Rating: 8,3|Votes: 26
In 1984, he preached more than 50 times in Orthodox and Evangelical churches in Leningrad, Moscow, Tallinn, and Novosibirsk over the course of a 12-day trip. He returned to the Soviet Union four years later as an honorary guest of the Russian Orthodox Church for the millennial celebration of the Baptism of Rus’.
Rating: 10|Votes: 16
Two hierarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church have called for legal action against a currently running production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” in Athens, citing the constitutionally-guaranteed position of the Orthodox Church in Greece and the blasphemous depiction of Jesus Christ in the theatrical show.
Rating: 10|Votes: 4
Funds collected by the Dagestan Charitable Foundation and various other organizations, businesses, and residents of the republic have been transferred to the families of those injured and killed in Sunday’s shooting at St. George Cathedral in Kizlyar, that left five dead and four injured.
Rating: 9,6|Votes: 16
The initiative aims to keep the memory of “Grandpa” Dobri’s good works alive.
Rating: 7,7|Votes: 28
In the communiqué of the regular session of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, held from February 7 to 9, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has declared that it considers the actions of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church regarding the schismatic and unrecognized Macedonian Orthodox Church to be un-canonical.