Tag: greek orthodox
Syrian regime threatens Christians, clamps down on churches
Many Syrian Christians have been targeted by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad for participating in protests demanding his ouster. (Reuters) By MOHAMED ZEID MESTOU ... Read More
Gov’t gives green light to opening of seminary
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew (L) shakes hands with former Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Şahin, who is a member of Parliament’s Constitutional Conciliation Commission, before presenting ... Read More
Upper St. Clair man to direct social service ministry
By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 27/2/2012 Nicholas Chakos of Upper St. Clair, who has moved all over the globe to help some of the world’s ... Read More
Eastern Orthodox members trying to grow in Jacksonville
Peyton Tosh reads aloud during a Vespers service for the Jacksonville Eastern Orthodox Church with her brother Gabriel and sister Lydia in the chapel at ... Read More
Turkish, Greek Cypriots agree to renovate monastery in Karpaz
23/2/2012 Turkish and Greek Cypriots have agreed to launch a joint renovation project for a Greek Orthodox monastery in Cyprus, a senior Turkish Cypriot official ... Read More
Writing on the wall: Israel and its Christians
By DAVID ROSENBERG / THE MEDIA LINE/ 02/21/2012 Jerusalem church points to negative attitudes among many Jews. A day after it was discovered on the ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch makes history in Turkish Parliament
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, (L) spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Communion arrive to speak to the members of a parliamentary subcommittee seeking an all ... Read More
Turkey reaches out to its minorities in another step for writing new constitution
Orthodox worshippers, seen here at a mass at St George Cathedral in Istanbul, do not want to be 'second-class citizens', says their leader. Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Address Turkish Parliament
Stella Tsolakidou 15/2/2012 Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will address the Turkish Parliament on February 20, presenting the problems of Turkey’s minorities for the first ... Read More
Patriarch Bartholomew to demand non-Muslims have place in state
Bartholomew will speak on Feb. Read More