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Elder Gilbert-Newest Apostle-Meets the Media
“There’s a mix of trepidation and joy, two feelings that don’t usually coincide,” said Elder Clark G. Gilbert, the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as he…
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Uruguay: a bridge between art, faith and society
How is this connection between music and faith achieved in such a secular context? It is only in churches in Uruguay that you can hear organ concerts, which is already…
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Lutherans and Catholics explore deep ecumenical potential of Augsburg Confession
A key focus of this first meeting, noted Prof. Lange, was the drafting of a joint statement to mark the upcoming 500th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession in 2030. “Our…
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Greek atheists sue their country over icons in courtrooms
The Union of Atheists in Greece is demanding the complete removal of Christian symbols from places of justice, having filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. The…
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Romanian Patriarchate builds new church palliative care center
The construction of the Church Palliative Care Center "St. Panteleimon" has begun in the Romanian diocese of Maramures and Szatmár. The association "Philanthropy of Maramures" announced that the goal of…
Christianity
Belgium discusses the work of Orthodox prison chaplains
On February 7, a seminar of the Orthodox prison ministry in Belgium was held at the St. Andrew’s parish in Ghent. The event began with a Divine Liturgy in the…
Christianity
Czech church offers training for lay administrators
More confident and competent administration of individual parishes will have a beneficial effect on the wider church, which currently numbers around 55,000 members. This in turn can bring benefits to…
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Greenland’s church leaders call for solidarity in time of crisis
Munk was elected bishop in 2020 but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she was officially installed and started her ministry in 2021, exactly three hundred years after Norwegian missionary Pastor…
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“You are not alone” write LWF leaders to Ukrainian church
Pointing to the recent intensification of drone and missile attacks targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, the LWF leaders say that “deliberate attacks on energy infrastructure as temperatures have dropped to…
Christianity
Orthodox Fundamentalism: Social Portrait and Sources (part 2)
By Konstantin Kostyuk The Two Moralities It would be a grave sin against truth and Orthodox Christianity if we derived fundamentalism and its cultural aggression from that spiritual call that…