Date of source: Wednesday, January 3, 2001
The Russian Orthodox Church is now subjected to a smear campaign by Western media, because of its attitude to the missionaries, being sent there. The number of missionaries worries the Orthodox Church and the Kremlin. This led the Duma to declare there were only three religions in Russia,...
Date of source: Thursday, December 21, 2000
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Diodoros I of Jerusalem has died from complications due to diabetes. His funeral will take place Friday 22 of December in the Church of Saints Constantine and Helena, inside the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. Archbishop Metropolitan Cornelius was elected by the Fraternity of...
Date of source: Thursday, December 21, 2000
The head of the central council of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jordan and Palestine said, after their Patriarch had passed away and was buried, that the council members will decide what to do in order to correct the course of the church. He asserted that selling land of the church is illegal. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2000
Editorial Board RNSAW:Drs. Cornelis Hulsman had been invited to give a lecture on his work for the RNSAW at a conference on "Media and Interreligious Dialogue" in Vienna, Austria on November 8 and 9. The conference had been organized by the International Press Institute in Vienna, the Department of...
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2000
The Grand Sheikh of the Azhar received the head of the Armenian Orthodox Church.
He welcomed his guest in the noble Azhar, saying "heavenly religions call for brotherhood, peace and true worship of the one God." The head of the Armenian Orthodox Church expressed his happiness for having such a...
Date of source: Friday, September 22, 2000
In his meeting with Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Sergi Manasarian, the Armenian ambassador in Egypt, announced that Pope Gergini [name transliterated from the Arabic], the head of the Armenian Orthodox Church, would be visiting Egypt in October.
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
... The head of the St. Catherine’s monastery filed a complaint against Bishop Makari, the recently-appointed bishop of Sinai, and accused him of trying to deprecate the historical importance of the monastery, which produces most of the tourist traffic in the area. The head of the monastery, Bishop...
Date of source: Saturday, March 4, 2000
Al-Wafd asks why the Egyptian government neglect the publishing of news of incidents and crises that happen here and do not respond until only after the incidents or crises are reported by international media by which time it is too late. Al-Wafd here presents a detailed description of the recent...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2000
His Holiness Pope John Paul II will visit Saint Catherine’s monastery. His Holiness had made known his wish to visit the monastery to see the bush at which God talked to Moses.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 1, 2000
After discussing in the past two issues the Jewish and Christian perceptions of the millennium, we move on to discuss the predictions that were made by different institutes and centers on the issue. Some Israeli writers consider the present events, as a precursor for a drama that is building and...