Samoa wants to declare itself a Christian nation
9. February 2017 - 16:42
The tiny island of Samoa, 2680 miles east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, is looking to officially declare itself a Christian nation. Although the cover and preamble of the nation’s constitution already reference Christianity, the government wants to reference the faith in the body itself, reports CBN News.
Bishop of Slavonia attended a farewell service of Lord Bishop of London
6. February 2017 - 15:40
On the feast-day of the Presentation of our Lord Jesus (Candlemas,) after the Gregorian calendar, Anglican Lord Bishop Richard Chartres of London with the solemn mass said farewell to the active service.
Starting with the 28th February he will be retired and he will hold only a duty of a chaplain of the Royal Court until election of his successor. Richard Chartres, who was born in 1947, is one of the most prominent personalities of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion in XX and XXI centuries. He is particularly well-known for his love towards the Orthodox Church and orientation to the Orthodox East, which corresponds to his traditionalist view of the world and the Church too.
Sudan 'to demolish at least 25 Christian churches' in Khartoum
3. February 2017 - 10:08
Sudanese are reportedly set to demolish at least 25 Christian churches allegedly said to be "trespassing into residential areas".
According to Radio Tamazuj, religious leader, Meilad Musa, who is a member of the Sudanese Christian Church, said President Omar al Bashir's led government had been refusing to approve plots for Christians to build places of worship like Muslims.
Report on Assyrians Under Kurdish Rule in Northeastern Syria
31. January 2017 - 12:19
Syria’s disintegration as a result of the Syrian Civil War created the conditions for the rise of Kurdish autonomy in northern Syria, specifically in the governorates of Al-Hasakah and Aleppo. This region, known by Kurds as ‘Rojava’ (‘West’, in West Kurdistan), came under the control of the Kurdish socialist Democratic Union Party (abbreviated PYD) in 2012, after the strain of the civil war caused the weakened Syrian state to withdraw and leave the area under local militia control.
Roman Catholic – Oriental Orthodox Dialogue – 2017
31. January 2017 - 12:16
The 14th meeting of the International Joint Commission For Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and Oriental Orthodox Churches took place in Rome from January 22-27 2017, hosted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Representatives of the following Oriental Orthodox Churches took part in the conference. The Coptic Orthodox Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, the Indian Orthodox Malankara Church, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
