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Notes From Tripoli

obl- August 31, 2011

By Franklin Lamb 30/8/2011 Countercurrents.org Tripoli Journal in Which Franklin Lamb Shields a Nigerian from Rebel Racists and Dreams of Chadian Ladies Tripoli: My roommate ... Read More

His All-Holiness meets with Prime Minister Erdogan

obl- August 31, 2011

Ecumenical Patriarchate On Sunday, August 28, 2011 His All-Holiness met with Prime Minster Erdogan during a formal dinner, where discussion focused on the intention of ... Read More

Catholicos Paulose II Celebrates 66th Birthday

OCP- August 30, 2011

Indian Orthodox Church 30/8/2011 His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulos II, The Catholicos Of East & Malankara Metropolitan celebrates his 66th Birthday on August ... Read More

Turks desecrate 500 churches in North Cyprus – OSCE

OCP- August 30, 2011

30.08.11 Since the occupation of North Cyprus (1974), 500 churches on the territory were desecrated plundered and converted to mosques, according to the OSCE report ... Read More

The Repose of His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri

obl- August 28, 2011

DALLAS, TX [OCA] 28/8/2011 His Eminence, the Most Reverend Dmitri, 87, retired Archbishop of Dallas and the Diocese of the South, fell asleep in the ... Read More

Turkey Decrees Partial Return of Confiscated Christian, Jewish Property (Update)

OCP- August 28, 2011

By: Weekly Staff 28/8/2011 ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey’s government is returning hundreds of properties confiscated from the country’s Christian and Jewish minorities over the past 75 years ... Read More

Jerusalem’s ‘Crown’ Gate, the Damascus Gate, Restored

OCP- August 27, 2011

Author: Ryan Jones, Travelujah 23/8/2011 Allaboutjerusalem.com The Old City of Jerusalem is famous for, among other things, its eight unique gates*, none of which are ... Read More

Opinion: Turkey’s Grand Gesture

OCP- August 27, 2011

By Idris Tawfiq – The Egyptian Gazette 26.8.2011 Turkey has come a long way in recent years. Gone is the era and ethos of a ... Read More

On the day of the 20th Anniversary of Independence of Ukraine the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church performed a prayer service at the…

obl- August 27, 2011

On August 24, the day of the 20th anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine, His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Volodymyr celebrated a ... Read More