New Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria enthroned
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The Greek Orthodox Church's new Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, Theodore II, was enthroned in this coastal city in northern Egypt.
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Greece holds three days of mourning for Patriarch Petros of Alexandria, who died in a helicopter crash.
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The Greek Orthodox Church suspends a senior bishop amid claims of clergy fixing the outcome of court trials.
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The head of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, who mended ties with the Vatican but clashed with the Greek state, died of cancer on Monday at the age of 69.
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Benedetto XVI ha incontrato presidente Diyanet, Bardakoglu
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Bulgaria in Brief: 27 October 2004, Wednesday. Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov signed the decree for the awarding of the Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim with Bulgaria's top order Stara Planina - first degree.
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Greeceâs Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary.
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The Christian Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria was killed Saturday after an army helicopter that was transporting him and his entourage to a monastic enclave in northern Greece crashed in the sea, according to government and church officials.
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Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Kazimierz Nycz the new archbishop of Warsaw, the Polish Episcopate said in a statement Saturday.
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VATICAN CITY, Nov. 27 -- Pope John Paul II on Saturday handed over the bones of two saints to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, in hopes that the gesture will revive talks over unifying Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity, two major forces in Christendom.
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The head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, meets the Pope in Rome for the first time.
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Africa&#39;s senior Greek Orthodox leader, Patriarch Petros VII of Alexandria, Egypt, and a dozen other religious officials were killed Saturday when a helicopter carrying
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Politics: 29 October 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's Patriarch Maxim celebrates Friday his 90th birthday, joined by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
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A new Roman Catholic archbishop has been named in Warsaw, Poland, to replace Stanislaw Wielgus, who resigned after admitting to ties with the secret police.Comment
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ROME, Aug 27  - Russian Patriarch Alexy II blasted the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches Friday for proselytising in traditionally Orthodox areas of the former Soviet Union, even as the Vatican handed over a precious icon to his Orthodox Church.
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The new king of Cambodia has been anointed by his father and predecessor, in the first act of his coronation day. Norodom Sihanouk poured holy water from the 800-year-old temples of Angkor Wat over the head of King Norodom Sihamoni.
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Patriarch Petros VII, of Alexandria, Egypt, the spiritual leader of Greek Orthodox Christians in Africa, was killed Saturday in a helicopter crash.