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What is different between the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and the Melkite Greek Catholic…
What is the difference between the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and the Melkite Greek Catholic Church?
Answer: They are two churches but one people! The Greeks of Antioch (Levatine Rûm…
NIH Director Begs Evangelicals To Get Vaccinated
Legal expert: Biden announces vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans The extended rules require all employers with more than 100 workers to require that they be vaccinated or tested for the virus every week, affecting approximately…
Harding students travel back in time in Greece
Atop the Acropolis early on a Sunday, visitors gazed at the Parthenon and ancient wonders, but their ears heard bells ringing from churches below them, throughout the morning .
The ruins above the city may be pagan, but the metropolis…
Limerick priest compares aspects of Church to Taliban
A priest from LIMERICK compared the Catholic Church to the Taliban on how they treat women.
Father Roy Donovan, Pastor of Caherconlish and Inch St. Laurence, spoke following a recent statement from Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy.…
Egypt strengthens its influence in Africa through the church
Egypt is taking advantage of the charitable and development projects of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa to strengthen its influence on the continent, especially in the countries of the Nile basin.
On September 27, the…
Churches are the home of God, not places of war: Kerala HC
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Churches are the home of God, not places of war: Kerala HC
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Kerala HC – The New Indian Express
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KOCHI: Expressing concern over the endless dispute between Orthodox and Jacobite factions in the state, the Kerala High Court made it clear on Tuesday that the Supreme Court's verdict…
Kerala High Court in church dispute case
The High Court of Kerala on Tuesday, when hearing the issue of the protracted clashes between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions in the state, once again called on both factions to implement the clear instructions issued by the Apex Court…
Students learn about Russian Orthodox traditions during monastery visit – News
Office of Communications student writer Libby Militello '22 was among students in two classes who recently visited the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville to gain insight into Russian Orthodox traditions. She describes the visit here.…
Religious experts and leaders speak out on vaccine exemptions
More Americans are seeking religious exemptions to avoid receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. But this influx of demands has baffled some religious leaders.âRecently I had a bunch of people asking me about religious…
Cross Trekkings – Weave your own tapestry | Columns
"What you leave behind is not what is carved into stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of…
Pope Francis appoints Notre Dame theologian to the International Theological Commission | News |…
Yuri Avvakumov, associate professor at the University of Notre Dame Department of Theology and faculty member of the University Medieval Institute, was appointed by Pope Francis to the Vatican International Theological…
Published schedule of the Ecumenical Patriarch’s visit to the United States
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will welcome Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos to the United States for an official visit from October 23 to November 3.
The visit, originally scheduled for May 2020, has been postponed due to the…
American theologians appointed to the Vatican International Theological Commission | Catholic…
Among the newly appointed is Dominican Father Simon Francis Gaine, professor of theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelicum, in Rome.…
The old chapels of the Maltese Islands
In the town center village of Lija there is a very beautiful chapel dedicated to the Savior. The chapel, which is said to have been built in the first decade of the 16th century, is considered a fine example of local architecture. Its…
How Russia got its own “Protestants”, the Old Believers
What distinguishes the old and the new religion remains a subject of controversy to this day. Shallow features (how many fingers to cross, how to bow, how many "hallelujahs" to say) are often cited as the main differences between Ordinary…
Rwanda: why the Catholic Church considers Cyprien Rugamba, bride for holiness
Rugamba, his wife and six children were killed during the genocide against the Tutsi.
The Catholic Church last week concluded a report for the beatification and canonization of Cyprian and Daphrose Rugamba, and their six children, the…
Climate Day will provide an opportunity to showcase sustainability work
Following the "Our Fragile Earth" event two years ago, churches in Sidmouth have worked, like many others, to become more sustainable, but there is still a long way to go, writes Brian Golding on behalf of Sidmouth Parish Church and the…
Government lists bars and churches as new vaccination sites
By Tony Abet
The government has stepped up its vaccination campaign and appealed to private companies and religious institutions to conduct mass vaccination against Covid-19 to increase absorption and save thousands of doses of the…
The Rwandan family draws closer to holiness through the Catholic Church | New times
The Catholic Church concluded the report on the beatification and canonization of the Cyprien Rugamba family as blessed before finally becoming saints.
The report was presented to the church on Thursday week during a mass…
Rwandan family moves closer to holiness through Catholic Church
The Catholic Church concluded the report on the beatification and canonization of the Cyprien Rugamba family as blessed before finally becoming saints.
