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  • 2 Feb 2013
    The Chaldean Patriarch: good news from Iraq

    Archbishop Louis Sako was elected the new Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon yesterday (1 February 2013).

  • 2 Feb 2013
    Iraq-based Chaldean Catholic Church elects new Patriarch

    Pope Benedict XVI has formally welcomed the election of Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk to be the new patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

  • 1 Feb 2013
    Armenian Patriarch receives affirmation from world churches' chief

    Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, newly elected 97th Patriarch of the Armenian Church in Jerusalem, has received congratulations and support from the WCC.

  • 1 Feb 2013
    How the new Jerusalem Patriarch was elected

    International lawyer and ecumenical consultant Dr Harry Hagopian, who is an active Ekklesia associate and contributor, talks here to CivilNet TV (in Yerevan, Armenia) about the process of electing an Armenian patriarch in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Feb 2013
    The Israeli elections: Plus ca change...?

    Now the dust is settling a little on the Israeli election result, what are we to make of it? Regional expert and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian provides a sober assessment, focussing especially on Yair Lapid, kingmaker and leader of Yesh Atid (There is a Future). Insofar as Israel-Palestine is concerned, Lapid should insist upon a more centrist view that would stop the unremitting colonisation of Palestinian lands and encourage saving the last gasp of the two-state solution, he suggests.

  • 27 Jan 2013
    The Armenian Genocide: On not forgetting

    Today (27 January 2013) is Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) with the theme “Communities Together: Build a Bridge”, when we remember the Nazi Holocaust as well as other acts of genocide in human history su

  • 24 Jan 2013
    A new Armenian Patriarch in Jerusalem: what does it mean?

    As many church leaders, organisations and individuals have learnt already, Archbishop Nourhan Manoogian was elected earlier today (24 January 2013) as the 97th patriarch of the Armenian Church in the Holy Land (Jordan, Israel and Palestine).

  • 21 Jan 2013
    The use of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Bible by Barack Obama

    In a previous blog (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17832), I noted the significant coincidence of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States with the second inauguration of President Barack Obama ('Obama, MLK and the dream of a better world').

  • 21 Jan 2013
    Obama, MLK and the dream of a better world

    Many people know that today is an important day not only for the United States but also our world, since it is President Obama's second inauguration in Washington DC.

  • 20 Jan 2013
    A time of decision for Jerusalemite Armenians

    In a few days' time, we will learn the name of the new Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem. Four or five names have been see-sawing in the consciousness of those following these developments for many long weeks already. But the haze of speculation will finally be removed with the elections and actual votes of the members of the St James Brotherhood (36 in all).