Tag: Orthodox

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 A.M.) - Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the Syrian army with Russian support have liberated "almost all" Syrian territory from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:20 PM) - Russian president Vladimir Putin has expressed his hopes that the Russian Orthodox Church will aid in the reconstruction of Syria after the civil war. "I ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:30) - A group of prominent Orthodox Jewish leaders has asked the Knesset to investigate reports that Myanmar is actively using Israeli weapons in its violent persecution of ...

For the first time in 94 year, a Greek Orthodox Epiphany service took place in Izmir, or what is known to Greeks as Smyrna. Epiphany celebrates the revelation of God ...

Its agenda is over fifty years in the making and the last one took place over a thousand years ago. The “Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church” or ...

Damascus, SANA – Christian denominations in Syria, who follow the Eastern calendar, have only held prayers and masses in celebration of Easter in respect for Syria’s martyrs. Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II ...

Tartous, SANA – Patriarch of Antioch for the Syriac Catholic Church Mar Ignatius Joseph III Younan said that atrocities committed against Christians in Syria and Iraq stress the duty of ...

The Hague, SANA – Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Leader of the Syriac Orthodox Church demanded an international condemnation of the harrowing ...

New Delhi, SANA – Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All East and Supreme Leader of the Syriac Orthodox Church, said he highly appreciates the sacrifices of the ...

Thousands of men and women across Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece plunged into icy waters Tuesday as part of an extreme Christian Orthodox celebration for the feast of Epiphany. From Thessaloniki ...