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Pontifical Divine Liturgy for the Holy Nativity and Theophany in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
9. January 2014 - 14:11
On January 6, on the Feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Mother Cathedral by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
Under canopy, a Pontifical Procession led the Catholicos of All Armenians, and Mr. Serzh Sargsian, President of the Republic of Armenia, to the Mother Cathedral. The Canopy bearers were; Mr. Hrach Martikyan, Armenian Sudanese benefactor; Mr. Armen Elbakyan, art patron in the Republic of Armenia; Mr. Hravard Hakobyan, art critic; and Mr. Tigran Nersisyan, celebrated actor in the Republic of Armenia. His Grace Bishop Hovnan Hakobian, Grant Sacristan of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin; and His Grace Bishop Mushegh Babayan, Operations Director of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin; assisted His Holiness during the celebration of the Divine Liturgy.
Celebration of Holy Epiphany in Australian Cities
6. January 2014 - 13:17
Epiphany, in Greek “Theophania” or “Fota,” is one of the most important days for the Orthodox world and it is celebrated in January 6.
According to the Orthodox tradition, this day indicates the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. Traditionally, a priest throws a cross in the water and the men of the area jump in to catch it. The first man who catches the holy cross will gain good luck and the blessing of the priest.
Orthodox cross to be erected in the Volga riverbed
6. January 2014 - 13:14
This decision was made by the city administration together with the Diocese of Volgograd, reports V1.ru.
This was reported by the mayor of Volgograd Irina Guseva after a prayer service before the myrrh-streaming Icon of the Theotokos "Seven arrows", or "Softening of Evil Hearts", which was performed on January 2 in the Volgograd administration by Dean of the Kazan Cathedral Archpriest Vyacheslav Zhebelev, with the blessing of Metropolitan German of Volgograd and Kamyshin.
Fire of extremism devours decades-old Orthodox Christian library in Lebanon
6. January 2014 - 12:56
Unknown assailants torch Saeh Library in Tripoli, destroying two thirds of some 80,000 books and manuscripts housed there.
A decades-old library owned by a Greek Orthodox priest in north Lebanon’s majority Sunni city of Tripoli was torched late Friday, a day after a sectarian scuffle, a security source said.
Paris approves new Russian Orthodox center
27. December 2013 - 13:34
France has given permission to the Russian Orthodox Church to construct a new compound including a cathedral near the Eiffel Tower, an official statement reads.
The Russian Orthodox Church has received permission from French authorities to build a 4,000-square-meter cultural and spiritual center in Paris, the Russian embassy stated on Wednesday.
Christmas in Bethlehem
26. December 2013 - 12:04
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, led the mass in the Church of the Nativity. Abbas greets Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal
Hundreds of worshipers attended a midnight Christmas Eve mass in the West Bank town of Bethlehem in the late hours of Tuesday.
