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The Western Wall in Jerusalem cleaned of the prayer notes
The occasion is the Jewish New Year The stones and cracks in the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem were cleaned of the thousands of notes with prayers and wishes left by…
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France – Yoga: Disproportionate widescale police raids with abuses starting from a personal settlement of scores
The starting point was a personal revenge by an academic who got a suspended sentence of four months in prison for harassment On 28 November 2023, just after 6 a.m.,…
Europe
In NORWAY the Russian Orthodox Church still financed by the State despite security concern
Concern mounts about the increasing purchase of properties by the Russian Orthodox Church near military sites in Norway, which poses security issues.
Christianity
Russian Orthodox Church calls on mass culture to abandon ‘images promoting alcoholism’
On the occasion of the Day of Sobriety celebrated in the country today, the Russian Orthodox Church called on mass culture not to promote alcoholism, TASS reported. The agency recalls…
Christianity
Three hundred Moldovan priests went on a “free pilgrimage” to Russia
More than three hundred Moldovan priests went on a "pilgrimage" to Moscow, with all their expenses covered. The organization of the clergy took place on Viber, and as the sponsor…
Asia
The EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief on mission in Pakistan
The EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Mr Frans van Daele, is on the eve of carrying out a fact-finding mission in Pakistan. The dates announced two…
Christianity
The first deacons of the Church
By prof. A. P. Lopukhin Acts of the Apostles, chapter 6. 1 - 6. The first Christian deacons. 7 – 15. St. Archdeacon Stephen. Acts 6:1. In those days, when…
Africa
Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria was outraged by the “deafening silence” of the Orthodox superiors
Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria sent a letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the bishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, who are currently gathered in Istanbul. The Patriarch again calls for support…
Human Rights
2024 Athenagoras Human Rights Award Banquet
The 2024 Athenagoras Human Rights Award will be presented to Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of martyred Russian hero Alexei Navalny By Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate With the blessings of His…
Christianity
The Turkish Orthodox Church wants Zelensky to be held accountable
The Turkish Independent Orthodox Church called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's address to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople as "ecumenical" a crime against Turkey's territorial integrity and an "attempted riot" against its…