International Conference “Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle-East”

The conference was attended and addressed by several high-ranking Orthodox hierarchs.

Rating: 3|Votes: 1

St Pete Lawmaker Wants Russia to Forget 1917 Bolshevik Revolution

A lawmaker from the Leningrad Region is asking the government to institute a Memorial Day for the Romanov Dynasty, to fall on November 7. It would replace the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, which the MP denounces as a “negative event.”

Rating: 9|Votes: 1

Ancient Temple Mount "Warning" Stone is "Closest Thing We Have to the Temple"

Carved in bold Greek letters, 2,000-year-old Herodian inscription marked off the section of Jerusalem’s most sacred site where gentiles couldn’t go — and shows they were welcome elsewhere in holy area

Rating: 7|Votes: 1

Archaeologists Make Last Discoveries As They Excavate in Full Medieval Monastery at Urvich Fortress near Bulgaria’s Sofia

Archaeological structures and artifacts from the 14th-17th century AD have been discovered during the last days of the excavations of the late medieval monastery St. Iliya (St. Elijah) at the Urvich Fortress near the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Exhibition: Boris Godunov. From a Courtier to the Sovereign of All Russia

Paul Gilbert

The exhibition highlights the milestones of Boris Godunov’s life, stages of his state activity and the most important aspects of his foreign policy, and it familiarizes the visitors with the rich cultural heritage of the Godunov’s epoch.