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EGYPTIAN PANEL DROPS MASPERO MASSACRE CASE FOR ‘LACK OF EVIDENCE’

OCP- April 28, 2012

On April 24 the panel of judges appointed by the Egyptian minister of justice to investigate the Maspero massacre of October 9, 2011, which claimed ... Read More

Egypt Christians hold Liturgy in memory of late Pope Shenouda III

obl- April 27, 2012

Ahram Online 25/4/2012 Ritual marking 40 days since death of popular pope to be held at Cairo’s Abbasiya Cathedral and St Bishoy Monastery. Liturgy to ... Read More

Supreme Head of Indian Orthodox Church visit Sheikh Zayed Mosque

OCP- April 27, 2012

26/4/2012 WAM Abu Dhabi, Apr 26th, 2012 (WAM) — Yusuf Al Obaidli, Director of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre received today morning St. Read More

Feast of Saint George at the Patriarchal Residence

OCP- April 25, 2012

On 23 April, the Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Great Martyr George, the Trophy-bearer. On this day, the historical chapel of the Patriarchal Residence dresses feast ... Read More

Armenians mark genocide with march to Turkish Embassy

obl- April 25, 2012

Van Meguerditchian The Daily Star 25/4/2012 ANTELIAS/ RABIEH, Lebanon: Nearly 25,000 Lebanese-Armenians marched to the Turkish Embassy in Metn’s Rabieh Tuesday, calling on Ankara to ... Read More

Metropolitan Geevarghese Mar Yulios, the tech geek, uses Ipad, Kindle for liturgical services and ministry work

obl- April 25, 2012

Metropolitan Geevarghese Mar Yulios with his Ipad Liju Cherian Sultanate of Oman 25/4/2012 MUSCAT — A young Indian Orthodox (Malankara) Church is clearly bitten by ... Read More

Remembering Genocide

OCP- April 24, 2012

Nora Nalbandian discusses exhibits at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, which remembers victims of Armenian genocide. Read More

Coptic Christians call for divorce law relaxation

OCP- April 24, 2012

Christians protesters demand the right of divorce and second marriages in July 2011 Al Ahram Online 23/4/2012 Coptic 38 – a group founded to demand ... Read More

65,000 gather in Moscow ‘to pray for Church & defend faith’

OCP- April 22, 2012

22/4/2012 Tens of thousands of Orthodox Christians have joined a service outside Moscow’s main church, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in defense of their ... Read More

WATERGATE FELON-TURNED-PROPHET COLSON DEAD AT 80

obl- April 22, 2012

ART MOORE 22/4/2012 ‘I will stand for the Lord, regardless of what my state tells me’ News in 1973 of convicted Watergate figure Chuck Colson’s ... Read More