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Christianity
Athos History
Ancient Period In antiquity, the mountain, which, according to the ancients (Steph. Byz. Ethnica. P. 36), bore the name of the mythical Thracian giant Athos (αθως, αθων - of pre-Greek…
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Christianity
Mount Athos
Athos [Holy Mountain; Greek: ̀Athos, ̀Agion ̀Oros], the world's largest center of Orthodox monasticism, located in Greece on the Agion Oros (Holy Mountain, Athos Peninsula). It is under the ecclesiastical…
Books
The Bible in all the world’s languages: How artificial intelligence is accelerating an ancient mission
During the Christmas season, millions of people return to church - even those who have long since drifted away from religious life. They listen to the story of Mary, Joseph…
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Christianity
Ecumenical Patriarchate Responds to Russian Services: We Do Not Comment on Insults
The Ecumenical Patriarchate responded to Russian services that a few days ago publicly accused Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of using “church jargon.” They called the head of the Patriarchate “the devil…
Economy
Romanian Patriarchate: We pay taxes and do not enjoy privileges
The press service of the Romanian Patriarchate issued a statement in response to media reports accusing the Orthodox Church of a privileged position and non-payment of taxes, while at the…
International
Who invented the pneumatic tire?
Scotland is home to an impressive array of inventors whose ideas changed the world: John Logie Baird created television, Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone, Charles Macintosh discovered the…
Health
Why is dehydration easier in winter than you think, according to health experts?
Staying well hydrated can be surprisingly difficult during the winter months, but health experts say it's just as important, if not more so, than in the summer, Euronews reports. Yadira…
Africa
Noah is alive in Africa and is urgently building eight Noah’s Arks
Self-proclaimed Ghanaian prophet Ebo Noah is in the spotlight, especially on social media, for building a modern-day Noah’s Ark. After starting out as a social media sensation and the subject…
Culture
Brussels issues instructions on how to communicate with Russian diplomats
The European External Action Service has sent “instructions on how to communicate with Russian diplomats” to the EU’s permanent missions to the UN in Geneva, a diplomatic source told RIA…
Defense
Sudan: EU arms fuel war crimes
Sudan’s ambassador to the European Union warned in November that European-made weapons were ending up on the battlefield in the African country and fueling the atrocities in the two-year-old civil…