Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill asks from Duma to shape the moral consciousness of the society

Russia

March 29, 2016. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill speaking before the Moscow State Duma deputies, urged them not to justify the utilitarian preservation of names of city objects which perpetuate the memory of murderers and terrorists, as the website pravoslavie reports. The primate of the Russian Orthodox Church noted “I do not encourage the demolition of monuments and […]

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Patriarch of Georgia and the Georgian Orthodox Church are accused of hate speech and intolerance in the report of the Commission against Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe

Europe

March 28, 2016. The report of the Commission against racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe presents its report and attributes hate speech and Intolerance to Patriarch Ilia and the Georgian Orthodox Church, as it is referred on the official website of the CoE. On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the European […]

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Chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church: We are for national unity.

Ukraine

The chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, metropolitan Antoniy gave interview to ‘Correspondent’ magazine The wave of violent conflicts between the faithful of different patriarchates over parishes has aggravated the long-standing problem of the Ukrainian church. Most of the citizens consider themselves orthodox Christians. But which church do they identify themselves with? There are three ‘orthodoxy variations’ in Ukraine, says […]

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Russian Foreign Ministry draws CoE officer’s attention to deteriorating believers’ rights in Ukraine

Ukraine

Moscow, March 23, Russian Foreign Ministry Ombudsman for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Konstantin Dolgov, has criticized the religious rights situation in Ukraine, at a meeting with the Council of Europe’s Director General of Democracy Snezana Samardzic-Markovic, as the website Interfax-Religion reports. “He pointed out systematic flagrant violations of freedom of religion by means of consistent seizures […]

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Arson to an Orthodox Church

Greece

March 23, 2016. An arson happened to the church of All Saints in Kallithea, Athens region (Greece), as the website romfea reports. According to the testimonies of the witnesses the arson happened from Arabs refugees. The fire brigade arrived very quickly and the fire was under control. The kitchen of the church was destroyed. The rector and the other priests […]

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