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Conversation about female deacons in a post-communist environment
Christianity
The change of political regime in Eastern Europe inevitably affected the entire life of the people in these countries, including the religious one. Feeling free to express their beliefs and…
Christianity
It is known that, along with Nikolai Gogol, Dostoevsky is among the few Russian classics with a strong religiosity. But has he always been extremely orthodox? Do his views correspond…
America
The United States sees the Russian Orthodox Church as its adversary, Volokolamsk Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev) was quoted as saying by Russian church media. On the TV channel "Russia 24" the…
America
On October 6, an international online conference "Spiritual Assistance of Hospital Priests (Chaplains) in Medical Institutions: Law, Psychology, Organization" will take place. Hospital chaplains, scientists, doctors, clergymen, government officials from…
Europe
In lead-up to Glasgow meeting, churches amplify calls for climate justice
Christianity
It is incorrect to claim that the principled refusal of the vaccine as such can be conditioned by the Orthodox faith. The choice in favor of vaccination or refusal of…
Europe
England's University of Nottingham has reversed its decision to deny a chaplaincy to a priest due to his views on abortion and assisted dying as pro-life group say they continue…
![Hungary’s actions on Scientology “constitute[s] serious impediments to religious freedom and to the fulfillment … of religious minorities”](https://europeantimes.news/wp-content/smush-webp/2021/09/Ivan-Hungary-UN-Scientology.jpg.webp "Hungary’s actions on Scientology “constitute[s] serious impediments to religious freedom and to the fulfillment … of religious minorities”")
Europe
Scientology spoke at the United Nations Human Rights Council about Religious Discrimination in Hungary, and highlights letter with concerns from UN Special Rapporteurs on FORB, Privacy and Minority Issues On…
Christianity
His Holiness the Metropolitan of Sofia and Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte received today Archimandrite Bartholomew, abbot of the Mount Athos monastery "Esfigmen", together with a group of monks from Mount Athos:…
Christianity
A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook the central part of Crete, Greece, shortly after 9 am this morning. The epicenter was at the town of Arkalohori,…
