Orthodox Church News

The Independent's Jerusalem correspondent since 2004, Donald Macintyre was the paper's Chief Political Commentator for eight years and before that Political Editor of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Donald Hallstrom, a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day-Saints, gave the opening prayer in the House to begin the annual legislative session on Jan.

The newly elected Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai gestures shortly after his election at the Maronite church's seat in Bkirki, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 15, 2011.

Ongoing Syrian unrests are being instigated by foreigners, The Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka said on Sunday at a meeting with Russian political experts visiting the country.

The first of five Sunday Lenten Vesper services presented by the Council of Orthodox Christian Churches of Metropolitan Detroit , is set for 6 p.m. March 4 at the Antiochian Orthodox Basilica of St.

Hotels 5* Hotels 4* Hotels 3* Apartment Houses Restaurants Rent-a-car Casino Golf Resorts Mountain resorts Sea resorts Entertainment Shopping Health Clinics Public Safety Vaults Beauty Salons The southern Bulgarian village of Biser was hit by a flood wave on Monday following a dam failure.

World War II in the Pacific was no obstacle to romance for Ferne Wilkins of Rutland, Vt., and Charles Kiorpes of Yonkers, N.Y. The couple, now both in their 90s, were actually married three times - once by a Dutch official in Biak, New Guinea; a second time by an Army chaplain on the same island; and a third time several months later by a Greek ... (more)

Fragrant myrrh filled the air. The encounters with the centers of attraction were quick, but the reactions were indelible.

Sophia was a very active member of Holy Resurrection Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church where she was a member of the Petar Krstich Choir and Sveta Petka Kolo.

PRESS RELEASE Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apost. Church of America and Canada H.E. Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan Prelate, Easter Prelacy and Canada 138 East 39th Street New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-689-7810 Fax: 212-689-7168 Web: http://www.armenianprelacy.org/ February 9, 2012 PRELATE WILL PRESIDE IN NORTH ANDOVER AT CONSECRATION AND ANNIVERSARY ... (more)

Easter, the central feast day in the Christian calendar, celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, who rose according to the Bible on the third day after his crucifixion.

WESTFIELD - Lars Brownworth, an author, speaker and broadcaster, will lecture and discuss his book Lost to the West - the forgotten Byzantine Empire that rescued Western civilization on Friday, Feb.

Orthodox Jews attend a funeral in Jerusalem in 2010, near where the distinctive DNA snippet that is the subject of Jeff Wheelwright's book originated.

It was a few years ago, around sunset, that some friends and I found ourselves sitting on the steps facing the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.

DAMAGED TBILISI CHURCH IN OWNERSHIP ROW By Arpi Harutyunyan Institute for War and Peace Reporting IWPR CAUCASUS REPORTING SERVICE, No.

For St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral in northeast Minneapolis, the wear and tear of more than a century has prompted a massive renovation of both the church and its iconography.

On a steep hill overlooking the Vale of Sparta in southwestern Greece stands the last capital of the Roman Empire.

Yesterday the Ministry of Education and Science issued an order introducing Religious Education and Secular Ethics into the school program.

Utah's Catholic Bishop John Wester has joined the chorus of national voices condemning the Obama administration's decision to mandate contraception coverage for all employers, including church-affiliated hospitals, schools and charities.

N0 Democratic president ever picked a fight with the Catholic Church in quite the way that Barack Obama has.