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Russian Patriarch Urges Church Presence in Social Networks
3/2/13 MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti) – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on Saturday lamented a high number of antichurch internet posts and ... Read More
Church Seeks to Restrict Access to Solovki
Roland Oliphant - 2/2/13 Access to the Solovetsky islands, home to one of Russia’s most important monasteries, could be restricted in a bid to preserve ... Read More
The Buranovo Grannies will inaugurate Orthodox centre in Finland
Juha Repo - February 2013 The singing grannies from Udmurtia, Buranovo Babushki, will travel to Iisalmi in Eastern Finland in June. They will be the ... Read More
Armenian church supports two-state solution in Palestine
Archbishop Aykazian is a member of Pres. Obama’s inter-religious affairs advisory task force. Arthur Hagopian - 2/2/13 Jerusalem – Leading figures among the Armenian and ... Read More
Armenian church supports two-state solution in Palestine
Archbishop Aykazian is a member of Pres. Obama’s inter-religious affairs advisory task force. Read More
Coptic Pope: ‘My Countrymen Must Love Each Other’
Egyptian Pope: ‘My Countrymen Must Love Each Other’ 2/2/13 CAIRO — Egypt’s Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of the population. Read More
Church should have more control over Russian life: Putin
Thomas Grove – 1/2/13 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday the Orthodox Church should be given more say over family life, education and ... Read More
Photo contest: “Easter in Christian East” – Participate and Earn Exciting Prizes
02/02/13 OCP News Service Aleksander Wasyluk Learn more and participate: On the occasion of the 20 th Anniversary of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (I.A.O.) ... Read More
Five detained in Kosovo over vandalizing Orthodox cemeteries
1/2/13 5 people have been detained in Kosovo, suspected of vandalizing the Orthodox cemeteries in the vicinity of the village of Vitina, said the local ... Read More