Category: Russian Orthodox
Patriarch Kirill decorates world first woman-cosmonaut with a rare church order
Valentina Tereshkova Moscow, March 6, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia decided to decorate first woman-cosmonaut and State Duma MP Valentina Tereshkova ... Read More
Orthodox Church Is Losing Belarus
1/3/2012 Belarus is turning away from the Orthodox Church. That is what statistics presented last week by Lieanid Huliaka, the Commissioner for Religions and Nationalities ... Read More
Memory of Patriarch Alexy II honoured
25/2/2012 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has honoured the memory of his predecessor Patriarch Alexy II by holding a requiem service at Alexy’s ... Read More
Religious leaders appeal for Khojaly recognition
22/2/2012 The heads of four religious denominations in Azerbaijan have issued an appeal to parliaments and heads of state to recognize the Khojaly massacre as ... Read More
St. George’s Orthodox Church myrrh-seeping icons attract hundreds of believers
BY JOSH MCAULIFFE (STAFF WRITER) 12/2/2012 The mood was appropriately solemn, the faithful quiet and orderly in their movements. Fragrant myrrh filled the air. The ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church Opens in Pakistan
The Russian Orthodox church of Pakistan 9/2/2012 St.Micheal the Archangels Russian Orthodox Mission in Pakistan Russian Orthodox Church of Pakistan- Facebook Page Coptic Orthodox Church ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill calls Putin era a “miracle of God”
By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW 8/2/2012 (Reuters) – The head of the Russian Orthodox church on Wednesday called the 12 years of Vladimir Putin’s rule a ... Read More
WE SHALL UPHOLD THE CANDLE OF ORTHODOXY IN KOSOVO!
6/2/2012 Plea to parishioners and all who wish to help. At the Saturday evening service before the Sunday of the New Martyrs and Confessors of ... Read More
Few Japanese wish to baptize, the country’s Orthodox leader regrets
Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo and all Japan The Japanese Orthodox Church 8/2/2012 *** He can’t find a successor Moscow, February 6, Interfax – The Japanese ... Read More