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PRESS RELEASE Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apost. Church of America and Canada H.E. Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan Prelate, Easter Prelacy and Canada 138 East 39th Street New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-689-7810 Fax: 212-689-7168 Web: http://www.armenianprelacy.org/ May 23, 2013 PRELATE CALLS FOR PRAYERS AND AID FOR TORNADO VICTIMS Archbishop Oshagan ... (more)

Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai gives an address during the enthronement of Syria's Greek Orthodox leader Yuhanna X Yazigi at the Holy Cross church in Damascus, during the first visit by a Maronite patriarch since Syrian independence in 1943, on February 10, 2013.

Aleppo, Syria, May 23, 2013 / 02:55 pm .- Orthodox and Catholic Christians in the Middle East gathered this week to pray for and appeal for the realease of two Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped in Syria one month ago.

For the first time in its young history, the city's only Orthodox Church, according to the Rev.

Last week, Russia expelled an American diplomat, accusing him of being a spy for the CIA.

An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government.

Among the ultra-Orthodox world of Tel Aviv's Haredi Jews, Rivka and her daughter Shira are confronted with a dilemma after a death in the family.

I really must avoid spicy foods - even my wife's scrumptious jalapeno pepper-laced cornbread - before retiring at night.

A Ukrainian court on Thursday denied organizers permission to hold the country's first gay pride demonstration in the center of the capital, upholding a complaint by authorities that the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence.

More churches have come out against the e-tolling of Gauteng's highways and the impact it will have on members and religious activities.

In a city where three major faiths guard their holy places with quarrelsome zeal and moving a single stone can have deep religious and geopolitical implications, a new proposal to double the area for Jewish prayer along the iconic Western Wall represents dramatic change for a place that does not easily embrace it.

The latest events in the religious life of our country, in particular, those connected with the 1,025th anniversary of baptism of Rus'-Ukraine, recognition of sacraments performed by the UOC KP, etc., have become reason to meet with the head of Synod Information-Enlightenment Department and Press Secretary of the Primate of Ukrainian Orthodox ... (more)

GOYA youth group president Alex Sokaris poses in front of the food collection box at St.

This week at Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, the first of hundreds of cookies were being prepared in anticipation of the church's annual Greek Festival.

Orthodox filmmaker Rama Burshtein is a special case. Not only does she come from a community that frowns on film-watching - never mind film-making - but she has managed to create "Fill the Void," a movie that has won awards and acclaim around the world.

Thousands of anti-gay protestors organized by the Georgian Orthodox Church took over central Tbilisi to halt a small rally of LGBT activists on May 17, International Day Against Homophobia.

Jewish well-wishers from around the world attended the Ultra Orthodox Jewish wedding to witness the marriage of the grandson of the leader of the Hasidic dynasty Belz Rebbe yesterday.

Take a look at some of the best in photographs sent to the Suburban News during the week of May 13-17, 2013.

Former IDF chief rabbi Brig.- Gen. Avichai Rontzki has been appointed to head up the new Directorate for Jewish Identity, which has been created within the Religious Services Ministry.

On May 15, Pope Francis sent a telegram to Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew traveled to the Italian city to commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan.