Tag: Milena Faustova

Russian Christianity is turning 1025 years old

OCP- July 26, 2013

A Russian Orthodox icon of Jesus Christ 26/7/13- Milena Faustova On  July 24 celebrations  started in Russia that are dedicated to the 1025th anniversary of Christianity ... Read More

Orthodox Priests Continue To Be Targeted By Syrian Rebels – OpEd

OCP- July 6, 2013

By Milena Faustova – July 2013 The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO), which unites 29 countries, made a statement saying that according to information available, ... Read More

Orthodox flock of Rome: hopes are high for the new Pope

OCP- March 17, 2013

Milena Faustova 17/3/13 The Russian Orthodox parish in Rome has high hopes for cooperation and dialogue with the new Pope Francis, Father Antoni Sevruk, rector ... Read More

Ukraine Sees Revival of Orthodox Christianity

OCP- July 30, 2012

By Milena Faustova 30/7/2012 Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, who was staying in Kiev earlier this week, thanked the Ukrainian clergy for efforts ... Read More

Persecuting Christianity… in Europe

OCP- July 13, 2012

Milena Faustova Moscow Times 11/7/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church is going to challenge in court a ban on wearing crucifixes, which was recently introduced in ... Read More

Old icon returns to Moscow Convent

OCP- May 7, 2012

Photo: RIA Novosti 6/5/2012 Milena Faustova Moscow Time On Sunday, Vladimir Putin, who will become Russia’s president on Monday, together with the head of the ... Read More

Spiritual resetting for Russia and US

OCP- April 3, 2012

Milena Faustova 1/4/2012 “Resetting relations between countries is impossible without changing attitudes to each other. Today we should think how we could add a humanitarian ... Read More

Will Christmas and New Year coincide?

OCP- January 13, 2012

Milena Faustova Moscow Times 12/1/2012 Archdeacon Andrey Kurayev of the Russian Orthodox Church suggests celebrating Christmas and the New Year on one day, the 1st ... Read More

Christ’s light enlightens all

OCP- December 16, 2011

Milena Faustova 16/12/2011 Moscow Times A torch lit from lamps in a church built at the place where Jesus Christ was born in the Israeli ... Read More

Church and state join together to protect children’s rights

OCP- December 9, 2011

Milena Faustova Moscow Time 8/12/20111 Several scandals linked to the infringement of Russian children’s rights in some countries have prompted the Russian government and the ... Read More

The Belt of the Mother of God arrives in Moscow

OCP- November 19, 2011

© PhotoПравославие и мир Milena Faustova 18/11/2011 One of the most-revered Christian shrines, the Belt of the Most Holy Mother of God, is arriving in ... Read More

Vanishing Christianity

OCP- November 17, 2011

Milena Faustova 17/11/2011 Christians are one of the most persecuted groups in the world, a recent study by the human rights watchdog Open Doors said. ... Read More

The Patriarch: not a Politician, but a Peacemaker

OCP- November 16, 2011

Milena Faustova 15/11/2011 From November 12 to 15, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill visited Syria and Lebanon. At present, these two ... Read More

Russian Patriarch calls for spiritual Unity

OCP- July 29, 2011

Milena Faustova 29/7/2011 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill has finished his visit to Ukraine. In Ukraine’s capital Kiev, he took part ... Read More

Russian Church concerned with Christianophobia

OCP- June 2, 2011

Smirnova Viktoria, Milena Faustova 31/5/2011 The Russian Orthodox Church is concerned with the growing number of cases of persecution against Christians in the world. It ... Read More