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Outremont bans annual Eastern Orthodox parade
Michael Metni and his St. Nicholas church will be forced to suspend its longstanding parade tradition next week, following a ruling that sprouted from a ... Read More
Orthodox Pilgrimage on the Palm Sunday in Bucharest
The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archdiocese of Bucharest, inform us: Saturday, 7 April 2012, on the eve of the royal feast ... Read More
Ancient monastery attacked by Israeli extremists
By Lauren Gelfond Feldinger 4/4/2012 Continuing vandalism at religious sites prompts condemnation from religious communities and politicians. A medieval Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem, one ... Read More
Egyptian Christian, 17, gets three years in jail for Facebook cartoons that ‘insulted Islam’
4/4/2012 CAIRO- An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a 17-year-old Christian boy to three years in jail for publishing cartoons on his Facebook page that ... Read More
Islamic, Christian Theology in focus as Dr Mar Yulios holds talks with Grand Mufti, Awqaf and Religious Minister
Indian Orthodox Church Liju Cherian Sultanate of Oman 4/4/2012 MUSCAT, Sultanate of Oman – Ahmedabad Diocese Metropolitan HG Pulikkottil Dr Geevarghese Mar Yulios, has held ... Read More
Mar Seraphim to techies: Holy Eucharist is our participation in the body, blood of Christ
Indian Orthodox Church Diocese Bengaluru Liju Cherian & Jiju Thomas 3/4/2012 IT group rechristens itself as ‘Fellowship of Orthodox Professionals’ BENGALURU/INDIA – HG Dr Abraham ... Read More
Cleric hopeful over reopening of Istanbul Greek Seminary
The Hagia Triada Monastery’s archpriest and Metropolitan of Bursa Elpidophoros Lambriniadis says they have a feeling that Turkey will take steps toward reopening the Heybeliada ... Read More
Obama-backed Syrian Rebels “Ethnic Cleansing” Christians
ALEX NEWMAN 2/4/2012 Armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria supported by the Obama administration and Western governments seeking to oust “President” Bashir al-Assad are engaged ... Read More
Egyptian Copts abandon constitution talks
Supporters of a Salafist presidential candidate in Cairo on March 30, 2012. 2/4/2012 Reuters Country’s liberals, Christians decide to boycott the committee drafting Egypt’s new ... Read More
Shoah Foundation to archive testimonies from Armenian Genocide survivors
Steven Smith and Jerry Papazian work with SHOAH Foundation Institute at the University of Southern California, which is archiving eyewitness accounts of survivors of the ... Read More