Orthodox priest complains to German authorities about harassment on Christians at refugee camps

Germany

January 12, 2016. Christian refugees are exposed to harassment at the refugee camps in Germany, says Hegumen Daniil (Irbits) superior of the St. George the Victorious Monastery in Gotschendorf (Moscow Patriarchate), member of the Integration Committee at the German Federal Chancellery, as reports interfax. “Christian refugees from Syria, Eritrea and other countries are exposed to humiliation, manhunt and brutal harassment […]

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Vandalism and desecration of an Orthodox church in the Diocese of Raska-Pizren

Kosovo (territory)

January 11, 2016. Bishop of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija Theodosius firmly condemned the vandalism and desecration of the church of Christ the Saviour in the centre of Prištinnj (Kosovo), which is still under construction, as the official website of the Serbian Patriarchate reports. Albanian hooligans broke down the metal door and used the church for defecation as recorded on the video […]

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Defamation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Ukraine

January 11, 2016. Ukrainian Media reproduced the fake information from the site “Informator”, that a priest (Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate) from Sverdlovsk in Luhansk region (Ukraine), denied to read a pray for the health of a child under the excuse that her birth certificate was delivered in the Ukrainian territory, as the website pravmir reports. The Department of External […]

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Vandalism of an Orthodox Church in Kosovo

Kosovo (territory)

January 11, 2016. It is the second time that the Church of St. Demetrius in Susica (Kosovo) was vandalised. Members of the parish council informed their priest Protopresbyter Sava Šmigić, while the Diocese of Raska-Prizren reported the incident at police station in Gracanica, as the official website of the diocese reports. The unknown perpetrators broke a window in the altar […]

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