The brother of Shahbaz Bhatti, a government minister who was killed by terrorists for opposing the controversial blasphemy laws in Pakistan, told the U.K. parliament that his country finally appears to be moving toward religious freedom.
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On Mother’s Day, Sunday, November 23, the large family of Archpriest Sergei and Matushka Daria Filonov were awarded the Medals of Fatherhood and Motherhood of the Leningrad Oblast by oblast governor Alexander Drozdenko. The award is annually given to couples with many children who have made notable contributions to society.
A delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate has cancelled a visit to Turkey, which was to begin on Wednesday.
The Islamic State terror group released 10 Assyrian Christian hostages Tuesday night in the Tel Temir town in Hasakah province, northeastern Syria, but over 150 remain captured and threatened with death.
Rev. Fr. Nicolae Tănase, parish priest of Valea Plopului (the Valley of the Plopar), Prahova County, was awarded by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, the St. John Chrysostom Order, on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Fr Nicolae also received the rank of oikonomos-stavrophore.