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The most massive death sentence in history

On February 16, 1568, the most massive death sentence in history was handed down. The Holy See has sentenced the entire population of the Netherlands to death, with the exception of a few people...

Scientologists say at SuperBowl “You can rise”

The fans of SuperBowl, probably the biggest sports final event if not worldwide at least in America, are now getting used as now rooted tradition, to discover the latest ad message from Scientology. Aired during...

The first Christian woman in Europe

Lydia of Philippi is a first-century merchant living in the Macedonian city of Philippi and converted to Christianity by the Apostle Paul. Lydia is revered as a saint in both the Orthodox and Catholic...

Important changes concerning the rights and interests of the Russian Orthodox Church introduced to legislation in 2021

A collection (2021, issue 3) has been published in the “Library of the Parish Journal” series, containing explanations of important changes regarding the rights and interests of the Russian Orthodox Church, made to the...

Afterlife in Orthodox perspective (2nd part)

Exodus of the soul The soul, united by the will of God with the body, is separated, again by the will of God, from the body with which it previously constituted a person. Divided, the soul...

Mother of God  (2 part)

Here is the doctrinal meaning of the Mother of God - she gives birth to the Son of God. That is why she is the Mother of God. The consent of the Mother of God...

At 118, French nun dodged the Spanish flu and beat COVID

At 118, French nun, world's second oldest person, dodged the Spanish flu and beat COVID Sister Andre Randon, a French nun, celebrated her 118th birthday on Feb. 11 as the second-oldest living person in the...

Religious News From Around the Web February 14, 2022

Macron’s Government Seeks to Reshape Islam in France; Religious Liberty and Biden’s Most Likely Supreme Court Picks; Arizona Tries a Compromise between Religious Liberty and LGBTQ Rights; Methodists Clarify Disaffiliation Rules; Complaint against BYU Gay Dating Ban Dismissed Macron’s Government Seeks to Reshape Islam in France The French government last week introduced The Forum of […]

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Mother of God 

There is preserved information about the Mother of God in the Holy Scriptures insofar as her person is in connection with the historical person of the incarnate Word - of our Lord Jesus Christ....

Afterlife in Orthodox perspective

Among the believing Orthodox Christians, the last dramatic years of a global pandemic have intensified thoughts about life after death, towards relatives and friends who have passed away. These are questions that excite people...

Helping victims of natural disasters and emergencies – the duty of religious organizations *

(Part 2) Author: Archbishop Sergius of Solnechnogorsk ** The irresistible desire to conquer nature, to subdue its internal forces and resources, although it becomes a source of new tragedies for man, is a powerful stimulus for...

The UPF: Moon Front or a Respected NGO?

The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) might not be known to most readers of The European Times but it enjoys the UN ECOSOC general consultative status reserved to “fairly large, established international NGOs with a...

Helping victims of natural disasters – the duty of religious organizations *

(Part 1) - Author: Archbishop Sergius of Solnechnogorsk ** Dear participants in the international conference "Actions of Christians in Response to Natural Disasters and Emergencies"! First of all, allow me to cordially congratulate you, those gathered...

On greed

Author: Saint Zeno of Verona How easy it is to expose greed in front of everyone! Oh, if only they couldn't dislike her so easily! She is a cunning and sweet evil and always a...

On how did religion come about…

Why do people need God? What is original sin and where does the fear of God come from? We will not talk in detail about the origin of such a phenomenon as religion: this is...

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 the patriarchal service in...

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 and the prospects of...

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 body and soul, as...

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 interreligious dialogue constitute critical...

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 $230 million in damages to survivors and victims' families of a 2017 Texas church massacre.

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 proposal of including a supposed right to abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

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 the creative disclosure of...

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 of Orthodox Youth in Poland,...

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 African countries to persuade...

Violent disrespect of Ahmadiyya Muslim graves in District Hafizabad Pakistan

International Human Rights Committee and CAP Liberté de Conscience two international NGOs have been denouncing for years the persecutions suffered by the Ahmadyya community in the world and more particularly in Pakistan. It is nauseating...
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