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Catholicos Baselius Paulose turns Sixty Six

obl- August 30, 2012

Indian Malankara Orthodox Church 30/8/2012 Indian/Kerala/Kottayam: Catholicos Baselius Marthoma Paulose II, Primate of the Indian Malankara Orthodox Church celebrated his 66th birthday. Catholicose spend his ... Read More

Church asks Christians in fear to stay in Syria

obl- 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

Relics of Orthodox Saints Stolen From St. Pete Cathedral

obl- August 30, 2012

The Moscow Times 30/8/2012 Relics of several prominent Russian Orthodox saints were stolen from a St. Petersburg cathedral along with gold and silver jewelry, regional ... Read More

Ramadan: Islam’s ‘Holy Month’ of Christian Oppression

obl- August 28, 2012

Egyptian Christian, Maher Rizkalla: Before and After Ramadan Raymond Ibrahim 28/8/2012 The month of Ramadan, which ended earlier this week, proved to be a month ... Read More

Mor Cyril Aphrem met with Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney

obl- August 28, 2012

28/8/2012 Metropolitan Mor Cyril Aphrem (Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of the Eastern United States) met with Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann on Thursday ... Read More

Guatemalan Movement in Dialogue with Syriac Orthodox Church

obl- August 28, 2012

28/8/2012 Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East The Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of the Western United States is reporting that its ruling hierarch, Metropolitan ... Read More

Movement Narodnaya Volya claims responsibility for sawing down crosses in Russia

obl- August 28, 2012

Moscow, August 28, Interfax – A movement called Narodnaya Volya (which translates as “people’s will”) has posted a statement on the Internet claiming liability for ... Read More

Movement Narodnaya Volya claims responsibility for sawing down crosses in Russia

obl- August 28, 2012

Moscow, August 28, Interfax – A movement called Narodnaya Volya (which translates as “people’s will”) has posted a statement on the Internet claiming liability for ... Read More

Syrian Christians in 2-week blockade by rebel fighters, residents desperate

obl- August 27, 2012

REUTERS Khaled Al Hariri 28/8/2012 An estimated 12,000 people have spent two weeks blockaded in the Christian town of Rableh, Syria, near Homs in the ... Read More

Orthodox Christian family converted to Islam, beaten, tried in Tashkent

obl- August 27, 2012

Pleshakova, disabled from childhood, and her mother Valentina 28/8/2012 Orthodox Christian Natalya Pleshakova who is disabled from childhood and her mother have been severely beaten ... Read More