The report was presented to the church on Thursday week during a mass held at the…
Stalham police station transformed into an Orthodox church
A priest who once built the smallest church in the UK is now adding an exotic spectacle to the skyline of a Broads town.
The golden dome of St Fursey's, a church under construction on Yarmouth Road in Stalham, glowed on Thursday morning…
Catholic Archbishop Peter Comensoli fears vaccination mandates will lead to a two-tier society
âIt is up to the individual to do the right thing for himself and his community,â he said.Victoria Jewish Community Council chairman Daniel Aghion said the council is in favor of anything that helps open…
Presidential committee criticizes Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem for leasing church land from…
RAMALLAH, Thursday, September 23, 2021 (WAFA) - Faced with fierce Israeli attempts to Judaize occupied Jerusalem, Ramzi Khoury, head of the High Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine, addressed a letter to Catholicos…
Herald: Living with the neighbors
23 Sep 2021 | 5:46 AM HIST
Living with the neighbors
John dayalThe Church in India today finds itself shaken, trying to negotiate its way between competitive political space with Muslims and Hindus in far-flung Kerala, widespread…
Kerala High Court condemns Kerala for failing to hand over churches to Orthodox faction | Latest…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Kerala's high court on Monday arrested the state government for inaction to implement the Supreme Court's verdict on the standoff between two warring faiths and the subsequent custody of six state churches. While…
UMW to host public debates for seats in the House of Delegates
From UMW:
The University of Mary Washington will host a public political debate among the candidates for the seat of the 28th District of Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday, September 22 at 7 p.m.
UMW will be hosting two public…
No religious argument against COVID-19 fire
Texas mega-church preacher refuses to offer his congregation religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
He told the Associated press that there…
Wichita Falls area churches announce services
The deadline for submitting articles for church memoirs for publication in our print edition is Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET. To list an item, email [email protected] to Claire Kowalick. Please limit announcements to special events,…
Hearing date set for Finnish MP threatened with jail after tweeting bible verse – Eurasia…
A Finnish court has announced a date for a hearing to determine whether a former government minister should be jailed after tweeting a Bible verse.
The Helsinki District Court said the case involving Päivi…
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Heritage Day at Camp Blue Diamond
The Middle Pennsylvania District Brethren Church will hold its annual Heritage Fair at Camp Blue Diamond in Petersburg on Saturday, September 18.…
Death notice of Efegania Cusulos (1924 – 2021) – Millbrae, CA
Efegania Nan CusulosEfegania 'Nan' was born on September 12, 1924 in Sioux City, Iowa and died on September 12, 2021. She was the sixth of seven daughters from a loyal Orthodox family. The sisters have remained close all their lives. Nan…
Stolen church doors return to Japanese Cypriot Orthodox Church decades after Turkish invasion
Two richly decorated 18th-century gates stolen decades ago from a Cypriot church have finally returned to the divided island of Japan after a long legal battle.The Orthodox Church of Cyprus officially took over the doors of the Church of…
Pope in Slovakia says not to exploit religion for politics
PRESOV, Slovakia, September 14 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the cross should not be used as a political symbol and warned against Christians trying to be triumphant, in an apparent criticism of the use of religion for…
Forbidden to serve their church, Catholic women lobby for women deacons
(RNS) - Casey Stanton wanted to offer encouragement, love and healing to inmates at the North Carolina Women's Correctional Facility, where she was an intern chaplain a few years ago.
But as a Catholic woman, she could not represent her…
Bishop Makarios: Man turned priest, bishop in 1 week
By JAMES KABENGWA
Archbishop Makarios (born Andreas Tillyrides) of the Orthodox Church of Kenya is a man whose uniqueness and rapid rise to the head of the Church are astonishing.According to the Orthodox chairman of the board, the…
Icon of Saint Paul highlights the connection between the local Church and the Syrian Archdiocese
When Christians think of art depicting the conversion of Saint Paul, they probably think of the saint falling from his horse on the road to Damascus after being temporarily blinded. But in Acts of the…
Season of Creation 2021: a focus on dialogue through hospitality
The Season of Creation 2021 runs from September 1 to October 4, marking a traditional ecumenical time of healing and hope. Cecilia Dall'Oglio of the World Steering Committee speaks to Vatican News about this year's edition and its…
Coptic Christians singing in Cairo metro spark controversy
Religion is a perilous subject in Egypt. A video of the Coptic Aghapy Choir singing in the Cairo metro has gone viral and has sparked controversy over public expressions of faith and religious intolerance in Egypt.For more…
Growth of Jewish communities promoted at the beginning of the 20th century
By Oliver B. Pollak
Olivier Pollak
Richmond Daily Independent, Thursday June 6, 1912, journals.com.
