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Published time: 7 Jan, 2018 07:21 Orthodox Christians gathered for Midnight Liturgy in different parts of the world to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Orthodox Christians, unlike Catholics, traditionally celebrate Christmas on January 7, which falls on Sunday this year. Believers attend church on Christmas Eve, when the celebration usually starts at around midnight. […]
Published time: 28 Dec, 2017 10:28 Russia’s ambassador to the Vatican has praised the current relations between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches, adding that more cooperation is needed to preserve the foundations of Christian civilization. “The situation that has formed in the world by this moment gives us a large field for cooperation, […]
Hundreds of thousands fled Russia after the 1917 Revolution. Some of them found a new home in Iran. RT talked to a descendant of these immigrants, who takes care of an Orthodox Church in Tehran and the first home for the elderly in the country. One hundred years ago, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin […]
Published time: 23 Oct, 2017 22:18 Eleven people have been arrested as hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem to decry the detention of their young co-religionists who didn’t show for enlistment to the Israeli armed forces. Around 1,500 members of the so-called “Jerusalem faction” of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox community protested in […]
Published time: 18 Sep, 2017 00:08 Nine ultra-Orthodox Jews have been arrested following violent clashes with security forces in Jerusalem during protests against conscription into the armed forces. Last week, the Israeli the Supreme Court annulled a law which exempted ultra-Orthodox believers from the draft. On Tuesday, Israel’s Supreme Court nullified the law that exempted […]
Published time: 17 Sep, 2017 18:07 The Russian Orthodox Church has commemorated the memory of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Fyodorovna Romanov and tragic events of the 1917 Revolution in a service and procession, with hundreds of worshipers joining the holiday outside Moscow. On Sunday, crowds of pilgrims took part in a sacred mass, held just outside […]
Hundreds of people on Sunday gathered near one of the main landmarks in St. Petersburg, Russia – St. Isaac’s cathedral, the city’s most prominent religious museum. While one group came to celebrate the city authorities’ decision to give the historic building to the Russian Orthodox Church, others protested against the move. Participants of the anti-transition […]
