Tag: middle east
Bells at Diyarbakır Armenian church to toll after 97 years
DIYARBAKIR – DHA 24/8/2012 The bell-tower of Diyarbakır’s Surp Giragos Church Armenian Church, a very important church for the Armenian community in the Middle East, ... Read More
Fatal lot of Christianity’s homelands
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE The Australian 9/8/2012 WHEREVER you go in the Middle East today, you see the Arab Spring rapidly turning into the Christian winter. The ... Read More
Fatal lot of Christianity’s homelands
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE The Australian 9/8/2012 WHEREVER you go in the Middle East today, you see the Arab Spring rapidly turning into the Christian winter. The ... Read More
Twentieth Enthronement Anniversary of Patriarch Abouna Paulos of Ethiopia – Exclusive
By Solomon Mengist (OCP Special Correspondent in Ethiopia) Photo courtesy: Stalin Gebre-Selassie 13/7/2012 His Holiness Abouna Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, celebrates ... Read More
Oldest Christian Monastery at Risk
A. Papapostolou Source: ANSA 12/7/2012 The Mongolians failed to destroy it 700 years ago despite the massacre of 40 friars and 400 Christians. Yet the ... Read More
Oldest Christian Monastery at Risk
A. Papapostolou Source: ANSA 12/7/2012 The Mongolians failed to destroy it 700 years ago despite the massacre of 40 friars and 400 Christians. Yet the ... Read More
Eritrea finally slammed for human rights violations
11/7/2012 Eritrea (MNN) ― The conclusion of the 20th United Nations session on Friday meant a historic victory for human rights in Eritrea. The U.N. ... Read More
An Insight into the Greek-Orthodox Community of Jordan
By Irene Archos 1/7/2012 The saying, “Opou geis, kai patris,” is a familiar one attesting to the Greek spirit of seeking out fortune and adapting ... Read More
Syrian Christians feel vulnerable as country descends into civil war
Syria Christians Sister Verona, the head of the Sednaya Covent, shows journalists a damaged room which was attacked by gunfire in Sednya, north of Damascus. ... Read More
DNA bolsters Bulgaria’s John the Baptist bones claim
Estelle Shirbon Reuters 17/6/2012 LONDON (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s claim to have unearthed six bones belonging to John the Baptist has received a boost from scientists ... Read More