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International Seminar on “Religious Communities for Justice and Peace” takes place in Moscow

A seminar on “Religious Communities for Justice and Peace” took place in the capital of Russia on 11 March 2013. Taking part in the seminar were representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, World Council of Churches, Evangelical Church in Germany, the National Council of Churches in Korea, Protestant communities of Russia, as well as scholars, cultural figures, and foreign guests.

Pan-Orthodox celebration of 1700 years of the Edict of Milan in German town of Trier

On Saturday, 11 October 2013 the Pan-Orthodox Holy Hiearchal Liturgy in Trier, Germany, on the occasion of the 1700 years of issuing of the Edict of Tolerance in 313 by Constantine the Great, who had  his seat in this town during one whole decade. 

In this Pan-Orthodox gathering Orthodox Bishops, members of the Conference of the Orthodox Bishops of Germany and other  Bishops from other countries, participated. Metropolitan of Germany and Exarch for Central Europe His Eminence Augustin, who is also the president of the Episcopal Conference, officiated the Divine Liturgy in the Basilica of Saint Constantine. Great number of priests of various nationalities, as well as many believers who came from all parts of Germany, attended this magnificent and unique event.   

Gospel of Matthew translated into Dargin language

The paperback also includes maps of the Holy Land and Jerusalem in the 1th century AD and a short dictionary of Biblical terms, reports Patriarchia.ru.

Work on translation was carried out by a collective that included: senior researcher of the Lexicology and Lexicography Department of the Language, Literature and Arts institute of the Dagestani scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, doctoral candidate in Linguistics Hizri Yusupov, and a leading specialist on the Caucasus, expert in the typology and comparative historical grammar of the languages of Dagestan, Deputy Director of the Institute of Linguistics (RAS), doctor of philology M.E. Alexeyev.

Rome: Pope Francis receives the Patriarch of Antioch

Francis receives the Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, His Beatitude John X Yazigi in audience

During his visit, the Patriarch will also meet Cardinals Bertone, Sandri and Koch. On Sunday 29 September he will attend Pope Francis' mass in St. Peter's Square.

Egypt: After Islamist attacks, Liturgy is back

Hundreds of Christian families who had fled the city attended the service in the small chapel located inside what is left of the Anba  Abraam monastery devastated by extremist attacks. The army liberated the village  on 18 September after more than a month of Islamist occupation.

Coptic Christians in Minya province are “taking back” their places of worship after a month of Islamist attacks and the imposition of the ‘infidel’ tax. Yesterday afternoon, thousands of people attended the first Mass celebrated in the church of the Virgin Mary in what is left of the Anba Abraam Monastery of to Delga (Minya, Upper Egypt).

The godchildren of Patriarch Ilia II can now meet each other through a webpage

A webpage will possibly be created where the godchildren of His Holiness Patriarch Ilia II will be able to meet each other, reports Gruzia Online.

The Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskhet-Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Pitsunda and Tskhum-Abkhazia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II informed the congregation of this at the Sunday service.