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Government restrictions on religion stay high across the world as terrorism declines: Report
Government restrictions on religion stay high across the world as terrorism declines: Report
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Government restrictions on religion stay high across the world as terrorism declines: Report
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Conversation about female deacons in a post-communist environment
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
Is it easy for a genius to be Orthodox? On the question of the spiritual quest of Fyodor Dostoevsky
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 Russian Orthodox Church is a geopolitical opponent of the United States
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
The church and the Ministry of Health organize an International Conference on the Ministry of Hospital chapels
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
In lead-up to Glasgow meeting, churches amplify calls for climate justice
Christianity
Vaccination: ethical aspects in the light of Orthodox doctrine
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
UK’s Nottingham University reverses decision to block pro-life priest from chaplaincy role
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…
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Hungary’s actions on Scientology “constitute[s] serious impediments to religious freedom and to the fulfillment … of religious minorities”
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
The monks of Mount Athos wear masks, the Bulgarian ones do not
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:...