Tag: news

Hundreds of Orthodox pilgrims gather for second service at Sümela Monastery

OCP- August 15, 2011

Orthodox worshippers attend the Virgin Mary service led by Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew at the ancient Sümela Monastery in the Black Sea coastal province of ... Read More

Copts demanding right to divorce will collectively leave Church

obl- August 14, 2011

Emad Khalil Yomna Mokhtar 13/08/2011 The Right to Life Movement, a Coptic group, said a large number of its members will collectively leave the Coptic ... Read More

XII Orthodox Children’s Assembly in Cetinje

OCP- August 13, 2011

12/8/2011 Serbian Church – Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral Under the motto “Country celebrates our Saviour” in Cetinje yesterday, organized by the Metropolitan of ... Read More

Living Museum in Koprivshtitsa Resurrects Bulgaria’s Revival Period

OCP- August 13, 2011

12/8/2011 A new living museum in Bulgaria’s Koprivshtitsa – the town which gave the start of the 1876 April Uprising against the Ottoman Empire – ... Read More

Russian Orthodox church to open in Sharjah Saturday

obl- August 13, 2011

By Mariam M. Al SerkalStaff Reporte 12/8/2011 UAE’s first complex of its kind is to serve 200,000-strong community. Sharjah: The first St Philip the Apostle ... Read More

Orthodoxy and Islam: Crisis and Opportunity Conference

OCP- August 11, 2011

11/8/2011 “Orthodoxy and Islam: Crisis and Opportunity” is a conference Saint Stephen’s is hosting Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 19th – 21st. This unique conference ... Read More

Religious violence, abuse growing – Study

obl- August 11, 2011

AAP 10/8/2011 RELIGIOUS-linked violence and abuse rose around the world between 2006 and 2009, with Christians and Muslims the most common targets, according to a ... Read More

Christian Deaths Climb in Eritrean Prisons

OCP- August 11, 2011

By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent 10/8/2011 ASMARA, ERITREA (Worthy News)– Three Christians imprisoned for the testimony of Christ have died during the past months ... Read More

Prayerful remembrance on victims of the genocide in the Independant State of Croatia (NDH)

obl- August 11, 2011

10/8/2011 The Serbian Orthodox Church universally, liturgically and prayerfully marks the 70th anniversary of the genocide in the Independant State of Croatia. With a joyful ... Read More

Updates From Ukrainian Orthodox Church

OCP- August 11, 2011

11/8/2011 ANNOUNCEMENT. Honorable relics of the Holy Hierarch Theophanes (Vyshensky) the Recluse to visit Kyiv On August 6, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan ... Read More