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The Ecumenical Patriarch has appointed a new representative in Athens
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has appointed a new representative in Athens - this is the Metropolitan of Laodicea Theodoret, one of the most authoritative metropolitans of the Patriarchate. He will head...
Asia
Patriarch Theophilus of Jerusalem: The vaccine is the answer to our prayers and I thank God for this life-saving technology
The Russian-language newspaper Izvestia published an interview of Sofia Devyatova with His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilus III about the threats faced by Christians in the Holy Land, their attitude to vaccination...
International
Fasting among Muslims – in anticipation of dusk
Fasting is an essential part of every world religion and often goes hand in hand with characteristic ceremonies and practices. Temporary refusal of certain drinks and foods should purify the...
Europe
Scientologists from arount Europe participated in diverse Interfaith Harmony Week activities
This annual event is observed during the first week of February, after the United Nations General Assembly designation in 2010. The UN General Assembly pointed out that mutual understanding and...
Europe
US Air Force ordered to pay more than $230 million after Texas church shooting
Church shooting happen periodically in the United States, where it is easy to carry a gun. But on this occasion the U.S. Air Force was ordered to pay more than…
News
EU Bishops reply to President Macron: “there is no recognized right to abortion in European or international law”
In a statement released on Tuesday 8 February 2022, the Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) expresses its deep concern on President Macron’s…
Christianity
Priest called personal growth trainings
Personal growth training, as a rule, consists in "training" a person so that he endures humiliation and insults and "goes over his head" himself, while a positive approach is in...
Christianity
Orthodox youth from around the world in Poland this year
Orthodox youth from around the world will meet this year in Wroclaw, Poland, between July 18th and 23rd. The meeting was hosted by the Polish Orthodox Church and the Association...
Africa
A bishop of the Patriarchate of Alexandria expelled a Russian “missionary” from his church
The Nierian Bishop Neophyte (in Kenya) of the Alexandria Patriarchate has made public the attempt to take over the diocesan church of his diocese from Russian "missionaries" who travel around...