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Bells toll for last Serbs in Kosovo capital

obl- February 19, 2013

A sprinkling of Kosovo Serbs attend a religious service at the Saint Nicolas Orthodox church in Pristina on February 10, 2013. After the 1999 NATO ... Read More

Bells toll for last Serbs in Kosovo capital

obl- February 19, 2013

A sprinkling of Kosovo Serbs attend a religious service at the Saint Nicolas Orthodox church in Pristina on February 10, 2013. After the 1999 NATO ... Read More

Icon-writing, a path to recovery for prisoners in Poland

obl- February 16, 2013

A Bialystok Prison jailer checking prisoners going for orthodox icon painting classes. Photo courtesy: AFP Maja Czarnecka – 16/2/13 Bialystok, Poland, Feb 16, 2013 (AFP) ... Read More

Icon-writing, a path to recovery for prisoners in Poland

obl- February 16, 2013

A Bialystok Prison jailer checking prisoners going for orthodox icon painting classes. Photo courtesy: AFP Maja Czarnecka – 16/2/13 Bialystok, Poland, Feb 16, 2013 (AFP) ... Read More

Ancient church frescoes created by renowned icon painter Onufri stolen in Albania

obl- January 20, 2013

20/1/13 TIRANA (AFP).- Several frescoes by a master painter were vandalised and some of their parts stolen from a 16th-century Orthodox church in southern Albania, ... Read More

Controversial cathedral reopens door in Georgia after its ‘restoration’

obl- September 21, 2012

AFP/Kutaisi 21/9/2012 Georgia yesterday reopened a world-renowned medieval cathedral in the ex-Soviet state’s second city Kutaisi which has been restored despite concerns raised by global ... Read More

Christians, Muslims, Jews call for peace from Sarajevo

obl- September 11, 2012

AFP 10/9/2012 SARAJEVO, Sept 10 – Leaders of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Muslim and Jewish communities Sunday made a pressing call for peace from Bosnia which ... Read More

Christians, Muslims, Jews call for peace from Sarajevo

obl- September 11, 2012

AFP 10/9/2012 SARAJEVO, Sept 10 – Leaders of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Muslim and Jewish communities Sunday made a pressing call for peace from Bosnia which ... Read More

Attacks on Christians on the rise: bishop

obl- August 5, 2012

3/8/2012 Cairo – A senior Egyptian Coptic bishop said on Friday attacks on Christians are on the rise and criticised the inclusion of only one ... Read More