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“Shave for Unity”: Orthodox Priests Encouraged to Shave for Church Unity
In a gesture of unity, Orthodox priests have been encouraged to shave their beards, as a symbolic act of brotherhood with ...
Malayali priest Fr Alexander Kurien appointed to key interfaith role in White House
ALAPPUZHA: In a remarkable achievement that has his hometown brimming with pride, Fr Dr Alexander J Kurien of the Kadackel ...
Associated Press25d
Albania’s Orthodox church elects new leader, Archbishop Joan
He studied in the United States at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. In 1994 he returned to Albania and became a priest and lectured at the church’s Theology University. Following more ...
ABC News12d
Albania’s Orthodox Church inaugurates its new Archbishop Joan
He was secretly baptized in 1979 by priest Kosmas Kyrios ... where he studied at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. In 1992, when Albanians fled the poor country en masse, Joan ...
In 50-plus years at a cliffside Greek island monastery, one monk keeps faith and community together
AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island ...
NOLA.com28d
Greek Orthodox leader visits New Orleans, brings message of unity and shared values
which has a single archbishop for each of the nearly 200 archdioceses in the U.S., the Greek Orthodox church has just one archdiocese in America, with nearly 600 parishes, 800 priests and ...