- January 4, 2012

3/1/2012 AFP - Bagrati cathedral, a world-renowned but crumbling masterpiece of mediaeval Georgian architecture, is suffering not only from wear and tear but also from ... Read More

The letter of UNESCO Director-General to Serbian Patriarch

OCP- November 25, 2011

24/11/2011 Your Beatitude I wish to refer to your letter of 15 September 2011, concerning the World Heritage site of the Medieval Monuments in Kosovo. ... Read More

UNESCO Fueling Cultural Conflict Over Hebron Holy Site

OCP- November 22, 2011

Anav Silverman International Correspondent in Jerusalem 22/11/2011 It is a clear blue and busy day in the holy city of Hebron. A small crowd of ... Read More

“Churches in Kosovo are, and will remain Serbian”

OCP- November 9, 2011

TANJUG 8/11/2011 BELGRADE -- Vuk Jeremić stated on Tuesday that on Serbia's election to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee will strengthen its positions regarding the ... Read More