Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej has told the Sputnik agency that if Serbia's interests clash with those of "Europe and America" - Russia "will come first."
The film series on Orthodox Church feasts was released and aired on the Russian Kultura (“Culture”) TV channel in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, and now the film is being reshown at the request of a great many TV viewers.
The feast of the Epiphany, meaning revelation or manifestation, is also known to Orthodox Christians as Theophany, which means the manifestation of God. It is also referred to as "the feast of lights," celebrating the light Jesus brought into the world.
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St. Isaac’s Cathedral, St. Petersburg's largest Orthodox cathedral, opened its doors on 6 January for a Christmas Eve liturgy, for the first time since 1928.
Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej headed the consecration and the burning of the badnjak in front of the St. Sava Temple in Belgrade on Wednesday night.