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Ash Wednesday and prayer for Peace for Ukraine
Following Pope Francis’s appeal “to everyone, believers and non-believers alike”, to make March 2 – Ash Wednesday – “a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine”, COMECE, CEC,…
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Father Georgi Edelstein: We will not repeat the crimes of those who welcomed Hitler in 1939
The famous Russian Orthodox priest and participant in the dissident movement in the USSR Prot. Georgi Edelstein (b. 1932) issued an appeal to his compatriots. He is a clergyman of…
Christianity
Ecumenical Councils and Conciliarism
St. Vikenty Lerinsky tries to define this infallibility of the church consciousness as follows: We maintain what has been believed everywhere, always and by all - this is what is…
Christianity
Forbidden to appoint godparents in Sicily
Is film “The Godfather” to blame for everything? In the Italian city of Catania, the Catholic diocese has decided to ban the appointment of godparents for three years. This is…
Christianity
About the icon-painting canon
The iconographic canon is a set of rules and norms that regulate the writing of icons. It basically contains a concept of image and symbol and fixes those features of…
Christianity
Indian bishops seek fair deal for Dalit Christians
Roman Catholic bishops in southern Indian state of Kerala have launched a campaign to mobilize political support to end long-running discrimination against Dalit Christians in the country.
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Terrorist act of supporters of the “right sector” in an Orthodox temple prevented
The FSB prevented a terrorist attack in an Orthodox church in Crimea, which was being prepared by supporters of the Right Sector banned in the Russian Federation, six people were…
Europe
Ukraine : Moscow Patriarch feels ‘pain’, but does not call for peace
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is now in full forces, so there is not much church leaders can do in the intervention to stop the act and all pleas now are…
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CEC president calls for peace in Ukraine at the European Regional Pre-Assembly
President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) Rev. Christian Krieger in his special message at the first day of the European Regional Pre-Assembly called the European Union, political leaders…
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RUSSIA: Jehovah’s Witness deported to… Ukraine (!) after his release
Konstantin Bazhenov was deprived of his citizenship due to his criminal prosecution. See a video report and his testimony in Russian. In 2021, one of the first Jehovah's Witnesses that was sent behind…