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Photo: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople embraces newly enthroned Pope Francis after his inaugural Mass in Rome on March 19, 2013.

List of articles in category News of the Christian East
Title	Created Date
Syrian Orthodox Church weighs special synod to address Patriarch’s gesture of respect for Qu’ran	2017-02-20
Pope prays for victims of violence in Congo, Pakistan, Iraq	2017-02-20
Pope recalls Saints Cyril and Methodius	2017-02-16
Historic cathedral transferred back to Russian Orthodox Church	2017-02-16
Syrian Orthodox bishops assail Patriarch for reverencing Qu’ran	2017-02-15
Cardinal Kurt Koch proposes to set up a commission to reconcile the UGCC and ROC	2017-02-14
Russian Orthodox clerics sees joint effort with Catholic Church to help persecuted Christians	2017-02-14
Georgian Orthodox priest accused in plot to poison Patriarch	2017-02-14
Leading Russian Orthodox official speaks of Ukrainian Catholics’ ‘enmity and hatred’	2017-02-14
USCCB: prelates express solidarity with Middle East’s Christians, other religious minorities	2017-02-14
Cardinal Nichols raps UK restriction on Syrian refugees	2017-02-13
Fresh signs of life at Markham's Cathedral of the Transfiguration	2017-02-11
The Head of UGCC, "the Moscow Patriarchate has never been a universal arbiter even in the Orthodox world"	2017-02-11
Aleppo described as ‘post-apocalyptic’	2017-02-11
Head of UGCC thanked Apostolic nuncio to Ukraine: “All over this rough time His Holiness supports people who suffer”	2017-02-08
Hungarian government gives grant to Russian churches	2017-02-08
Fight corruption, Romanian Orthodox Church urges	2017-02-08
Iraqi prelate: foreign troops, sectarian militias could endanger Iraq’s future	2017-02-06
Head of the UGCC will attend the reburial of Bishop Ivan (Marhitych) in Zakarpattya	2017-02-03
Leading Russian Orthodox official hopes Trump’s policies will help persecuted Christians	2017-02-03
Ukraine’s bishops urge prayers for peace	2017-02-03
Iraqi archbishop welcomes Trump order to help religious minorities	2017-02-03
Ukrainian Catholic leader meets with families of slain protestors	2017-02-03
Iraqi archbishop’s US visit postponed because of executive order	2017-02-03
Iraqi patriarch: Trump executive order harms the Middle East’s Christians	2017-02-01
Vatican envoy: Aleppo’s Christians are strong, hopeful for the future	2017-02-01
The Head of UGCC on the Feast of the Epiphany: "To realize our own dignity – is already a revolution"	2017-01-30
Chaldean Patriarch visits towns liberated from Islamic State	2017-01-30
Byzantine Catholic faithful bless Susquehanna River during service	2017-01-30
Shared suffering should bring Christians closer together, Pope tells ecumenical commission	2017-01-27
Iraqi patriarch: inciting violence against other religions should be a crime	2017-01-25
Catholic, Orthodox prelates discuss terrorism and Islam	2017-01-20
USCCB awards $2.3M to projects in Eastern Europe	2017-01-20
Syrian Catholic Archbishop: Iraqi Christians don’t want ‘humanitarian corridor’	2017-01-18
Group has spent $45M to aid Middle East’s persecuted Christians	2017-01-17
Authorized representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Kyiv Patriarchate in search for solutions to Ukrainian Orthodoxy issue in Istanbul	2017-01-16
Russian cathedral, converted to ‘museum of atheism,’ returning to religious use	2017-01-13
Syrian prelate urges West to end sanctions and support for rebels	2017-01-12
Patriarch Kirill grateful for ‘resurrection of faith’ since Communism’s fall	2017-01-12
In Ethiopia, Church works against genital mutilation	2017-01-11
Egypt: Muslim leader visits Coptic cathedral	2017-01-11
Belarus may ban religious symbols in medical settings	2017-01-11
Egyptian President unveils plans for Coptic cathedral in Cairo	2017-01-10
President Obama offers Christmas greetings to Orthodox Christians	2017-01-10
Eastern Christian Publications Announces New and Featured Books and Videos	2017-01-07
Pastoral Message of the Ukrainian Catholic Hierarchy of the U.S.A. to our Clergy, Hieromonks and Brothers, Religious Sisters, Seminarians and Beloved Faithful	2017-01-05
Patriarch Kirill: commemorate Bolshevik revolution without celebrating it	2017-01-05
Maronite patriarch deplores conversions for sake of divorce	2017-01-05
Head of Church during the meeting with superiors of monastic orders of UGCC: “UGCC Monasticism is young and dynamic”	2017-01-03
Iraqi Patriarch Louis Sako sees ‘grass-roots revolt’ by Muslims against terrorists	2017-01-03

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