The Byzantine Divine Liturgy, in the view of many Western people, is ornate and richly complex. In fact, while the…
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From the Phanar, Bartholomew and Francis both called for full communion between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches Gianni Valente, Istanbul,…
We, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, express our profound gratitude to God for the gift of this new…
Your Holiness, In offering glory to the all-good God in Trinity, we welcome You and Your honorable entourage to this…
Andrew White, an English clergyman known as the Anglican “Vicar of Baghdad,” has seen violence and persecution against Christians unprecedented in…
Sunday 27 July 2014, Paul Vallely, The Independent The former Chief Rabbi is appalled at the lack of protest about…
A view from Reformed Christianity in the USA, But NB it is mistaken about the make-up of Christians in Iraq…
Further to Metropolitan Hilarion’s recognition of the Donetsk People’s Republic and its terrorists as legitimate “authorities”, news of another series of atrocities…
Fazel Hawramy in Irbil, The Guardian, Thursday 24 July 2014 12.54 BST Iraqi Christians who were forced to flee the…
By Christopher Howse, 25 Jul 2014 The persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria share a history of holiness and literary…