Tag: Russia
TOTAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS INCREASING, GLOBAL SHARE DECREASING ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH STUDY
Georgia, Imereti region, Chiatura city, Mgvimevi Monastery church. pewforum.org Orthochristian.com - 10/11/17 While the total Orthodox Christian population throughout the world has more than doubled over ... Read More
Saint Peter of Cetinje
Church of Serbia - 2/11/17 Saint Peter was born in Njegushi, Montenegro on April 1, 1747. He was tonsured a monk and ordained to the ... Read More
PATRIARCH AND PRESIDENT OPEN “WALL OF SORROW” MEMORIAL FOR VICTIMS OF REPRESSION
Photo: Foma.ru Orthochristian.com - 1/11/17 A monument dedicated to the victims of political repression was opened yesterday in Moscow by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ... Read More
The 26th North American Church Musicians’ Conference Concludes
The Official Website of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - 31/10/17 Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Los Angeles, CA, ... Read More
Ukrainian Greek Catholics Publish Anti-Christian Hit List
RF Staff - 30/10/17 The Neo-Nazi Greek Catholics “Uniates” in Ukraine have published a list of church buildings belonging to other Churches which must be “returned” ... Read More
The Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign” Spends Over a Week at Orenburg’s St Nicholas Cathedral (Photo-Report)
The Official Website of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - 21/10/17 From October 3-10, 2017, St Nicholas Cathedral ... Read More
A Night-Time Divine Liturgy is Celebrated in the Presence of the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign”
The Official Website of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - 9/10/17 On October 2, 2017, the day that the ... Read More
Libya’s Security Forces Reportedly Find Burial Sites of Over 20 Christians
© AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar Sputniknews - 8/10/17 The Libyan security forces have reportedly found the bodies of Coptic Christians from Egypt, killed by Daesh ... Read More
St. Petersburg Named Europe’s Best Tourist Destination
© Sputnik/ Alexei Danichev Sputniknews - 1/10/17 The 2017 World Travel Awards has named Russia’s St. Petersburg the best tourist destination in Europe for the ... Read More
Photo-Report on Feast-Day Celebrations at St John the Baptist Cathedral in the Nation’s Capital
The Official Website of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - 14/9/17 On Sunday, September 10, 2017, the eve of ... Read More
Practical Aspects of Observing Monastic Vows in an Urban Monastery
The Official Website of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - September 2017 Speech by Abbess Maria (Sidiropoulos) of ... Read More
Number of atheists in Russia halves in 3 years – poll
© Sergey Pyatakov / Sputnik RT.com - 26/7/17 The number of Russians who describe themselves as atheists has fallen from 26 to 13 percent in ... Read More
Swedish PM tells priests to carry out same-sex marriages ‘or do something else’
© Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters RT.com - 26/6/17 Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has suggested that all Church of Sweden priests be compelled to perform ... Read More
PATRIARCH KIRILL TO CONSECRATE MONUMENT TO MP-ROCOR REUNIFICATION AT CHRIST THE SAVIOR CATHEDRAL
A similar monument installed in Howell, NJ Pravoslavie.ru - 18/6/17 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will celebrate the consecration of the ... Read More
Global Orthodox Church Musicians Gather in Finland
“The participants of the 2017 ISOCM Conference represent a variety of Orthodox Churches from around the world, along with Roman Catholic, Byzantine Catholic and Lutheran ... Read More
Church of Scientology accused of $4.8mn illegal profit in Russia’s St. Petersburg
© Mario Anzuoni / Reuters RT.com - 8/6/17 Two members of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Church of Scientology have been put in pretrial ... Read More
THE FEAST OF SAINTS CONSTANTINE AND HELEN AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE (2017)
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem - June 2017 Glorious God-crowned and equal to the Apostles, the King and Queen Saints Constantine and Helen, at their Holy ... Read More
Supreme Spiritual Council Meeting Concludes in Moscow
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin - May 2017 On May 17 and 18, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos ... Read More
NUMBER OF ORTHODOX INCREASE, CATHOLICS DECREASE IN CENTRAL, EASTERN EUROPE
Paschal Celebrations in Albania Pravoslavie.ru - 11/5/17 The majority of residents of Central and Eastern Europe are Orthodox Christians, their numbers increasing while those of ... Read More
“WE NEED ALL THE SAINTS TO FREE CYPRUS, OUR MONASTERIES, AND OUR CHURCHES FROM THE BOOT OF THE TURKISH CONQUEROR “—RUSSIAN CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW CONSECRATED ON CYPRUS
Pravoslavie.ru - 8/5/17 Photos: Romfea The recently-completely Russian-style Church St. Andrew and All Russian Saints on the island of Cyprus was ceremoniously consecrated on Monday, ... Read More
SIXTH-CENTURY BASILICA DISCOVERED ON TERRITORY OF CRIMEAN CHILDREN’S CAMP
Pravoslavie.ru - 27/4/17 A unique historical monument has been discovered during excavations on the territory of the Crimean children’s camp “Artek.” The newly-unearthed foundation of ... Read More