Jun 8, 2014 “Let’s see if we can fill up the Blue Mosque first, before Hagia Sophia,” stated the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, giving a diplomatic answer to those who…
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From Antelias – 6 June 2014 “Your solidarity with the Armenians during the 100th Anniversary Commemorations of the Genocide will be a valuable contribution to our just cause” H.H. Aram I “The history…
His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, 123rd Prince Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, enthroned, 29 May 2014 Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II (Syriac: ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܬܪܝܢܐ Moran Mor[y]…
When Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople meet this month in Jerusalem, the buzz probably will be about two milestones from the past: 1054, when Eastern and Western Christianity split, and…
8 May 2014, Deutsche Welle (DE) The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomew of Constantinople, arrives to Germany May 10. During his nine-day visit, the 74-year-old will meet…
Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of 250 million Orthodox Christians, praised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for improving rights for Christians, but added pointedly, “it is not enough.” In an interview with…
▶ Pope Francis prays with Head of the Armenian Church, Karekin II – YouTube Pope Francis prayed with the Patriarch of the Armenian Church, Karekin II, at the Vatican’s Redemptoris Mater Chapel.…
The references to martyrdom are in part diplomatic. They are to the mass persecution of ethnic and racial minorities in the dying years of the Ottoman Empire, of whom by far the…
This is relevant not just for Christian-Muslim Dialogue, and the Holy See’s relations with Turkey in respect of the Latin Roman Catholic Church community in Turkey, it also has bearings on ecumenical…
05/05/2014 09:40 by Nat da Polis The ruling AKP party’s infamous project to regain Turkish Muslims votes and presidency for Erdogan. The Ecumenical Patriarchate refuses to “barter” for opening of Halki Theological…