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Armenian President attends consecration of Cathedral of Armenian Apostolic Church in Moscow

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has arrived in Moscow to attend the consecration of the Cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the opening ceremony of the Cultural Cathedral Complex in Moscow, the presidential press service reported. The Cathedral of the complex will become the biggest structure of the Armenian Apostolic Church outside Armenia.

Bishop Maxim spoke at XXI International Conference on Orthodox Spirituality in Monastery in Bose, Italy

XXI International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality

THE AGES OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

Bose, Wednesday 4 - Saturday 7 September 2013

in collaboration with the Orthodox Churches

Bose, 9 September 2013

On Saturday, 7 September 2013, the 21st International Ecumenical Conference ended at the Bose Monastery. Hierarchs and monastics belonging to the Orthodox Churches, to the Reform, and to the Catholic Church, after four intense days of meetings and dialogue, ended their work with a prayer for peace in the Bose monastery church, adhering to the appeal of the bishop of Rome, pope Francis.

Museum of Sаint Matrona of Moscow to be founded at the Saint's birthplace

In the village of Sebino of the Kimovsk district of the Tula region, a museum of St. Matrona of Moscow, who was born there, is to be founded.

"Presently, a wooden house where the museum will be situated is being constructed. The new museum’s opening is scheduled for November 22--the saint's birthday," reported the regional government on Wednesday to Interfax.

The relics of St. Matrona are preserved at the Convent of Protection of the Mother of God in Moscow.

St. Matrona was born in 1885 in Tula province. She was not only absolutely blind from birth--she had no eyes at all--but the girl had a gift of spiritual vision. According to her life, from her early years she could not only see all the sins and crimes of people, but also their thoughts. She felt when a danger was near, and foresaw natural and public disasters. Through her prayers people were healed of their diseases and consolation in their sorrows.

Patriarch of Alexandria visits Suez

On 6th September 2013, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, accompanied by His Grace Nikodimos, Bishop of Nitria and Patriarchal Vicar of Cairo, and His Grace Niphon Bishop of Babylonia and Hegumen of the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of ST George, Old Cairo, traveled by road to the palatine city of Suez, which is situated within the jurisdiction of the Metropolis of Leontopolis. He was welcomed there by the local Metropolitan Gabriel, Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria, so that on the one hand they could ascertain from close up the situation regarding the Holy Church of ST Catherine following the recent events, and on the other to programme the necessary renovation works. His Beatitude then went on to visit the Holy Church of St George, as well as the Greek School and the Greek Cememtery in the city. 

Source: Patriarchate of Alexandria
 

Patriarch of Alexandria and All East meet with Primate of the Coptic Church

On 4th September 2013, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, accompanied by His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Ermopolis, met with the Primate of the Coptic Church Theodoros II, in Abbasiya, Cairo, where the See of the Coptic Patriarchate is situated. The meeting of the Primates took place within the framework of the collaboration of the Christian communities of Egypt, as it is reflected in the monthly scheduled meetings of the Council of Churches of Egypt, for the resolution of the nascent problems of the Christians in the country.

Syrian Church Representative in US Calls for End to Bloodshed

A Syrian Christian church representative in New York called on Friday for the world community to peacefully resolve the “endless war” in Syria, amid US talks of military intervention in the two-year civil war.

The entire world community needs “to sit down together and, through peaceful conversation, agree on a resolution instead of this endless war. That is my message,” Bishop Nicholas Ozone, who serves the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, whose patriarchal headquarters is in Damascus, told RIA Novosti.

Christians make up an estimated 10 percent of Syria’s mostly Muslim population. The country’s Orthodox Christians are represented by the Antiochian Orthodox Church, also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, and the Syriac Orthodox Church.