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Panepirotics Blast Attacks On Albania Church 27 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
August 26, 2013 There was plenty of tension and commotion when a Greek Orthodox Church in Permet, Albania came under attack and as police kept away priests and the faithful from trying to defend...
Halki Seminary to undergo status change to allow for reopening 27 Aug 2013 | 01:16 am
August 26, 2013 Over 900 students have graduated from Halki, with 12 of them ultimately becoming the Istanbul Greek patriarch. Daily News Photo/Emrah Gürel The Halki Greek Orthodox seminary...
List of attacks on churches, religious buildings and Christians’ private property from 14 August to 17 August 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 01:06 am
August 25, 2013 Church of the Virgin, al-Nazla, Fayoum This list is limited to attacks verified by EIPR through direct contact with church officials, eyewitnesses and field visits. Attacks for...
Archpriest Vladimir Doroshkevich reposed in the Lord 27 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am
August 24, 2013 On Friday, August 23, Archpriest Vladimir Doroshkevich, longtime cleric of the Eastern American Diocese, reposed in the Lord. He was 94 years old. Fr. Vladimir’s clerical service...
Assembly of Bishops Encyclical for OCF College Student Sunday 27 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
The Lord’s Day After the Exaltation of the Cross, September 15th/29th, 2013 “Behold now, what is so good or so pleasant as for brothers to dwell together in unity?” Psalm 132:1 Beloved...
First visit to Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid, in the Idrizovo prison 27 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
August 26, 2013 On December 12, 2011, His Beatitude Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje was imprisoned in the Idrizovo prison, near Skopje. After one year and almost nine months...
Fr. Hopko honored during Canadian Assembly 27 Aug 2013 | 12:22 am
August 26, 2013 GATINEAU, QUEBEC [OCA] Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, Yonkers, NY, was presented with the rarely awarded Saint Innocent Award, Gold...
Staying Afloat on the Sea of Life 26 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me (Matthew 14:30). In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Dear...
Christian Churches in Egypt under Worst Attack in Years 24 Aug 2013 | 03:16 am
The interior of a burned and destroyed Coptic Christian church in Minya province, Egypt. Fifty places of worship were looted and torched in just three days following the dispersal of Muslim...
The Muslim Brotherhood’s War on Coptic Christians 23 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm
August 22, 2013 Roger Anis/El Shorouk Newspaper/AP The Muslim Brotherhood is showing the world its true colors. The group that “renounced violence” in an effort to gain political power is...
