Compiled by Rev. Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes Boise, Idaho U.S.A. History Of Asia Minor: 1894-1923 During 1894-1923 the Ottoman Empire conducted a policy of Genocide of the Christian population living within its extensive territory. The Sultan, Abdul Hamid, first put forth an official governmental policy of genocide against the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1894. Systematic massacres took place in …
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The United Nations is demanding immediate support for the Central African Republic (CAR) during a very difficult period. Apparently over 450,000 people have fled their homes after the Muslim dominated Seleka took power and began persecuting Christians irrespective of the alleged government of national unity during the transitional period. Not surprisingly, Christians are trying to protect themselves against Muslim forces within Seleka which …
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UK: CHRISTIANS HAVE NO RIGHT TO REFUSE TO WORK ON SUNDAYS, RULES JUDGE Monday, 31 December 2012 A new ruling by a High Court judge – the first on the issue in nearly a decade – says that Christians have no right to decline working on Sunday as it is not a “core component” of their beliefs. The judgment – …
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TURKEY: THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PROPHET ELIAS IN IZMIR TO BE DEMOLISHED A historic monument of Christianity is being sacrificed on the altar of modernization. The Orthodox Church of Prophet Elias in Izmir (Smyrna) in Turkey, one of the few Christian churches in the region, is set to be demolished under the threat of plans for creating a new highway. …
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A “LION EAGER” TO TEAR SYRIA TO PIECES by Manlio Dinucci While the Heads of State and Government of the G8 noted their disagreement on Syria, the NATO powers and the GCC are conducting “Eager Lion” war games in Jordan. Their aim is to set up an attack to be launched from the Jordan desert against the Syrian air force …
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By Antonios Tenedios (Skalohori, Mytilini, Greece) Quite a few years ago the following real-life story took place. This story was told to me by my good friend, Fr. Demetrius, the parish priest of the St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church located at Sahtouri Street, Piraeus, Athens, Greece. I present this story to you just as it was narrated to me by …
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The Commemoration of the Brutal Slaughter of Orthodox Christians Under Kurdish Hordes in Diarbekir of Asia Minor was established by the Patriarchate of Alexandria in 1896, to be remembered on June 30th. Because of its territorial losses in the Balkans due to the Russian intervention and the rise of Armenian nationalism, Turkey began a policy of systematic extermination of its …
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The sunsets and sunrises in this rural, southern part of Holland emanate mystical shades of effervescent pink, a manifestation which has drawn many an artist to these lowlands. And if one were to search all over Holland, it would be difficult to find a place more suitable for a monastery than this patch of land, an unusual expanse in a …
Read More »In the following catechetical lectures, Fr James Bernstein explains various points of Orthodox Christian liturgical life and worship such as the meaning and use of icons and so forth. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChY7OW27G4] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62GLnWgwxUE] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN24g4LUWvU] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiVp48HG6uI] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNxzK6kRZ4c] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eg5T20VClI] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrcrjPiXk4] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvQJ1o_kywg] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGqBBgq7s_I] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kIb8hWpY7M] In the following lectures given at the Antiochian Orthodox parish of Prophet Elijah in Oklahoma City, Fr James speaks about his …
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By Fr. Barnabas Nair Greetings to all my beloved Orthodox Christians. I am Fr. Barnabas from Labasa, the second largest island in Fiji. I am taking the opportunity to convey to you how I found the truth in the Orthodox Church. When I first met His Eminence Mr. Amphilochios on my island Vanua Levu in the city of Savusavu it …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.