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OCMC Volunteers Visit Indonesia

Seven volunteers from the United States of America headed by Protopriest Martin Ritsi travelled to Sumatra and gave special presentations for the professors and students of the Saint Paul Orthodox Theological School in Medan, as well as for the students of the Computer Science and Business Administration Schools of the Polytechnic Academy.

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Report: 16-year-old jailed in Egypt for evangelizing

A 16-year-old Coptic Christian was detained in Alexandria, Egypt, on July 13 after he distributed bags of dates to Muslims who were about to conclude their Ramadan fast, according to an Egyptian media report. The bags included a slip of paper with an evangelizing message and a link to a Christian website.

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Traditional Family Values in Italy Violate Human Rights, European Court Rules

Italy stands as the lone major western European country to resist recognizing civil partnerships and gay marriage, but the nation is facing increasing pressure to abandon the traditional understanding of marriage.

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Wisconsin Bans Most Late-Term Abortions; GOP Presidential Hopeful Scott Walker Signs Bill

Introduced in May by Republican State Senator Mary Lazich, SB 179 bars most abortions at 20 weeks or later in the pregnancy under the assumption that 20 weeks represents the earliest a fetus can feel pain. "No person shall perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion upon a woman when the unborn child is considered capable of experiencing pain unless the woman is undergoing a medical emergency," reads SB 179.

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Georgia: Orthodox protesters accuse US of making Europe "become gay"

In Tbilisi on Monday a small group of protesters rallied against the "propaganda of homosexuality" and alleged that the US was "forcing" other parts of the world to "become gay."

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CT scan of charred scroll yields oldest Biblical remnant after Dead Sea Scrolls

High-tech deciphering of parchment found in ancient Ein Gedi synagogue, excavated 45 years ago, yields text from Book of Leviticus

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Mideast Christian patriarch visits cathedral in Worcester, MA

Head of an Eastern church that traces its founding to Saints Paul and Peter at the dawn of Christianity, Patriarch John is in Boston this week to preside at a convention of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. He arrives from a Middle Eastern nation beset by a civil war that has killed more than a quarter-million people and displaced millions more. Syria's Christians have been targeted in the wave of killings, beheadings and kidnappings by Islamist extremists of ISIS.

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Syrian Christians find sanctuary with Polish families

Magdalena Chudzicka, a mother of four, is rolling out her welcome mat. Her family is among dozens in Poland opening their homes to Syrian Christians fleeing war and Islamic State (IS) persecution, part of a ground-breaking drive by the Catholic nation's tiny Protestant community to save lives.

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Romanov Descendants Want Romanovs' Murderers Name Erased from Moscow Map

Members of the Romanov dynasty intend to address the Moscow City Hall with the request to rename a metro station that currently is named after the Bolshevik who played a key role in the 1918 execution of Tsar Nicolas II and his family. Representatives of the Russian Imperial House say that the renaming could be done on the anniversary of the killing, which happened in the early hours of July 17, 1918.

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Metropolitan of Kiev calls on Ukrainian authorities to do everything to stop war

"I respect and love the authorities. They are God-given. However, God puts authorities [in place] to fulfill God's will. The authorities should perpetuate peace, not conduct wars. Therefore, I love and respect the authorities, but I am asking them to do everything possible to stop the war."

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Howell, NJ: Primate of Ukrainian Orthodox Church celebrates Liturgy in Diocesan Cathedral before Myrrh-Streaming Hawaiian Icon

On Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th of July, a dual feast awaited the clergy, parishioners, and guests of St. Alexander Nevsky Diocesan Cathedral in Howell, NJ. On July 18, prior to the beginning of the All-Night Vigil, the myrrh-streaming Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God arrived at the cathedral from Jordanville, NY. The clergy came out to greet the Most Holy Theotokos and returned in procession to the cathedral, where the Icon was greeted by His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan, who led the All-Night Vigil. His Grace was co-served by cathedral and visiting clergy. Upon completion of Vigil, the clergy and faithful piously venerated the myrrh-streaming Icon; the faithful were anointed with myrrh from the holy Icon, and each also received a piece of cotton soaked in holy myrrh.

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Some rare books in the Russian Presidential Library have become accessible to the general public

The Russian Presidential Library has digitalized the materials connected with the history of Valaam and made them accessible to the general public on the website. These form a collection called “The History of the Russian Orthodox Church” which is one of the largest among the 400,000 books in the first national electronic library, reports its official website.

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church speaks against work on Sundays and public holidays

A large number of private and state-owned companies make efforts to attract their employees to work on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays and that this practice is becoming more and more popular. Thus, people are deprived of their right to recreation and private life, deprived of an opportunity to devote their time to God, to spend time together with their families, to restore their physical and spiritual energy.

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Seven wonderworking icons of the Mother of God to be brought to Kiev

On July 27, seven wonderworking icons of the Mother of God will be brought to the Vladimirskaya Gorka park in Kiev from various dioceses of the Ukraine, reports UNIAN with reference to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s information center.

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60,000 Mark Royal Days in Ekaterinburg

Paul Gilbert

On the evening of 16/17 July, to honour the memory of the murdered Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family, more than 60,000 Orthodox faithful took part in the 20-km royal procession pilgrimage from the Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land in Ekaterinburg to the Monastery of the Royal Martyrs at Ganina Yama.

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Holy Synod of the Russian Church establishes a day of special prayer for the God's creation

The Holy Synod members have approved the text of a special prayer for protection of the God’s creation (prepared by the Synodal Liturgical Commission) which will be held annually in all churches of the Russian Orthodox Church on the first Sunday of September. The Synod has also decreed that archpastors and pastors should deliver sermons dedicated to care for God’s creation on that day.

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Top scientists meet in Moscow, tell Russian government: Fetus is human. Ban abortion.

A group of two dozen leading Russian and international scientists from various disciplines met last week in Moscow to make the case that science overwhelmingly confirms the humanity of the unborn child from the moment of conception – and to demand that “prenatal infanticide” be banned in the country.

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Officials confirm damage to Georgian Tiri monastery in occupied territory

Georgia's Ministry of Culture has reacted to recent cases of "uncontrolled” activity at the Tiri Monastery, confirming "damage” has been caused to frescoes of the Georgian cultural heritage site., which is located in the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) area.

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Eleven Anonymous Turkish Muslims Baptized Orthodox Christians

And at a certain point came the fullness of time. The catechists determined the catechumen Turkish citizens were ready to formally join as members of the Orthodox Church. So a few days ago, according to news sources, a church in Attica scheduled them for the Mystery of Baptism.

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Another Christian Pastor to be Granted an Early Prision Release in Iran

Farshid Fathi, sentenced to 7 years in prison in 2010, received an official notice that he will released two years ahead of time, in December 2015.

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