Archive for June 21st, 2012

Metropolitan Nektarios participated in the Consecration of the Church of Saviour Christ in Spata, Greece

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Metropolitan Nektarios participated in the Consecration of the Church of Saviour Christ in Spata, Greece

On Sunday, May 13, 2012, at the invitation of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki, Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia participated in the consecration of the Church of Saviour Christ in Spata, Greece. Metropolitan Nicolaos, as the ruling Hierarch, presided over both the Consecration and Divine Liturgy and [...]

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Prolegomena in the Studies of St.Papias, Bishop of Hierapolis

June 21, 2012 | By | Reply More
Prolegomena in the Studies of St.Papias, Bishop of Hierapolis

1.0 PAPIAS, THE APOSTOLIC FATHER OF THE CHURCH

The Apostolic Fathers are the leaders of the Christian Church who lived in the second century AD.  The relation of the Apostolic Fathers with either the apostles or the elders who knew Christ personally, gave them a special status of respect in the [...]

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Hong Kong a “hard place” for asylum seekers

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Hong Kong a “hard place” for asylum seekers

Aid group says the recognition rate for people trying to get refugee status is only 10 per cent, far worse than in Western countries.

The recognition rate of asylum seekers in Hong Kong is unacceptably low compared to Western countries, a local aid group said ahead of World [...]

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Keynote address of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the opening ceremony of the Halki Summit

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Keynote address of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the opening ceremony of the Halki Summit

(Halki Theological School, June 18, 2012)

Your Eminences, Beloved friends, Distinguished participants of the Halki Summit, Esteemed guests,

         It is indeed a special privilege to welcome you to the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, the sacred site of our precious and venerable [...]

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International Environmental Conference

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International Environmental Conference

On Monday afternoon, June 18, 2012, His All-Holiness attended and addressed the opening session of the Halki Summit on Global Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability co-organized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the University of Southern New Hamphshire under the auspices of the Ecumenical Patriarch at the Theological School of Halki. Among those in attendance [...]

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