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Did the Pope quit to dodge blame for misdeeds or just to do the right thing?
Igor Ogorodnev, RT 24/2/13 The latest allegation that a gay priest blackmail scandal was the reason for Benedict XVI’s sudden resignation shows that his sudden ... Read More
Did the Pope quit to dodge blame for misdeeds or just to do the right thing?
Igor Ogorodnev, RT 24/2/13 The latest allegation that a gay priest blackmail scandal was the reason for Benedict XVI’s sudden resignation shows that his sudden ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holds Historic Patriarch Vote
24/2/13 The new Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is going to be elected Sunday by the Holy Synod at a national church council. Bulgaria’s ... Read More
Religious divides deepen in Syria
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Reconciliation between the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Romanian Patriarchate
Jeruslame – Romanian Orthodox Patriarcates 23/2/12 With the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, from 20th to 21st February 2013, ... Read More
Sixty Seventh anniversary of tragic events in Zaleszany
Polish Orthodox Church Maria Nalewajko February 2013 January 29 marks 67 years since setting fire to the village Zaleszany and brutal murder of the 16 ... Read More
Sixty Seventh anniversary of tragic events in Zaleszany
Polish Orthodox Church Maria Nalewajko February 2013 January 29 marks 67 years since setting fire to the village Zaleszany and brutal murder of the 16 ... Read More
Egypt: Copts protest church attack
22/2/13 Hundreds of Copts rallied on Sunday evening February 17 against the torching of St Georges church in Sarsena on February 15, as well as ... Read More
Orthodox patriarch opposes plan to make Hagia Sophia a mosque
22/2/13 Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has staked out his opposition to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Once the patriarchal basilica of ... Read More
Ethiopia: Lalibela’s underground churches
Chris Pritchard 22/2/13 Ruins such as Cambodia’s Angkor Wat and Peru’s Machu Picchu spark intense speculation about how they came to be built – along ... Read More