Tag: ria
Re-creating a time of peace in the Balkans
Ariston Anderson 5/2/2012 Sarajevo-born filmmaker Emir Kusturica is using the arts and architecture to re-imagine the Yugoslavia of his youth. MOKRA GORA, SERBIA — High ... 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
Orthodox Christians in fear of ‘utter chaos’ seek refuge in prayer
Sr Verona, head of the Saydnaya convent, in a room in the convent that was damaged in a recent mortar attack. Photograph: Bassem Tellawi/AP 8/2/2012 ... Read More
Putin promises to protect Christianity Worldwide
8/2/2012 Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has promised to make the protection of repressed Christians in foreign countries one of his foreign policy priorities if he ... Read More
Filaret asks Yanukovych to prevent transfer of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Pochayiv Lavra to Moscow Patriarchate
8/2/2012 Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) Filaret has called on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to prevent the transfer of some national holy ... Read More
Syria’s Christians stand by Assad
A Syrian woman presents a national flag to Syria's Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun during the divine liturgy held at a Greek Orthodox church in ... Read More
Russian envoy receives top Church honor
7/2/2012 BELGRADE — Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin has received the highest honor given by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). SPC Patriarch Irinej presented ... Read More
Historic documents tell it all
07/02/2012 Disturbing news is coming from Abkhazia. With instigation of the Moscow Patriarchate and through blindness of the separatist authorities of Abkhazia vandals of the ... Read More