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Egyptian Church Threatens to Withdraw From Constituent Assembly Over Sharia Article

OCP- July 6, 2012

Assyrian International News Agency 6/7/2012 The Coptic Orthodox Church threatened to withdraw its Constituent Assembly representatives Wednesday over concerns the new constitution will not represent ... Read More

The Real Environmental Crisis: Lessons From the Green Patriarch

obl- July 6, 2012

07/06/2012 Krista Tippett Earlier this month, His All Holiness Bartholomew, the Patriarch of 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, convened a two-day conversation on “environment, ethics ... Read More

Georgia church declares ID cards ‘Satan-free’

OCP- July 6, 2012

AFP 6/7/2012 TBILISI – Georgia’s powerful Orthodox Church has assured believers that the ex-Soviet state’s new electronic identity cards do not carry the mark of ... Read More

Monastic life in the Judean Wilderness

obl- July 2, 2012

Daniel Peterson By William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson religion@desnews.com 1/7/2012 From the fourth through the seventh centuries A.D., a form of Christian religious devotion flourished ... Read More

Kenyan churches attacked by gunmen, grenades, killing 17

obl- July 2, 2012

2/7/2012 NAIROBI // Gunmen killed at least 17 people and wounded 40 in gun and grenade attacks on two churches yesterday, Kenyan security officials said. ... Read More

Opposition demanding Syrian Christians leave

obl- June 30, 2012

28/6/2012 Editor’s Note: The following report is excerpted from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin, the premium online newsletter published by the founder of WND. Subscriptions are ... Read More

Nothing safe, nothing sacred: Syrian rebels desecrate Christian churches?

obl- June 30, 2012

28/6/2012 Shocking images have surfaced, revealing the alleged desecration of Christian churches in Syria by Western-backed rebels. The pictures, taken by local Christians outraged at ... Read More

Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem, Patriarch Says

OCP- June 29, 2012

TANJUG 29/6/2012 GRAČANICA — Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej has said in Gračanica that Kosovo was, is, and will be the holy Serb land ... Read More

President Putin venerates shrines in Jerusalem and Bethlehem

obl- June 29, 2012

During the night of June 26, 2012, while on a working visit to Israel, President Vladimir Putin visited the Church of the Lord’s Sepulchre. Read More