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Pope accused pet lovers of selfishness
Pope Francis: many people have pets and do not want to have children Pet lovers got caught up when Pope Francis, at a meeting with parishioners, accused many people of...
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The Orthodox community in Istanbul celebrated the Epiphany
The celebration of the Epiphany in Istanbul began with a ceremony
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Putin spoke about the special moral meaning of Christmas
On the morning of January 7, President Vladimir Putin congratulated Orthodox Christians and all Russians celebrating Christmas on the holiday. In his address, the head of state said that "Christmas...
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More than a hundred clergy from Africa in the Russian Church
The Russian Orthodox Church has received more than a hundred clergy of the Patriarchate of Alexandria under its jurisdiction The Synod of the ROC at its meeting on December 29...
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Monopoly in religion grows into cartel conspiracy
In a interview to the specialized Russian religion news portal Credo.Press, Sevastianov the Chairman of the World Council of Old Believers stated that "Monopoly in religion grows into cartel conspiracy"....
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WHO Regional Office for Europe thanks the Russian Orthodox Church
On December 15, 2021, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service, Bishop...
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Forbidden Christmas in England in 1647
In 1647, the Puritans' attempts to ban Christmas and force shops to open on Christmas day lead to rioting in Ipswich, Oxford, Ealing and Canterbury where a wild game of…
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Does the holiday decoration touch our hearts, enlighten our minds?
The decoration is just a form, a game, an attempt to get back the lost… Otherwise it is placed with hope; the hope is that it, the external festivity, will...
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Metropolitan Hilarion on Unification of the Orthodox and the Catholics
In the beginning of December, Pope Francis of Rome, during his meeting with Archbishop Jeronymos II of Athens and All Greece, uttered the words, which many perceived as apologies to...
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With the idea of renaming Christmas by EU because of migrants, the pope called it a “dictatorship”
The European Commission has published a guideline proposing to replace "Christmas" with "holiday season" to draw attention to other religious communities. There was a violent reaction from the Vatican, writes...