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Ukraine Orthodox Church Cuts All Ties With Russian Church Over War
Ukraine's recently formed Orthodox Church has declared it will become completely independent from the Russian Church over war.
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Orthodox Church Warns Israeli Radicals Threaten Christian Presence in Jerusalem
The Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem accused on Sunday radical Israeli groups of threatening the presence of Christians in the holy city.
Writing in the London Times, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III said that “Our churches are...
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Archbishop of Uganda Orthodox Church, Jonah Lwanga, Passes Away
The Uganda Orthodox Church announced on Sunday that Archbishop Jonah Lwanga passed away at an Athens hospital where he was receiving treatment.
No details were released on the cause of his death. Jonah Lwanga was the spiritual leader of more...
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Greek Orthodox Church of Uganda Celebrates Easter With Splendor
The Greek Orthodox Church of Uganda celebrated the Holy week with splendor and devotion.
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Uganda’s Greek Orthodox Church Asks for Urgent Donations to Livestream Services
The Greek Orthodox Church of Uganda, which recently celebrated 100 years since its founding in the country, has appealed through social media for donations in order to livestream its services during Holy Week and beyond.
As most religious institutions internationally...
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The Greek Orthodox Church Celebrates a Century of Vital Work in Uganda
"We are Greeks because we got educated in Greece," says Jonah (Lwanga), the Metropolitan of Kampala and All Uganda, the spiritual leader of more than 100.000 Ugandans who are Greek Orthodox Christians.
Speaking to the Greek Reporter's Anastasios Papapostolou, he proudly...
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Greek Orthodox Church Calls Israeli Court Ruling Unfair
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem released a statement on Wednesday saying Israeli court decisions allowing the seizure of church property by Israeli settler groups are unfair.
The property in question is located in the Jaffa Gate area of the...
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The Orthodox Church of Puerto Rico Enters into Communion with the Catholic Church
The Pan Orthodox Church of St. Spyridon (San Espiridion) in Trujillo Alto, PR community were received into the Catholic Church as a Greco Catholic Byzantine community under the “Omophorion” (jurisdiction) of the Latin Archbishop, Metropolitan Roberto González, O.F.M.
According to...
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Greek Orthodox Church Aims to Block Jerusalem Property Sales in Court
The Greek Orthodox patriarch in the Holy Land announced Saturday that his church will appeal an Israeli court decision that approved the sale of prime church property to companies representing Jews seeking to expand their presence in Jerusalem’s Old...
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Greek Orthodox Church in Israel ‘Sells Ancient Roman Amphitheater’
The Roman Amphitheater and the hippodrome in the ancient Israeli coastal city of Caesarea have been sold off, in secret, to a mysterious overseas holding company by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, the Times of Israel reports.
According to the report,...
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Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria to Restore Female Deacons
The Synod of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, held at the Patriarchal Center of Alexandria of Egypt from 15 to 17 November under the chairmanship of Patriarch Theodoros II, has decided to restore the institute of...
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New Documentary Tells the Story of the Only Functioning Greek Orthodox Church in Cuba
The Cuban Revolution overthrew the Batista regime on January 1st 1959. During Fidel Castro's 49 year reign as Cuban Prime Minister and then President, there had not been any new churches in Cuba.
Except one.
“A Beacon in Havana” is a short documentary...
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Israeli Lawyer Wins 2.9M USD in Case Against Greek Orthodox Church
An Israeli court ordered the Greek Orthodox Church to pay a total of 2.9 million dollars in fees owed to a local lawyer. The sum will cover the costs of cases dating back to 2002.
Israeli lawyer Moshe Lipke claimed that the...
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Greek Orthodox Church to Be Built in UAE
A Greek Orthodox Church will be built in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, over the next year in order to accommodate all the worshippers who reside in the area.
Abu Dhabi currently hosts 700 registered Greek Orthodox Families, but according to Father...
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Greek Orthodox Church Shelter for Palestinians
About 1,000 Palestinian Muslims fleeing Israeli shells devastating their Gaza neighbourhood have found shelter in a building they otherwise would rarely if ever enter, the city's 12th-century Greek Orthodox Church.
Despite its thick walls dating back to the Crusades, the...