Religion

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  • Heads of Eastern churches meet in Armenia

    Date: 2015-04-23 21:58:32 GMT - Armenia - Religion - SN:150 - ID:2445069

    YEREVAN, April 23 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese partook in the meeting of heads of Eastern churches held here to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The participants tackled the ....

  • Armenian church mourns 1.5 million genocide victims

    Date: 2015-04-23 17:47:31 GMT - Armenia - Religion - SN:124 - ID:2443897

    YEREVAN, April 23 (MENA) - Head of Armenian Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II led a mass making the death of 1.5 million Armenians massacred by Ottoman forces in 1915. The ceremony was attended by thousands of people including foreign ....

  • Pope Tawadros II participates in Mass on Armenia genocide victims

    Date: 2015-04-23 15:11:57 GMT - Armenia - Religion - SN:103 - ID:2442833

    YEREVAN, April 23 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese took part in a Mass held Thursday to mourn the Armenians who were killed in a massacre committed by Turks in 1915. This came during the 100th anniversary ....

  • Pope Tawadros II attends Armenia genocide conf.

    Date: 2015-04-23 15:06:45 GMT - Armenia - Religion - SN:102 - ID:2442317

    YEREVAN, April 23 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese in Egypt attended Thursday a conference held here under the title "I remember and demand", which was held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian ....

  • Azhar to hold annual int'l conf. on renewal in Islamic thought

    Date: 2015-04-22 18:21:14 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:128 - ID:2436697

    CAIRO, April 22 (MENA) - Al Azhar decided to hold an annual international conference about renewal in Islamic thought and sciences. Al Azhar, meanwhile, called on all relevant institutions concerned with the issue of renewing religion thought to ....

  • Azhar grand imam says Daesh defaming Islam

    Date: 2015-04-22 12:47:48 GMT - Germany - Religion - SN:52 - ID:2432949

    BERLIN, April 22 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb has said that Daesh and other armed Islamist groups are phenomena that emerged for several reasons. Students at Al Azhar University are taught that logic is the only means to ....

  • Egypt's Mufti meets with French foreign ministry officials

    Date: 2015-04-22 11:58:30 GMT - France - Religion - SN:44 - ID:2433661

    PARIS, April 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam met on Wednesday with a number of officials at the French Foreign Ministry as part of his first visit to France that will run for four days. Foreign Ministry spokesman Roman Nadal said Allan met ....

  • Women preachers should get permits, says Awqaf Ministry

    Date: 2015-04-22 07:22:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:13 - ID:2430953

    CAIRO, April 22 (MENA) - Awqaf Ministry stressed that any woman preacher should get a permit in order to be able to give religion sermons in any mosque. They should be holding an Azhari certificate or they should be a graduate of the Islamic ....

  • Pope Tawadros II visits catechetical school in Armenia

    Date: 2015-04-21 22:02:31 GMT - Armenia - Religion - SN:157 - ID:2430161

    YEREVAN, April 21 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese visited on Tuesday a catechetical school in Armenia. The pope arrived in Armenia on Monday on a week-long visit to take part in the 100th anniversary of ....

  • Convoy of Azhar, Church preachers to visit Minya for dialogue with students

    Date: 2015-04-21 11:02:59 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:38 - ID:2424773

    CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - A convoy of Azhar and Church preachers will head on Wednesday for Minya to interact with school students and open bridges of dialogue with them as part of efforts exerted by Family House to spread the culture of love and ....

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