Rating: 8|Votes: 3
Romania’s Orthodox Church wants to change the country’s Constitution so as not to allow same-sex marriages. The initiative was first launched by the Metropolitan of Banat Ioan Selejan, at the end of his Christmass Liturgy in Timisoara. Tens of people who went to the Theophany day service at the Metropolitan cathedral in Timisoara on January 6 queued to sign for this initiative, according to local media.
Rating: 10|Votes: 2
At the present time there are two wooden chapels in Mys Shmidta and Wrangel Island. They are built not far from military towns. The chapels are installed on piles and are 6 meters (c. 19.68 feet) high.
Rating: 4,7|Votes: 3
On January 5, 2016, unidentified people set the Church of St. Petro Mohyla of the Second Shevchenko Deanery of Kiev on fire.
Rating: 5,2|Votes: 5
He is a descendant of the influential eastern Georgian mountainous clan with family ties with the former royal dynasty of Georgia - Bagrationi. In 1967 he was consecrated as the bishop of Tskhumi and Abkhazeti, and was elevated to the rank of metropolitan in 1969.
Rating: 1|Votes: 1
Righteous John was well known for his charity works and his foolishness for Christ. With the money he received from the rich, St John organized a settlement for the poor and the homeless where he offered daily shelter and food for approximatively 200 people. His own general rule was to reach the Saturday evening service without a single penny.