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			<copyright>Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 2006</copyright>
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				<title>Announcement about Vatopedi Monastery</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/announcement-about-vatopedi-monastery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ The Holy and Sacred Synod convened today, January 10, 2012, under the chairmanship of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, for its regular session during which, among other matters, it discussed the issue that has arisen regarding the remand in custody of Fr. Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:01:04 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title>2011 Patriarchal Christmas Encyclical</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/2011-patriarchal-christmas-encyclical</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ The angels chant these three majestic proclamations and yet the great majority of human beings, although celebrating the feast of Christmas, cannot perceive the significance of the angelic song, instead asking themselves whether God is truly glorified today or why God should even be glorified;   ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:46:52 -0400</pubDate>
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				<category>Address</category>
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				<title>Ecumenical Patriarch Welcomes Vice President Biden to the Phanar</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/biden-phanar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed the Hon. Joseph Biden, Vice President of the United States to the Sacred See of St. Andrew, First-called of the Apostles. The historical first visit of a sitting Vice President of the United States took place on Saturday, December 3, 2011, at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:59:41 -0400</pubDate>
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				<category>Address</category>
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				<title>His All-Holiness expresses support to Pope Shenouda on recent tragedy in Egypt</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/his-all-holiness-expresses-support-to-pope-shenouda-on-recent-tragedy-in-egypt</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ It is with heavy heart and wholehearted sympathy that we communicate with Your Beatitude – indeed, not for the first time this year! – for similar tragedies confronting our beloved and pious Coptic Christian brothers and sisters under your spiritual and pastoral protection in Egypt.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:20:39 -0400</pubDate>
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				<category>Address</category>
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				<title>2nd International Conference on Pastoral Healthcare to be organized by Ecumenical Patriarchate</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/pastoralhealth</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Preparations for the 2nd International Conference of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Pastoral Health Care are well underway. The Conference will take place in Rhodes between the 12th and 16th of October.   ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:08:59 -0400</pubDate>
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				<category>Address</category>
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				<title>Message of the Heads of the ancient Orthodox Patriarchates and the time-honored Autocephalous Church of Cyprus</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/message-of-the-heads-of-the-ancient-orthodox-patriarchates-and-the-time-honored-autocephalous-church-of-cyprus</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Adhering to the injunction of the Apostle, according to which in the Church of Christ “whenever one members suffers, all members suffer with it; and when one member is honored, all members rejoice with it” (1 Cor. 12.26)  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:58:06 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title>Announcement Synaxis of their Beatitudes the heads of the Ancient Orthodox Patriarchates and the Church of Cyprus</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/announcement-synaxis-of-their-beatitudes-the-heads-of-the-ancient-orthodox-patriarchates-and-the-church-of-cyprus</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ At the invitation of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and under the presidency of the same, the Heads of the Ancient Patriarchates and of the time-honored Church of Cyprus gathered in Synaxis at the Phanar on September 1-3, 2011.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:14:42 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title>Message for the Day of the Protection of the Environment</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/message-for-the-day-of-the-protection-of-the-environment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ God’s grace renders us worthy today to commence yet another ecclesiastical year, one more festive cycle, within whose blessed opportunities we are called to struggle spiritually in order better to evaluate the potential that we have been granted for growing “in the likeness” of God so that we also might become His saints.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:30:01 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title>Urgent Appeal for the Famine in the Horn of Africa</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/urgent-appeal-for-the-famine-in-the-horn-of-africa</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ In recent weeks, our hearts have been wrenched as we witness the horrific images of famine plaguing countries in the Horn of Africa as a result of the most devastating droughts in over half a century.   ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:17:46 -0400</pubDate>
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				<title>His All-Holiness conveys condolences and support to the Prime Minister of Norway and the Bishop of Oslo in the aftermath of the tragic bombing and shootings</title>
				<link>http://www.patriarchate.org/news/releases/his-all-holiness-conveys-condolences-and-support-to-the-prime-minister-of-norway-and-the-bishop-of-oslo-in-the-aftermath-of-the-tragic-bombing-and-shootings</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ It is with heartfelt sorrow that we hasten to covey to you and the noble Citizens of Norway, our personal condolences and sympathies, as well as those of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, for the recent tragedies that have truly shaken your Nation and the world.  ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:42:30 -0400</pubDate>
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