Tag: news

Did the Pope quit to dodge blame for misdeeds or just to do the right thing?

obl- February 24, 2013

Igor Ogorodnev, RT 24/2/13 The latest allegation that a gay priest blackmail scandal was the reason for Benedict XVI’s sudden resignation shows that his sudden ... Read More

Did the Pope quit to dodge blame for misdeeds or just to do the right thing?

obl- February 24, 2013

Igor Ogorodnev, RT 24/2/13 The latest allegation that a gay priest blackmail scandal was the reason for Benedict XVI’s sudden resignation shows that his sudden ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holds Historic Patriarch Vote

obl- February 24, 2013

24/2/13 The new Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is going to be elected Sunday by the Holy Synod at a national church council. Bulgaria’s ... Read More

Reconciliation between the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Romanian Patriarchate

obl- February 23, 2013

Jeruslame – Romanian Orthodox Patriarcates 23/2/12 With the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, from 20th to 21st February 2013, ... Read More

Orthodox patriarch opposes plan to make Hagia Sophia a mosque

obl- February 22, 2013

22/2/13 Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has staked out his opposition to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Once the patriarchal basilica of ... Read More

Ethiopia: Lalibela’s underground churches

obl- February 22, 2013

Chris Pritchard 22/2/13 Ruins such as Cambodia’s Angkor Wat and Peru’s Machu Picchu spark intense speculation about how they came to be built – along ... Read More

Serbian Patriarch and Bishops in Kosovo and Metohia

obl- February 22, 2013

22/2/13 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch and members of the Holy Synod of Bishops and the Committee of the Holy Assembly of Bishops for Kosovo ... Read More