Tag: news
7 Years of „Lumina” Newspaper Celebrated at the Patriarchate Palace
Romanian Church 7/2/2012 On 7 February 2012, “Lumina” newspaper, daily publication of the Romanian Patriarchate, celebrates seven years of uninterrupted appearance, seven years of Orthodox ... Read More
Bulgarian Church Launches Donation Campaign for Flood-Distressed
12/2/2012 The Bulgarian Red Cross has announced a bank account for money donations (in BGN). Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church has joined the efforts to help the ... Read More
St. George’s Orthodox Church myrrh-seeping icons attract hundreds of believers
BY JOSH MCAULIFFE (STAFF WRITER) 12/2/2012 The mood was appropriately solemn, the faithful quiet and orderly in their movements. Fragrant myrrh filled the air. The ... Read More
62 Coptic Christian Families Forcibly Evicted by Salafi Muslims
Coptic Christians demonstrating against persecution By Asia News 10/2/2012 Salafi Muslims in the area of el-Amerya, with the complicity of the police and state authorities, ... Read More
Two New Bishops in the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
January 2012 The Albanian Orthodox Church Following the proposal of the Clergy-Laity Council, as defined in the new statute of our Church, on Thursday, January ... Read More
Few Japanese wish to baptize, the country’s Orthodox leader regrets
Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and all Japan The Japanese Orthodox Church 8/2/2012 *** He can’t find a successor Moscow, February 6, Interfax – The Japanese ... Read More
Orthodox Christians in fear of ‘utter chaos’ seek refuge in prayer
Sr Verona, head of the Saydnaya convent, in a room in the convent that was damaged in a recent mortar attack. Photograph: Bassem Tellawi/AP 8/2/2012 ... Read More
Syria’s Christians stand by Assad
A Syrian woman presents a national flag to Syria's Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun during the divine liturgy held at a Greek Orthodox church in ... Read More
Russian envoy receives top Church honor
7/2/2012 BELGRADE — Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin has received the highest honor given by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). SPC Patriarch Irinej presented ... Read More
Historic documents tell it all
07/02/2012 Disturbing news is coming from Abkhazia. With instigation of the Moscow Patriarchate and through blindness of the separatist authorities of Abkhazia vandals of the ... Read More