Tag: news

Petition of Vatican Apology for Complicities in the Ethiopian Genocide 1935-1941

OCP- April 11, 2012

Please watch the video of the Pope blessing the Italian fascist army at 1′:30″ in this video. 12/4/2012 SIGN THE PETITION HERE: Vatican officials and ... Read More

NIS to help preserve Orthodox temples

obl- April 11, 2012

Patriarch Irinej and Kirill Kravchenko (Tanjug) 12/4/2012 BELGRADE — Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej and Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS) Director Kirill Kravchenko have ... Read More

Islamisation tramples faith

OCP- April 11, 2012

Residents inspect the damage inside St. Ephrem Syriac Orthodox Church after a bomb attack in central Kirkuk, Iraq, 15 August Read More

Istanbul: Historic Greek Orphanage to Become Environmental Center Under Patriarch Bartholomew I

OCP- April 10, 2012

By Areti Kotseli 10/4/2012 The Büyükada Greek Orphanage of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate is set to become an international environmental foundation, according to a recent ... Read More

Christian clerics alarmed at growing threats, persecution in Turkey

OCP- April 10, 2012

keep watch at their door during mass. DAILY NEWS photo”] ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News 10/4/2012 Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr In the wake of an attack ... Read More

Cyprus Church Plans to Invest in Banks, Energy, Archbishop Says

OCP- April 10, 2012

By Paul Tugwel 9/4/2012 The Orthodox Christian Church of Cyprus wants to invest hundreds of millions of euros in the country’s economy to boost jobs ... Read More

St. Dionysius Indian Orthodox Church to be built in Al Ain

obl- April 10, 2012

St. Geevarghese Mar Dionysius Vattaseril of India Indian Orthodox Church United Arab Emirates By Janice Ponce de Leon, Staff Reporter 8/4/2012 More on St Read More

Ethiopia : Hyenas Deprived of Butcher Scraps During Orthodox Lent Started Hunting Donkeys

obl- April 8, 2012

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer 8/4/2012 Humans aren’t the only ones who give up certain foods for Lent. In the 55 days before Easter in ... Read More

Syria’s Christians caught in the middle

obl- April 8, 2012

7/4/2012 As the year-long conflict polarises Syrian society, Omar Abdel-Razek from BBC Arabic finds an Orthodox Christian community worried it could face trouble from both ... Read More

Coptic church denies lifting ban

OCP- April 8, 2012

By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 8/4/2012 Cairo: The Coptic Orthodox Church has denied lifting a ban on pilgrimage to occupied Jerusalem as more Egyptian Christians ... Read More