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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has tested positive for COVID-19, the Kathimerini newspaper reported end of December, citing a press release from the Istanbul-based patriarchate. Bartholomew, 81, has only mild symptoms of…
Christianity
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…
Christianity
The celebration of the Epiphany in Istanbul began with a ceremony
Europe
The UK Employment Tribunal has declared that the dismissal of a medical nursing sister for wearing a cross necklace discriminated against her Christian beliefs and it said her firing had…
Christianity
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…
Christianity
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…
International
Coronavirus and the revival of extremist fundamentalism: religious and not only the results of 2021 from a layman with an Islamic background For the second year in a row, the…
International
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya has issued a resolution condemning the appropriation of a park in Turkey named after Dzhokhar Dudayev. This was reported by the Grozny-Inform…
International
The head of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia, Mufti Albir Krganov, said that Muslims and their families can celebrate the New Year on an equal basis with representatives…
Christianity
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".…
