Tag: RIA
Russian Church Highlights Persecution of Christians in Syria
UNITED NATIONS (RIA Novosti) 24/10/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church is worried about the persecution of Christians in Syria and other Arab countries where regimes changed ... Read More
Gay abandon: Orthodox activists want Moscow free of ‘temptation’
8/10/2012 RIA Novosti/Ilya Pitalev Orthodox Christian activists demand Moscow lawmakers prohibit the propaganda of homosexuality and shut down gay clubs in the Russian capital. That ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill Comes out for Russian History
3/10/2012 Moskovsky Komsomolets Moscow, (RIA Novosti) Addressing the 16th World Russian People’s Council, which opened in Moscow on Monday, Patriarch Kirill, head ... Read More
State Duma Supports Believers
Moskovsky Komsomolets (RIA Novosti) 27/9/2012 The State Duma adopted a statement on Tuesday on the need “to firmly repel the destructive forces that encourage anti-religious ... Read More
Russian Orthodox to Form Party
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) 23/8/2012 Autocratic Russia and the Union of Orthodox Citizens are planning to register an “Orthodox” political party, Izvestia daily reported on Thursday. ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill Awarded with Polish Church Order
20/8/2012 MOSCOW(RIA Novosti) The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, was on Sunday awarded with the Polish Orthodox ... Read More
Russia Russian Orthodox Church To Clarify Stance on Tsar Family Remains
(RIA Novosti) 26/7/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church is planning to clarify its position regarding the recognition of the remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church Urges Moldova to Amend Law on Gays
RIA Novosti 8/6/2012 The Moscow Patriarchate urged Moldova on Thursday to amend "the law on gays equality" to avert the promotion of “sexual perversions,” a ... Read More
Sixty-Four Percent of Russians Trust Orthodox Church – Poll
04/05/2012 MOSCOW,(RIA Novosti) Russians have more trust in the Russian Orthodox Church in general than in its head Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, ... Read More
Stars Speak of God as Orthodox Church Prepares to Defend Faith
18/04/2012 Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti With Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church facing a wave of criticism from what it has called supporters of “radical liberal values,” ... Read More
Pussy Riot Hit Back at Church Criticism
MOSCOW Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti 27/3/2012 Pussy Riot, the all-female group whose members could face jail time over a “punk prayer” in Moscow’s largest cathedral, ... Read More
Georgian Monk Calls Opposition ‘Devils’
14/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 14 (RIA Novosti) An abbot of an Orthodox Christian monastery in Georgia earned a reprimand from church hierarchs for calling the political ... Read More
Patriarch of Antioch: Syrian Unrests Instigated by Foreigners
(RIA Novosti) 12/2/2012 Ongoing Syrian unrests are being instigated by foreigners, The Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius ... Read More
No Longer an Ancient Curiosity
© RIA Novosti. Ruslan Krivobok 26/01/2012 Andrei Zolotov, Jr. The Thirteenth Apostle was in town earlier this week. The Judge of the Whole Universe. I ... Read More
Kazakh Official Wants own Church Fresco Image Repainted
26/1/2012 RIA Novosti A regional official in Kazakhstan asked to paint over his image included in a fresco of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem adorning a ... Read More
Muslims, Jews Reject ‘Orthodox Church Party’ Idea
(RIA Novosti) 20/1/2012 The leaders of Muslim and Jewish groups in Russia have responded to a recent call to form an Orthodox Church party by ... Read More
Greek church protests pre-trial detention of Abbot Efraim
ATHENS,(RIA Novosti) 12/1/2012 The autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece has called for the release of Abbot Efraim, the head of the Vatopedi Monastery in Mount ... Read More
Georgian Patriarch seeks reburial of two former Georgian Tsars
25/11/2011 TBILISI (RIA Novosti) The Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church asked for the reburial of two Georgian tsars, Vakhtang IV and Teimuraz II, in ... Read More
Georgian Orthodox Church head in Moscow for Russian patriarch’s birthday
(RIA Novosti) 18/11/2011 The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia, arrived in Moscow on Friday for events to celebrate ... Read More
Orthodox Diocese of Pyatigorsk and Karachaevo-Cherkessia demands return of Old Churches
04/11/2011 According to RIA Novosti, the Orthodox Diocese of Pyatigorsk and Karachaevo-Cherkessia made a list of 30 objects that belonged to the Orthodox congregation before ... Read More
Rebuilding a church at Ground Zero with Red Tape
By Andrei Zolotov, Jr., editor-in-chief of Russia Profile, for RIA Novosti 11/09/2011 Ten years after it became the only house of worship destroyed by the ... Read More