RICHMOND, Calif .-- The title of the adjacent newspaper clipping is a hype. "May" is not "will" or "shall". Booster describes real…
Was John Wesley Consecrated Orthodox Bishop?
In the land of Facebook, I found myself drawn into a conversation about the foundations of the Methodist Church.
It's one of those historic treats that I find as tempting as a cat grabbing a puff of catnip. As it turns out, there is…
What is Kvirikoba? The ancient folklore and rock throwing festival of rural Georgia
Few places are as wild as Georgia's Svaneti region, where old and new gods still play a huge role in local life.Connected by a series of remote villages in the heart of the Caucasus Mountains, the Georgian highlands region of Svaneti is…
Kuwaiti churches, like mosques, eager to resume normal activities
KUWAIT: The National Evangelical Church of Kuwait.
By Ben Garcia
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has officially asked the Ministry of Health to allow a return to normal activities in mosques, including…
Almost Four Decades and Booming: Serbian Traditions and Culture Celebrated at Church Festival |…
Father Predrag, the priest of the church, explained that the festivities have always been part of the church. They are important for many reasons, one of which is that people cannot always come together - a need that is met with a…
Lalibela, Ethiopia: UN fears revered Christian and tourist site is in jeopardy
(CNN) - These are one of the greatest cultural and religious treasures not only in Ethiopia but also in Africa and Christendom: the ancient rock-carved churches of Lalibela. In a statement released on Friday, UNESCO called for "Compliance…
Historic rock-hewn churches in Ethiopia threatened by Tigray conflict – ARTnews.com
Rebels in Ethiopia's besieged Tigray region have taken control of Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage site famous for its monolithic rock-hewn churches from the 12th and 13th centuries.
Lalibela is a place of pilgrimage for millions of…
VALLEY PULPIT: emotional turmoil in Canada
Content of the article The past few weeks have been an emotional roller coaster for those of us who love this country. I am writing this on the day of a historic event: the installation in Ottawa of Canada's first Inuit Governor General,…
More Canadian churches are burning in suspicious fires
TORONTO â A Coptic Orthodox church burned down Monday in the Canadian province of British Columbia, the latest in a series of church fires in that country deemed "suspect" by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.…
Members of St. George’s Coptic Canadian Church shocked by senseless destruction
A priest celebrating mass holds a cross. (Laszlo Balogh / Reuters)
Members of St. George's Coptic Orthodox Church in Surrey, British Columbia, were…
This Kerala architect designed 111 mosques, 4 churches and a temple
The OTT release of the film âMalikâ sparked a controversial discussion of political correctness in Kerala. It all grew out of the close resemblance of its main setting, the Pink Ramadapalli (Ramada…
Canadian Coptic Church destroyed in ‘suspicious’ fire, latest in string of church fires
Another Canadian church was burnt down on Monday, just days after the same church was the target of an attempted arson.St. George's Coptic Orthodox Church in Surrey, British Columbia, was destroyed in a fire that Canadian police deemed…
Brownstein: Little Ukraine? To Montreal? You bet
Breadcrumb Links Notice Local News Chroniclers âI almost feel like I'm back in Kiev when I'm here,â says Galina Lykhoshva, who offers tours of Montreal's Little Ukraine.…
The center of the Greek Orthodox faith through the ages
Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine cathedral that served as the seat of Eastern Christianity for nearly a thousand years, is now a mosque. Credit: Greek journalistHagia Sophia in Istanbul remains the symbolic center of the Greek Orthodox faith,…
Habitat Faith Build takes over
TOWNSHIP - Like busy bees, three work crews spent an overcast morning affixing vinyl siding to three new homes under construction on 23rd Street NE through Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio.They volunteer as part of Faith Build,…
Church in Tibilisi, Georgia, closes after hate group attacks on LGBTQ rights
A CHURCH in Georgia has been forced to cancel services for fear of attacks by hate groups against LGBTQ rights.
