Tag: orthodox christians

Month of May Marks Eritrea’s Religious Freedom Abuses

obl- May 26, 2012

Patriarch Abune Antonios of Eritrea 26/5/2012 Read OCP Article on persecutions of Eritrean Christians and the Eritrean Orthodox Church: This month marks two important anniversaries ... Read More

Turkey’s leader discusses a promise not yet fulfilled

obl- May 23, 2012

John Kass jskass@tribune.com 23/5/2012 Why hasn’t Turkish government reopened Greek Orthodox seminary? Turkish President Abdullah Gul, in Chicago for the NATO summit, sat down with ... Read More

SCHEDULE OF FUNERAL SERVICES for Metropolitan Constantine of Blessed Memory!

OCP- May 23, 2012

23/5/2012 UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA CONSISTORY OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS PRESS RELEASE Metropolitan Constantine of Blessed Memory! SCHEDULE OF FUNERAL SERVICES We write ... Read More

From the Club to the Monastery?!!

OCP- May 18, 2012

17/5/2012 The young man you see in this picture, Matthew Rodriguez, is now a Monk of the Coptic Orthodox Christian church, which is one of ... Read More

Walking in our forefathers’ footsteps: Memorial Day pilgrimage includes procession “from Mayfield to the Monastery”

obl- May 3, 2012

SOUTH CANAAN, PA [OCA] 3/5/2012 It was in 1905 that faithful Orthodox Christians processed from Saint John the Baptist Church, Mayfield, PA, to South Canaan ... Read More

HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL MEETS WITH HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH MAXIM OF BULGARIA AND MEMBERS OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

OCP- April 28, 2012

DECR Chairman 28/04 /2012 On 27 April 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met and talked with His Holiness Patriarch Maxim ... Read More

Orthodox Church under attack: Russian Patriarch

obl- April 24, 2012

Members of the Orthodox clergy walk in procession after a call to prayer in support of the Orthodox Church at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral ... Read More

65,000 gather in Moscow ‘to pray for Church & defend faith’

OCP- April 22, 2012

22/4/2012 Tens of thousands of Orthodox Christians have joined a service outside Moscow’s main church, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in defense of their ... Read More

Islamists force 50,000 Christians to flee from Syrian city of Homs

obl- April 17, 2012

Damascus: April 16, 2012. (PCP) The Syrian Orthodox Church, which represents over half of Syrian Christians, issued a statement saying revolutionary fighters had expelled some ... Read More

Orthodox Christians take steps toward unity

OCP- April 17, 2012

By Ann Rodgers / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 15/4/2012 USA As Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter today, they have resurrected a movement toward unity in America, where they ... Read More