OPAC OFFICIAL STATEMENTS
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 02.08.2024
Press Release - February 8, 2024 For Immediate Release URGENT: Humanitarian Appeal for Christians in Gaza “Seek peace and pursue it” Psalm 34:14 It has been four months since Hamas launched its deadly terrorist attack on Israel. The subsequent escalation of conflict...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 10.19.2023
Press Release - October 19, 2023 For Immediate Release Official Statement The orthodox public affaris committee (OPAC) Laments bombing of saint porphyrius greek orthodox church in gaza city The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) is deeply saddened by the recent...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 10.04.2022
Press Release - October 4, 2022 For Immediate Release PATRIARCH KIRILL CO-OPTS THE ORTHODOX FAITH FOR DEATH Since the beginning of the illegal and fratricidal invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the Patriarch of Moscow has proven to be a willing stooge of Vladimir Putin...
OPAC PRESS RELEASE 09.18.2023
Press Release - September 18, 2023 For Immediate Release The Orthodox public affairs committee launches "happening Now" campaign to highlight christian persecution Organization Produces a 15 Part Video Series to Air This Fall NEW YORK, NY – The Orthodox Public...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 08.29.2022
Press Release - August 29, 2022 For Immediate Release The 'Putinization' of american orthodoxy In the months following Russia’s unjust invasion of Ukraine, some in the U.S. media have noted a strange phenomenon, something we might call the ‘Putinization’ of Orthodox...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 08.24.2021
International Christian Concern Website: www.persecution.org Email: advocacy@persecution.org Download the PDF Turkey’s Overflowing Influence: Religious Freedom Impact The 2016 coup attempt in Turkey ushered the nation into a new chapter, one which includes a...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 08.17.2023
Press Release - August 17, 2023 For Immediate Release Official Statement OPAC vehemently condemns the recent horrific attacks on the Christian community in Jaranwala, in the eastern provide of Punjab, Pakistan The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) vehemently...
OPAC PRESS RELEASE 08.02.2021
Press Release - August 2, 2021For Immediate Release - download PDF OPAC, AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY AND INTERNATIONALCHRISTIAN CONCERN DELIVER ARABIC-LANGUAGE BIBLES TOWAR-TORN MIDDLE EAST New Initiative Reaches Many Young Christians who Have Never Had Access to the Bible...
OPAC OFFICIAL STATEMENT 07.24.2022
Press Release - July 24, 2022 For Immediate Release OPAC Urges CorporationS to continue SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN REFUGEES Five months into the devasting and illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Ukrainian refugees, numbering in the millions, are seeking to maintain...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 07.24.2023
Press Release - July 24, 2023 For Immediate Release Official Statement Russia Bombs Transfiguration cathedral in odesSa while kirill blames constantinople The irony of being a “state” church was revealed this week when Patriarch Kirill of Moscow condemned the...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 07.17.2023
Press Release - July 17, 2023 For Immediate Release Official Statement Media support for putin's war and false narratives on the religious situation in ukraine The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) expresses its deep concern over media personalities, like...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 05.29.2022
Press Release - May 29, 2022 For Immediate Release OPAC RENEWS CALL FOR UNIFIED UKRAINIAN CHURCH With the decision of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), under Metropolitan Onoufriy, to declare themselves independent...
OPAC PRESS RELEASE 04.15.2022
Press Release - April 15, 2022 For Immediate Release OPAC CALLS FOR HOLY WEEK CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) calls for there to be a Holy Week ceasefire in Ukraine, from Palm Sunday through the Holy Easter. It is unconscionable that...
OPAC PRESS RELEASE 06.21.2022
Press Release - April 15, 2022 For Immediate Release OPAC CALLS FOR HOLY WEEK CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE Earlier this month, on June 5th, the Feast of Pentecost in the Western Church, at least fifty people were murdered at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo State...
OPAC PRESS RELEASE 04.12.2022
Press Release - April 12, 2022 For Immediate Release OPAC STATEMENT ON PROPOSED EXPULSION OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH FROM THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (New York, NY) - Although the Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) categorically condemns the leadership of the...
OPAC PRESS RELEASE 04.07.2022
Press Release - April 7, 2022For Immediate Release OPAC Completes mission to iraq OPAC Co-Founders return from first mission to the war-torn Middle East (New York, NY) – The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) has concluded its first mission trip to...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 04.04.2022
Press Release - April 4, 2022 For Immediate Release OPAC CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN ORTHODOX LEADERSHIP The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) decries the cruel, criminal, and senseless atrocities perpetrated in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv by retreating...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 03.21.2022
Press Release - March 21, 2022 For Immediate Release OPAC CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN ORTHODOX LEADERSHIP Washington, DC - The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) believes that the Russian People and the Russian Orthodox Church do not bear responsibility for...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 03.16.2022
Press Release - March 15, 2022 For Immediate Release OPAC STATEMENT ON THE RUSSIAN PATRIARCH The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) is deeply concerned that Patriarch Kirill of Russia is, contrary to his high office as a Shepherd of the Church and a religious...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 03.07.2022
Press Release - March 7, 2022 For Immediate Release OPAC Calls on patriarch kirill to condEmn russia's war in ukraine STATEMENT The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) calls for the immediate cessation of ground and aerial bombardment of Ukrainian civilians and...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 03.02.2022
Press Release - March 2, 2022 For Immediate Release STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) notes with dismay that Vladimir Putin has rejected calls for the de-escalation of hostilities and continues his illegal and immoral...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 02.24.2022
Press Release - February 24, 2022 For Immediate Release - Download PDF STATEMENT ON THE Fratricide IN UKRAINE OPAC Calls for Soldiers To Lay Down Their Arms The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) decries the Russian invasion of Ukraine and calls for the...
OPAC PRESS RELEASE 02.24.2023
Press Release - February 24, 2023 For Immediate Release One year of war in ukraine On this, the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) renews its call for an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of all...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT 02.22.2022
Press Release - February 22, 2022 For Immediate Release - Download PDF STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE The Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) was established to provide public advocacy for the global Orthodox Christian Church, and to promote, defend and...
OPAC PRESS RELEASE 01.06.2023
Press Release - January 6, 2023 For Immediate Release OPAC CALLS OUT THE HYPOCRITICAL CEASEFIRE UNILATERALLY PROPOSED BY PUTIN While we support and encourage an end to hostilities in Ukraine, albeit even temporary, the Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) calls...
OPAC OFFICIAL STATEMENT 12.09.2020
December 9, 2020 Download PDF The International Conference on Religious Diplomacy Athens, Greece Your Beatitude and Your Excellencies, Your Eminences, and Esteemed Delegates To the Second International Conference on Religious Diplomacy On behalf of the newly formed,...
OPAC PRESS RELEASE 11.25.2020
Press Release - November 25, 2020 For Immediate Release - download PDF ORTHODOX PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE LAUNCHES & ANNOUNCES MISSION TO SHINE LIGHT ON RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION (Washington, DC) – Today, the Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC) announced its...