Tag: RIA
Russian Church presents liturgical language reform Project
20/06/2011 MOSCOW,(RIA Novosti) The Russian Orthodox Church is preparing for a reform of its liturgical language, and a draft document on the role of Church ... Read More
Convicted Russian pedophile monk faces fresh Charges
25/05/2011 Charges of raping an eight-year-old child have been brought against the former head of an Orthodox monastery in Central Russia's Kostroma Region, police said ... Read More
Russian Patriarch asks for forgiveness from Believers, Clergy
06/03/2011 Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, asked for forgiveness from all those who he might have offended on the day when ... Read More
Church set on fire in Russia’s Muslim Caucasus
By Amie Ferris-Rotman, Reuters 3/01/2011 MOSCOW -- Unidentified attackers set a church ablaze with a grenade in Russia's mainly Muslim North Caucasus late on Sunday, ... Read More
Russian patriarch slams Spanish gay marriage ‘propaganda’
13/10/2010 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has decried gay relationship "propaganda" in Spanish secondary school textbooks. Spain, which was one of the first ... Read More
Icons stolen from Russian Orthodox Church
Three ancient icons, one of which contained relics of Russia's most venerated saint, have been stolen from a church in Moscow 5/9/2010 Clerics at the ... Read More