Orthodox Mission in Pakistan

October 28, 2011

In recent times, since the killing of Osama Bin Laden, only alarming news has come out of Pakistan, but even before that it wasn’t the most joyful news. In particular, we regularly heard about the difficult condition of Christians in this predominantly Muslim country. Things being as they are, it would seem that there is [...]

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Orthodox Church Finds Home In Tyler, TX

October 26, 2011

Rebecca Hoeffner writes in the Tyler Paper: When Father John Mikita of the parish of St. John of Damascus Orthodox Church goes anywhere in public, he wears his traditional Orthodox robes.“I get a lot of folks who stop me in Walmart and they want to know, ‘What’s the difference between Orthodoxy and the Baptist church?’” [...]

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Nov. 11 & 12 Old Country Christmas Ethnic Festival in Ft. Worth, TX

October 24, 2011

St. Barbara Orthodox Church is pleased to announce its 25th annual “Old Country Christmas Ethnic Festival” on Friday, November 11th from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, November, 12th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This annual event features pastries, baked goods, and other delicacies made from authentic ethnic recipes from the “Old Country” [...]

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St. Nicholas Church, Destroyed on 9/11, to be Rebuilt at Ground Zero

October 14, 2011

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces today an agreement with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey regarding the rebuilding of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo invited Archbishop Demetrios and the Hierarchs of the Holy Eparchial [...]

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Hundreds Crowd Ohio Church to Witness Miraculous Icon

October 8, 2011

Nicholas Kozak witnessed a miracle that he hopes will convince others that God is real. “I hope the icon will be tangible evidence to anyone who is looking for faith and a real revelation of the lord,” said Kozak, 17, of Green. “How else can you explain myrrh coming from an icon, except that it [...]

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Orthodox Christian Conference in NY: “Beauty Will Save the World”

September 19, 2011

The Sophia Institute for Orthodox Thought and Culture will hold its fourth annual conference on Friday December 2, 2011 on the campus of Union Theological Seminary in New York City. The theme of this year’s conference is:”Beauty Will Save the World”: The Notion of the Beautiful in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Keynote speakers include the Orthodox [...]

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Orthodox Leaders Smooth Path to Proposed Pan-Orthodox Council

September 14, 2011

The patriarchs of three ancient Orthodox Christian churches met from 1-2 September in Istanbul to discuss the situation of Christian minorities in the Middle East, and perhaps an even more prickly topic – the move toward a historic pan-Orthodox council – removing major stumbling blocks to what would be the first such gathering in centuries [...]

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Fr. Demetrios Carellas To Speak Sept. 26-28 in Tyler, TX

September 13, 2011

St. John of Damascus Orthodox Mission in Tyler TX announces 3 talks by Fr. Demetrios Carellas: Monday, September 26 — On Faith Tuesday, September 27 — On Hope Wednesday, September 28 — On Love Papa Demetri is a Protopresbyter and Archimandrite of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. He serves as chaplain to Nativity of the Theotokos monastery in Saxonburg, [...]

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CNN: Group of WA Nuns Help Firefighters With a Wildfire

September 12, 2011

GOLDENDALE, Washington (CNN) A wildfire burning in Washington State turned a group of nuns into firefighters. The Monastery Complex Fire came dangerously close to a greek orthodox monastery on Wednesday. A newspaper photographer was covering the fire and caught the nuns on camera fighting flames. It was a regular wednesday at their bakery when flames [...]

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Photos of Archbishop Dmitri’s Funeral

September 3, 2011

Photos from Dallas pertaining to the falling asleep of Archbishop Dmitri. On Sunday, August 28, 2011, at 2:00 am, His Eminence, The Most Reverend DMITRI, retired Archbishop of the Diocese of the South, Orthodox Church in America, passsed away. The Archbishop was eighty-seven years old.  Ordained in 1954, then consecrated to the episcopacy in 1969, [...]

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