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29.11.2019 | 14:26
Albania: Christian Charity Launches Emergency Appeal for Earthquake Victims
A Christian charity has launched an emergency appeal for aid following the biggest earthquake to hit Albania in decades. The 6-point-4 magnitude quake struck close to the capital Tirana, on Tuesday. 40 people were killed and over 650 injured in the country’s strongest tremor there since 1979. Mission Without Borders (MWB) is an international organisation…
29.11.2019 | 14:20
Boko Haram slaughter Cameroonian Christian boy for resisting kidnapping to become “child soldier”
A Christian schoolboy, reported to have been twelve-years-old, was hacked to death by Boko Haram when he resisted the militants’ attempt to abduct him as a “child soldier” in a raid on Tourou district, Far North Cameroon, on around 19 November. The young boy and his mother had fled their home when the militants swept…
29.11.2019 | 14:10
Archbishop Makarios is bringing changes to the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia
When Archbishop Makarios visited the Melbourne offices of Neos Kosmos last August, he promised radical changes which he said would be announced on his name day on 19 January. A prelude of what is to come has been offered with reshuffling within the Church. An announcement by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia on Thursday 28 November…
29.11.2019 | 14:07
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over deaths caused by earthquake in Albania
On the night of November 26, 2019, an earthquake, the largest in the last 40 years, happened near the Albanian capital city of Tirana. According to the latest reports, over 32 people were killed and 658 were injured. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed condolences to the Primate of the…
29.11.2019 | 14:01
Ascension of the Lord Convent on the Mt of Olives celebrates the feast day of the Icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear”
The most revered icon of the Mother of God at Ascension of the Lord Convent on the Mt of Olives, Jerusalem, is known as “Quick to Hear of Eleon.” The large image, painted on canvas, was brought by Russian pilgrims to the convent before World War I. This icon, painted in the Chernigov style, having…
29.11.2019 | 13:52
Archbishop Makarios visits Canberra
Archbishop Makarios visited the Australian capital this week, where he conversed with officials from the Greek Embassy, the High Commission of Cyprus and people from the local Greek Australian community. — Source: sbs.com.au
29.11.2019 | 13:42
Turkish police arrest four burglars for breaking into Patriarch Bartholomew’s Istanbul home
Turkish police have captured the masked burglars that broke into the house of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew ten days ago. The suspects were captured at 9.30pm Wednesday while in the process of robbing another house at Cartal, Istanbul. They tried to escape from officers using a luxury vehicle, and crashed into a police car while making…
29.11.2019 | 12:43
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco issues his Advent Message 2019
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco has released his Advent Message for 2019. Read the full text below: Beloved in the Lord, Having begun the Nativity Fast period and as we enter the holiday season, we have entered a rich time in our lives as Orthodox Christians. Like the beauty of the decor that…
29.11.2019 | 12:38
His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey issues his Thanksgiving Encyclical
His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey has released his Christmas Fast Encyclical. Read the full text below: The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the Catechetical and Greek Afternoon Schools, Directors and Participants of all Youth…
