Metropolitan Emmanuel of France: “Today, the Ecumenical Patriarch repeated in person, in this meeting of the two primates, that the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is reached and we are not going backwards”

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, centre, is introduced to officials by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, right, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, prior to their meeting at the Patriarchate in Istanbul, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. Bartholomew I is currently debating whether to accept a Ukrainian bid to tear that country's church from its association…

August 31, 20180Comments

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Stages of restoration Jesus Christ’s Tomb from National Geographic

Over the centuries, Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre has suffered violent attacks, fires, and earthquakes. It was totally destroyed in 1009 and subsequently rebuilt, leading modern scholars to question whether it could possibly be the site identified as the burial place of Christ by a delegation sent from Rome some 17 centuries ago. …

August 5, 20180Comments

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УАПЦ. Літургія та хресна хода у Києві (Україна) +Video

Фото: Олександр Дулько‎ 24 липня у день рівноапостольної княгині Ольги духовенство та віряни УАПЦ відслужили Божественну Літургію та піднесли молитви до Господа на честь вшанування знаменних дат: 1030 річчя Хрещення Руси-України, 120 років з дня народження та 25 років з дня упокоєння Першого Патріарха УАПЦ Мстислава (Скрипника). Молитви вірних Української Автокефальної Православної…

July 25, 20180Comments

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Canyons and Caves Preserve a Tradition from Early Christianity in Lebanon. Video

Ouadi Qadisha UNESCO World Heritage site. Ouadi Qadisha, is a gorge that lies within the Becharre and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon. The valley was carved by the Kadisha River, also known as the Nahr Abu Ali when it reaches Tripoli. Kadisha means "Holy" in Aramaic, and the valley,…

July 16, 20180Comments

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Храми Мюнхена. Церква Св. Михаїла.

Єзуїтська церква Святого Михаїла на Нойхаузерштрассе у Мюнхені, - одна з головних цитаделей Контрреформації . Храм почали будувати в 1583 році, але будівництво перервалося падінням однієї з веж, так що собор був освячений тільки в 1597 році. Однак доля все одно не пощадила храм - в листопаді 1944 року він був…

July 4, 20180Comments

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: “As the Mother Church, it is reasonable to desire the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in Ukraine”

Head of the Eastern Orthodox Church Patriarch Bartholomew I. Photo by Massimo Finizio, Wikipedia Commons. His All-Holiness expressed the Ecumenical Throne’s unabating interest for the healing of the Ukrainian ecclesiastical problem and the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in that country during his address in the Chamber of the Throne, following…

July 3, 20180Comments

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Historical Churches in Iran

The majority of churches in Iran that possess historical and artistic value were built around the eight century A.H. or the 14th century AD, and the period thereafter. Of course, this does not mean that there were no churches existing in the country before that period. During the reign of Shah Abbas, the…

June 4, 20180Comments

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The Spanish monk who built cathedral from scrap

As a young man, he joined a Trappist monastery but had to leave in 1961, after eight years, when he contracted tuberculosis and his health deteriorated in the monastic regime. He began to build a cathedral on a plot of land he had inherited from his parents. He had promised that if he recovered from…

June 3, 20180Comments

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The Great Lavra of St. Sabas. Judean Desert, Palestine

Photo: photito.com The Great Lavra of St. Sabas, known in Arabic as Mar Saba, is a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley in the West Bank east of Bethlehem. It was founded by Saint Sabas of Cappadocia in the year 439 and today houses around 20 monks. It is considered to be one…

May 15, 20180Comments

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Family of six carried out bombings at three churches in Surabaya (Indonesia’s East Java province)

Bombings at three churches in Surabaya, in Indonesia's East Java province, during Sunday mass on May 13 have left at least 13 people dead and many injured, with the attacks carried out by a family of suicide bombers, according to the police, reported The Straits Times . The attacks took place at the Santa…

May 13, 20180Comments

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