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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

Remembering genocide and faith at Geghard Monastery in the mountains of Armenia

OCP- April 22, 2012

Geghard Monastery, a Fourth Century Armenian Christian monastery, overlooks the Azat River gorge in the Caucasus region of Armenia. (Courtesy of Andy Anderson) Visitors light ... 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

Orthodox Holy Week and Paschal Snaps Worldwide – 2012

obl- April 16, 2012

Jerusalem: Worshipers hold candles as they take part in the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old city ... Read More

Duma to guard Christianity: MPs battle ‘evil’ ideologies

obl- April 14, 2012

13/4/2012 Russian legislators have set up a group to protect traditional Christian values and fight “aggressive liberalism,” secularism, violence, and drug, alcohol and gambling addiction. ... Read More

Babruysk Eparchy of Russian Orthodox Church suggests canonizing Russian poet Pushkin`s granddaughter

obl- April 14, 2012

13.04.2012 The Babruysk Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church has started gathering materials related to a granddaughter of great Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin who it ... Read More

NIS to help preserve Orthodox temples

obl- April 11, 2012

Patriarch Irinej and Kirill Kravchenko (Tanjug) 12/4/2012 BELGRADE — Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej and Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS) Director Kirill Kravchenko have ... Read More

Outremont bans annual Eastern Orthodox parade

OCP- April 8, 2012

Michael Metni and his St. Nicholas church will be forced to suspend its longstanding parade tradition next week, following a ruling that sprouted from a ... Read More

Russia: Orthodox Church Wants Lenin Inspected For Extremism

obl- April 1, 2012

31/3/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church has come up with an initiative to check the works of the founding fathers of bolshevism for extremism. “We have ... Read More