Orthodox Church News

Politics: 11 September 2005, Sunday. Pope Benedict XVI hopes to visit Turkey this year, probably in the end of November, a senior Vatican official said Thursday.

The Very Rev. Boris Vangev Georgiev recited the Trisagion, a three-part Orthodox prayer for the souls of the dead, at the funerals of scores of Eastern European immigrants and their descendants in Indianapolis ...

The Very Rev. Lawrence Bacik had barely heard of Battle Creek before he was transferred to St.2.7

Metropolitan Maximos of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Pittsburgh is steadily recovering from a head injury he received Friday when he fell down the stairs at his office.2.7

Though Adam Yonitch remained reticent about his war experiences, they became an inspiration to his son.2.7

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, SEPT. 9, 2005 .- Benedict XVI received in audience Svetozar Marovic, the president of Serbia and Montenegro, who arrived with his wife and entourage.2.7

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece, one of Orthodox Christianity's holiest sites.5.2

The last big ethnic festival of the summer in Toledo's taking place this weekend at the corner of Summit and Cherry.

Efforts to put the Bible at the center of ecumenical dialogue will be the focus of a Vatican ... About 400 participants, from 98 different countries, will take part-- including representatives of 11 Orthodox churches and 5 Protestant denominations.4

Baklava lovers, get your forks ready. The 44th annual Greekfest at St. George's Greek Orthodox Church will be Sept.2.7

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and municipal health officials met recently with local ultra-Orthodox leaders to discuss banning mohelim from performing the Talmudic custom known as metzitzah b'peh , in ...4

WASHINGTON - After months of refusing to oppose the dismantling of Jewish settlements in Gaza, the largest Orthodox organization in America is stepping up its criticism of the Israeli government.2.7

EDITOR'S NOTE: Anna Harbaugh, a 2005 graduate from South Eugene High, has been studying for the past two months at a school specializing in Hebrew at the University of Haifa in Israel.2.7

Finding family, friends People who want to inquire about family and friends who did not evacuate the New Orleans area should contact the American Red Cross at 866-438-4636 or visit the Family Links Registry at ...2.7

Our Lady of Sitka, the icon also known as the "Sitka Madonna," begins a two-month pilgrimage to Orthodox parishes throughout the Lower 48 on Wednesday.2.7

Homicide detectives have today interviewed their prime suspect for the unsolved stabbing murder of Mersina Halvagis - convicted double killer Peter Dupas.

Archbishop Antonie Plamadeala, a Romanian orthodox cleric and former political prisoner who invited the Rev.4.5

The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church Excerpted from a statement issued Aug.2.7

BULLETIN BOARD AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH INFORMATION DURING KATRINA RECOVERY EFFORTS New York, NY - An online bulletin board is now available through the web site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to ...3.1

UPDATE ON CANADIAN ECUMENICAL VISIT TO ARMENIA Anglican Church of Canada , Canada 30 Aug 2005 by Press Office August 31, 2005 -- Since its arrival in Armenia, Aug.

In the last five hundred years, the destiny of the Muslim world and the European continent seems ... The Byzantines were forced to confront the possibility that they had no allies to aid them against the Saljug Turks due to a political disagreement between the Byzantine Empire's Eastern Orthodox Church, in the east, and the Holy Roman Catholic ...2.7

President Branko Crvenkovski, accompanied by Macedonian Army Chief of Staff Miroslav Stojanovski, ... Answering to journalists' questions regarding the letter of Russian Patriarch Alexey II, President Crvenkovski thanked for the great attention of the Russian Orthodox Church Pontiff on relations between the Macedonian and Serbian Orthodox ...3.1

He was guiding force of Agora Festival Monday, July 4, 2005 By THOMAS A. BERGBAUER For the Courier-Post Father Steven Vlahos of Cherry Hill has been an inspiration to many people for years in the South Jersey ...2.7

In an interview with the ultra-Orthodox weekly Mishpaha, the prime minister delivered a stinging attack against Tel Avivans who went to the beach and sat around in restaurants and cafes instead of empathizing ...2.9

At least two Palestinians were killed in an exchange of fire after Israeli troops entered a West Bank refugee camp late Wednesday, residents said.6.3

Organization, which is associated with St. George, will honor two charter member Monica Orosz ... Archbishop Victor Aboassally, who was active in opening Orthodox churches in this country, wanted to make sure that church members also were involved in their communities.2.7

Patriarchal Letter to the Prime Minister of FYROM Mr. Vlado Buckovski. Prot. No.2.7

The OU is collecting funds for families who formerly resided in Gaza and Northern Shomron, in order to help them rebuild their lives elsewhere.2.7

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexis II consecrated a church bell for a newly restored belfry at the Valaam monastery, in northwestern Russia, Thursday.2.7

The head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Teoctist, and senior government officials Wednesday voiced their sorrow at the murder of Brother Roger, founder of an ecumenical community in Taize in eastern ...

Some politicians in this state are pondering school treatment of Darwin's theory of evolution and the concepts of creationism and intelligent design.2.7

Metropolitan Andrian, head of the Old Believers' Church in Russia, collapsed and died from a heart ... The Old Believers separated from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century because of changes introduced at the time.3.2