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Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia disapproves strongly the attacks on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

December 23, 2015 Ukraine

December 23, 2015. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill disapproved the attacks and illegal occupations of churches in Ukraine by ultranationalists and urged for the unifying role of the religious hierarchy towards national unity, as the website prenglish reports. His Holiness expressed his concern about the incidents in the orthodox church, under the canonical jurisdiction of Moscow Patriarchate, in […]

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Humiliation of the priesthood from homosexual persons and a deputy of the Greek National Assembly

December 22, 2015 Greece

December 22, 2015. A group of organised homosexual persons decided to have a reunion outside of the Cathedral of the diocese of Athens, as the website newsit reports. They were dressed like priests and they were kissing each other in a provocative way outside of the church. As a result, some faithful reacted but they did not take a persuasive […]

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Criminal case against a 19-year-old student for inciting hatred for religious reasons

December 22, 2015 Russia

December 22, 2015. In Omsk (Russia), it started a criminal case against a 19-year-old student of the Omsk Transport University, as the website of the Investigation Department of Omsk Region reports. The student is suspected of committing a crime according to the Penal Code (art. 282, actions aimed at inciting hatred, humiliation of a person or group of persons on […]

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Vandalism in Orthodox Churches in Montenegro

December 22, 2015 Montenegro

December 22, 2015. Churches in Danilovgrad in the villages Kujava, Zagorak and Mijokusovici (Montenegro) were violated. The thieves took money from the donations of the believers, as the website of Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of Serbian Orthodox Church reports. Father Slobodan Zekovic, priest in Danilovgrad, said that the thieves violated the door of the church of Saint John […]

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Intervention of Mount Athos about the new law on civil partnership for same-sex persons

December 22, 2015 Greece

December 22, 2015. The Representatives and the Abbots of the twenty monasteries of Mount Athos addressed a letter to the Greek Minister of Justice Mr. Paraskevopoulos, as the website romfea.gr reports. The letter says that “this new law is an aberration from the principles and the values of the Orthodox Tradition, which consists the root and the identity of the […]

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