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IOCC Responds to Ukraine Crisis

Source: International Orthodox Christian Charities Agency Sets $1 Million Fundraising Goal for Immediate and Long-Term Support Baltimore, Md. (February 28, 2022) – The humanitarian and development agency International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is responding to needs created by the conflict in Ukraine. Given the enormity of the crisis, IOCC has launched a campaign to raise at least $1 million dollars in private donations to support this work. In response to the crisis in Ukraine, IOCC is working with partners in country and across the region to help address immediate needs, while looking ahead and planning for longer-term response. Initial efforts…

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon issues statement on war in Ukraine

By Webmaster on February 24, 2022 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Church in America Dearly beloved children in the Lord, In light of the distressing developments in Ukraine affecting millions of innocent people in the region, I wholeheartedly urge you to pray for peace and the well-being of our brothers and sisters who are enduring this tragic moment. I ask that the hostilities be ceased immediately and that President Putin put an end to the military operations. As Orthodox Christians, we condemn violence and aggression. I offer my support and prayers to my brother and concelebrant, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy, who has the most difficult task of leading his…

Ethiopia Tigray crisis: From monk to soldier – how war has split a church

By Webmaster on October 3, 2021 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: BBC News By Fasikaw Menberu & Farouk Chothia BBC Amharic & BBC News “I fight with both of them – the prayer and the bullet,” said Father Gebremariam Aderaw. The monk, whose name means “servant of Mary”, signed up to join the Ethiopian military, weeks after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called on all able-bodied men to join the fight against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). It launched a rebellion in November in its heartland of Tigray after a bitter fall-out with Mr Abiy over his political reforms. “When I saw the country collapse… and the priests being killed,…

METROPOLITAN HILARION ALFEYEV: NO WINNERS IN A WORLD WAR

By Webmaster on September 4, 2014 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories, Uncategorized

Source: Breitbart by METROPOLITAN HILARION ALFEYEV A century ago, the First World War began. On 28 July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, then on 1 August, Germany declared war on Russia, and over the course of a few short days, several more world powers joined the conflict either on their own initiative or by needs. Over the next three years, more and more countries joined both warring sides, dragged into the quicksand of fighting that was growing to encompass the European continent and far beyond it. The result of that four-year war was millions of lives lost–more than ten million…

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IOCC Responds to Ukraine Crisis

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon issues statement on war in Ukraine

Ethiopia Tigray crisis: From monk to soldier – how war has split a church

METROPOLITAN HILARION ALFEYEV: NO WINNERS IN A WORLD WAR