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Christophobia in the Muslim World
Source: Boston.com Last weekend’s scenes of anti-Christian mob violence in Cairo, against a background of churches in flames, is a powerful reminder of a grim reality: Non-Muslim communities have become endangered species throughout much of the Islamic world. Some statesmen have begun to acknowledge the existential crisis facing non-Muslims. Former Lebanese Prime Minister Amine Gemayel…
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Telegraph: Egyptian Christians say They are ‘Under Organised Attack’
Source: The Telegraph A priest whose church was at the centre of sectarian riots at the weekend has said Egyptian Christians were “under organised attack” as religious authorities warned the country was at risk of civil war. Armed troops and riot police guarded the streets around St Mena’s church and nearby burned-out shops and apartment…
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Presbyterian Church to Ordain Gays as Ministers
This article has a bias. For example: Chaves said his father, a voting member of his presbytery, was persuaded to vote for it due to the vitriol of opponents. The best commentary however are provided by Fr. John Peck on Journey to Orthodoxy. Fr. John writes that Christians have conflated pastoral ministry with the demand…
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From Russia, with Love
Source: Christianity Today Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion offers evangelicals more than an olive branch. Hilarion Alfeyev, the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, located 80 miles northwest of Moscow, has a very big job. As head of external relations for the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hilarion is responsible for talking to global Christianity on behalf of…
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ROC: Bin Laden Killing Reason to Step up Fight Against Terrorism, No Cause for Joy
Source: Interfax | May 3, 2011 The elimination of the ‘number one terrorist’ does not solve the terror problem, said Archpriest Georgy Roschin, deputy head of the Russian Orthodox Church Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations. “The Russian Orthodox Church will not welcome the jubilation that we have seen in some countries. Whoever is…
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