The American Episcopal Church of St Nino's Mission in Tbilisi is one of only two churches in Georgia that welcome LGBTQ…
Ukraine’s bid to unite the Orthodox Church failed for canonical reasons – Russian…
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - July 15, 2021) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's efforts to unite the country's Orthodox Christian believers in one church have failed for canonical reasons, the chairman of the Orthodox…
AFRICA / EGYPT – 22 Christian publishing houses participate in Cairo International Book Fair
AFRICA / EGYPT - 22 Christian publishing houses participate in Cairo International Book Fair
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - At least 22 publishing houses affiliated!-->!-->…
Catholicos of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Malankara dies at 74 – The New Indian Express
Through Express news service
KOCHI: Metropolitan Baselious Marthoma Paulose II, 74, Catholicos of the East and Supreme Head of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Malankara (MOSC) breathed his last at the St Gregorios…
Georgia on the move as Jaishankar brings home a 17th-century queen slain for refusing to convert
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar hands over some of the relics to Georgian Deputy Prime Minister David Zalkaliani on July 9, 2021 | Twitter | @DZalkaliani
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Poll: Catholic homilies mention politics and racism less than Protestant homilies
WASHINGTON (CNS) - While the news made headlines in the United States for months last year - especially the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and racism in America - the homilies of priests n did not mention these events as much as…
Syrian village with the tongue of Jesus prepares for the return of pilgrims
Published on: 07/08/2021 - 05:24Amended: 07/08/2021 - 05:23
Maalula (Syria) (AFP)
In the ancient Syrian village of Maaloula, whose…
OU berates GOP-led PA legislature for slashing funding for nonprofit security
The Orthodox Union blasted Pennsylvania's Republican-led legislature for cutting security funding to nonprofits to zero.The General Assembly budget passed last month ended a five-year…
Third Avenue United Church acquired by “excited” Orthodox congregation
Breadcrumb Links Local News The Saint-Vincent de Lérins Orthodox Church finalized the purchase of the historic downtown church at the beginning of July. Author of the article: Matt Olson A "for…
Tbilisi Episcopal Church, a refuge for LGBTQ + people in Georgia, shaken by homophobic attacks…
Anti-LGBTQ + protesters burn a rainbow banner ahead of the Pride Week March for Dignity in Tbilisi, Georgia on July 5, 2021. Photo: Irakli Gedenidze / Reuters
Members of one of the Episcopal Church's most isolated congregations…
Terry Glavin: The first Christian prophets in Canada were indigenous. Now someone is destroying…
Breadcrumb Links NP Comment As the pyres were made from sturdy little churches built by the First Nations, the sneer of all these white "allies" is the thing to notice. Author of the article: Terry glavin Release date…
Egypt, Ethiopia and religion in the Nile dam dispute
In depth: As the dispute over the Nile Dam between Egypt and Ethiopia escalates, religious leaders in both countries are stepping in. While this development risks increasing tensions, it also presents opportunities for dialogue.As the…
Legoland New York theme park is fully open on July 9
Originally slated for its debut in 2020 but suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Legoland New York will finally be fully open to guests on July 9.
The theme park had been open to visitors in a limited capacity and at a reduced price…
Brother Ephraim’s Health Improves, Doctors Report | community, church, greece
ATHENS - The condition of former Ephraim, abbot of Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos is improving day by day, attending doctors announced on Monday, June 28, as a month has passed since!-->…
High Court dismisses cases over religious freedom and transgender rights
By TOM STRODE, Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP) âThe United States Supreme Court said Monday it would not rule on cases offering it the prospect of strengthening religious freedom…
Mount. Bethel Church Member Fears “We’re Torn”
During his long convalescence from a hiking accident last summer, Donna Lachance stated that the other members of Mount. Bethel United Methodist Church provided food and other offers of assistance to her and her family.…
The greatest Greeks in the world: Jean Argyropoulos, apostle of the Greek language and philosophy
That day, June 26, 1487, died Jean Argyopoulos.
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Orthodox in Belarus condemn outspoken ousting of archbishop
Orthodox Christians in Belarus have called for the reinstatement of one of their Church's archbishops, who was sacked by the ruling Holy Synod after criticizing the government-backed crackdown."We reject your decision - the archbishop…
Canada’s little-known Russian sect – BBC Travel
Located a seven-hour drive east of Vancouver, the Doukhobor Discovery Center occupies a handsome cluster of red brick buildings flanked by manicured fields and gnarled apple trees. A white dove emblazoned with a crest on the side of a…
Nuns preserve the art of making bishop’s mitres in North Macedonia
Debar, North Macedonia, June 22 (EFE) .- Just over two hours from Skopje, the monastery of Rajcica emerges as one of the rustic treasures of North Macedonia. Not only is this place of worship dedicated to prayer but also famous…
Dukanovic responds to Vucic: Srebrenica is not the Serbian shipyard, but the Bosnian shipyard
Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic yesterday commented on statements by Serbian state leaders and President Aleksandar Vucic regarding the Srebrenica genocide resolution, which was passed by the Parliament of…