Arab Times - Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY: We are grateful to His Highness the Amir and the government of Kuwait for having granted us freedom of worship all these years and we hope that in future we will get permission to build our own church, says Baselius Marthoma Didimos I, the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan. The Catholicos was speaking at the press conference at Crowne Plaza, Farwaniya, Saturday, in conjunction with the 50th year celebration of the St Gregorious Orthodox Syrian Church, Kuwait....

Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of a quarter-billion Eastern Orthodox Christians from his seat in Istanbul, clutched his flowing black robes and trudged up the side of the broken Industrial Canal levee Saturday "to answer the need of our soul." Surveying the wreckage beneath him, he prayed for the more than a thousand lives lost to Hurricane Katrina.

The city of New Orleans will be rebuilt, he later assured a crowd of more than 1,000 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral....

ChristianToday - London,UK
The Russian Orthodox Church has broken contact with the Lutheran Church of Sweden after the Swedish Church voted to introduce a service of blessing for same sex civil partnerships, reports Ecumenical News International....

Arab Times - Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY: Not one religion for all humanity but one humanity for all religions, was the opening remark of Baselius Marthoma Didymus, The Catholicate of the East and Malankara Metropolitan at the inter-community conference organized under the aegis of St. Gregorious Indian Orthodox Church, Kuwait at Hotel Crowne Plaza, Farwaniya, Sunday....

The Moscow Times - Russia
Church leaders, politicians and believers across the country celebrated Russian Orthodox Christmas over the weekend, with President Vladimir Putin sending greetings to the faithful.

Patriarch Alexy II urged good deeds in a message to believers before a Friday night service at the massive Christ the Savior Cathedral near the Kremlin....

TMCnet - USA
They saved 30 people with cardiovascular problems, funded eyesight operations for 1,000 needy patients, built houses for 10 homeless families, provided a modern facility for the elderly and currently they have many charity projects pending. Who are these people who deserve applause for the humanitarian and philanthropic work they have been doing for 50 years? St Gregorios Indian Orthodox Syrian Church - Kuwait, one of the largest in the Malankara Orthodox Church...