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Bulgaria Campaigns to Restore Istanbul Iron Church
Posted on December 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe Bulgarian “Saint Stephen” Church in Istanbul, Turkey, is the only cast-iron church in the world. Photo by wikipedia A number of schools and organizations across Bulgaria are taking part... -
Archbishop laments the “abuse of trust”
Posted on December 26, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Archbishop of Canterbury has said this year’s riots and financial crisis have led to “broken bonds and abused trust” in Britain. In his Christmas Day sermon, Dr Rowan Williams... -
Turkey’s waning Syriac Christian community to submit report to EU
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsPanARMENIAN.Net – A report detailing the problems Turkey’s long forgotten Syriac Christian communities face, prepared with the backing of the European Syriac Union (ESU) and the Dutch Foreign Ministry, will... -
Iranian pastor told to recant or die
Posted on December 23, 2011 | No CommentsISTANBUL (BP) — A pastor in Iran sentenced to death for refusing to recant his faith may have to wait another year in prison for a ruling on whether the... -
U.N. Tackles Religious Intolerance without Limiting Free Speech
Posted on December 22, 2011 | 1 Comment12-20-2011 By Joëlle Fiss Senior Associate, Fighting Discrimination Program Myth vs. Reality on U.S. Engagement with Islamic States Yesterday, in an historic vote, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a... -
Stand up for Christian values, says Cameron
Posted on December 17, 2011 | 2 CommentsJoe Murphy, Political Editor David Cameron today attacked a “slow-motion moral collapse” in Britain and called for a revival of traditional Christian values. In a keynote speech, he condemned a... -
Remarks at the Istanbul Process for Combating Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief
Posted on December 17, 2011 | 1 CommentRemarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 14, 2011 Well, good afternoon, everyone, and I want to thank you all for participating in this conference where we... -
Istanbul allocates some EUR 1,2 million for Saint Stephen church restoration
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsIstanbul. The municipality of Istanbul has allocated about TRY 2,5 million, or EUR 1,2 million, for the restoration of the Bulgarian church there Saint Stephen, architect Vasil Kitov, a Bulgarian... -
U.S. Congress Tells Turkey To Safeguard Christian Heritage
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsIn a resolution hailed by Armenian-American groups but criticized by Ankara, the U.S. House of Representatives urged Turkey late on Tuesday to respect religious freedom and return Armenian and other... -
House Set To Call On Turkey To Return Churches
Posted on December 13, 2011 | No CommentsVote on H.Res.306 Set for Tuesday, December 13 WASHINGTON–The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Tuesday, December 13th on H.Res.306, a religious freedom measure that calls upon... -
Turkey: Mystery Surrounds Decision to Turn Byzantine Church Museum into a Mosque
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No CommentsThe 1700-year-old building was a church until 1331, when it was turned into a Muslim house of worship following the Ottoman conquest of the province. (Photo: Jonathan Lewis) Muslim worshipers... -
U.S. Veep Biden Meets Patriarch Bartholomew in Turkey
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsNEW YORK — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, in Istanbul on Saturday. Vice President Biden... -
Turkish FM criticizes German minister for using ‘Islamist terrorist’
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsTurkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who is currently in Germany on a five-day visit, has criticized German Federal Interior Minister Hans Peter Friedrich for using the term “Islamist terrorists” during... -
Nicaea council church back to being a mosque
Posted on November 27, 2011 | No CommentsTURKEY Erdogan’s religious acrobatics: Nicaea council church back to being a mosque by NAT da Polis The church of Aghia Sophia in Nicaea (Izmit), in which the 787 Council was... -
Pilgrimage to Constantinople
Posted on November 19, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe group Friends of the Holy Father recently visited Turkey. Dr Michael Straiton KCSG sends this report. Despite the systematic dismantling by the Ottomans of vestiges of Christianity in Constantinople,... -
Turkey’s Armenians Reconsecrate 16th Century Church Building
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey’s Armenians Reconsecrate 16th Century Church Building Ethnic Armenians who grew up as Muslims baptized in Diyarbakir. By Compass Direct News ISTANBUL – Just hours before a deadly 7.2 earthquake... -
Pope prays for victims of Turkey earthquake
Posted on October 28, 2011 | No CommentsVatican City, Oct 27, 2011 / 05:54 am (CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI has asked for prayers and appealed for aid for the victims of Sunday’s earthquake in Turkey. “At this... -
Pilgrims from the Eastern Diocese take part in Consecration in Dikranakert
Posted on October 25, 2011 | No CommentsOctober 24, 2011 – Last week Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), led a group of Diocesan leaders on a pilgrimage to... -
Armenians claim roots in Diyarbakır
Posted on October 24, 2011 | No CommentsVERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU The Surp Giragos Church was blessed on Oct. 22 in accordance with the traditions of the Apostolic Armenian Church. DHA photo A group of Armenians, raised as Sunni... -
Delegation of prominent American Armenians to visit Turkey – PanARMENIAN.Net
Posted on October 22, 2011 | No CommentsPanARMENIAN.Net – A delegation of prominent members of the American-Armenian community will arrive in Turkey on Friday, October 21, in an unprecedented visit to various religious sites throughout the country....
