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The Coptic Church community in the UK today launched an appeal for support to assist the families of the 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt recently executed by the so called Islamic State in Libya. These men were all bread winners for poor rural families and the church now wishes to support the families in their…
Archbishop of Canturbury calls for unity in Easter hope
In his Easter address to the wider Christian community the Archbishop of Canterbury draws on the repeated phrase from the opening of the Byzantine liturgy, “Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep” to offer hope where Christians are persecuted today. Archbishop Justin Welby speaks specifically about…
Ethiopian Orthodoxy
One of our participants at the 2014 LOI Consultation will be Tekle Belachew from Ethiopia. He has just written a short introduction to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church which may be of interest to those joining us in Albania and others. Tekle himself grew up within the culture of the Orthodox community in Ethiopia, has studied in Ethiopia…
Crisis draws out common ground between Orthodox and Evangelical leaders
November’s zoom event, ‘Scripture, Church and Home in a Time of Crisis,’ was a stimulating pair of presentations by Fr Evan Armatas, from the USA, and Dr Femi B. Adeleye, from Nigeria. Their insightful talks and the interesting discussion that developed showed much common ground, and offered encouragement and challenge to listeners. A transcript of Femi’s…
Call for Papers. Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism: Contemporary Issues in Global Perspective
Brad Nassif and Tim Grass have been invited to guest-edit a special issue of an online academic journal, Religions (ISSN 2077-1444) on the theme ‘Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism: Contemporary Issues in Global Perspective’. Since the 1990s, the Eastern Orthodox and Protestant Evangelical communities have had more direct contacts with each other than at any other time. This…
John Tavener dies
Sir John Tavener, the internationally acclaimed Orthodox composer, died today aged 69. Tavener was best known for his religious music, and joined the Russian Orthodox Church in 1977. His Orthodox faith and the rituals of the church exerted a huge influence on his work. He was however much appreciated by Christians from other traditions and his…