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Bulgaria marks anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Holocaust death camps

In 1943, resistance by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, politicians – notably Peshev – and civil society led to an estimated 50 000 Bulgarian Jews not meeting the same fate as those from the rest of Europe murdered in the Holocaust.

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IOCC Responds To Families Devastated By Cyclone In Fiji

International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is responding to the devastation caused in the South Pacific island nation of Fiji by Tropical Cyclone Winston on February 20, 2016 with reconstruction assistance to families who have lost their homes. Houses, especially along the coast, were battered by both Category 5 cyclonic wind and tsunami-like storm surge. An estimated 40 percent of the population was affected by the cyclone and are now in need of assistance.

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Russian Orthodox Church cites deep differences with Holy See

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Uniates) has remained a stumbling block in Orthodox-Catholic dialogue which again and again ruins attempts to establish dialogue, to bolster mutual understanding and to bring our positions together. Events of the recent past - the destruction of three Orthodox dioceses by Uniates in western Ukraine in the early 1990s and the seizure of several hundred churches - and of the distant past prove this.

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A Wintertime Pascha: 50th Anniversary of the Repose of St John Maximovitch

This year, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia marks the 50 th anniversary of the repose of the great hierarch, the “Russian Nicholas the Miracle-worker,” our holy father St John of Shanghai and San Francisco. The celebrations began with a visit of a large reliquary containing his relics to Holy Trinity Cathedral in Toronto, Canada. The region has many faithful who venerate his memory .

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The President of Romania Visits Ascension of the Lord Convent on the Mt of Olives

On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky), Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, and Abbess Moisseia of Ascension of the Lord Convent on the Mt. of Olives, Jerusalem, along with the nuns, greeted Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the gates of the convent. President Iohannis is currently on a state visit to Israel.

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Bombed, Burned, and Urinated On: Churches Under Islam

Muslim Persecution of Christians, January 2016

Raymond Ibrahim

The report entitled "Muslim Persecution of Christians" was developed to collate some -- though by no means all -- of the instances of the Muslim persecution of Christians that surface each month.It documents what the mainstream media often fails to report.It posits that such Muslim persecution is not random but rather systematic, and takes place in all languages, ethnicities, and locations.

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Bulgaria's Cabinet Allocates More Funding for Restoration of 9th Century Great Basilica in Early Medieval Captal Pliska

The restoration of the Great Basilica in Pliska, which was the largest church in Europe until the 16thcentury, was started by Bulgaria’s National Museum of History in November 2015. It was initiated after the since Bulgaria’s adoption of Christianity as the official state religion.

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The Blessing of Zoe House

Five Orthodox bishops of various jurisdictions came together on Friday, March 4 to bless the Orthodox pro-life Zoe House in Parma, OH.

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ROCOR Western American Diocese is Seeking a Leader for a Special Fundraising Project to Preserve the Legacy of St. John (Maximovich)

The Diocesan Council of the Western American Diocese seeks an individual with experience and enthusiasm in gathering financial resources, to assist in leading a special fundraising appeal which will shortly be launched in order to preserve an important legacy of St. John the Wonderworker of San Francisco: the urgent and essential work to restore the deteriorating orphanage and house containing his cell, library and other relics of our great Saint’s life and work.

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Members of Eastern Orthodox churches in Joliet reflect on the meaning of Lent

For all its traditions, Lent is ultimately an opportunity for reflection – on our lives, our spirituality, Christ’s passion and resurrection – and renewed encouragement to take up our own cross and walk in Jesus’ footsteps.

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Franklin Graham, Christian Leaders to Hold World Summit in Moscow in Defense of Persecuted Christians

"The World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians will shed a global spotlight on this crisis. We will bring delegates from around the world and will be able to join hands with people of other churches and denominations of the Christian faith to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ and to hear firsthand reports of the suffering that is taking place."

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Greece: Another hierarch appeals to the Holy Synod concerning the Pan-Orthodox Council

Metropolitan Seraphim expresses his disagreement with the decision of the primates to invite to the Pan-Orthodox Council Catholic, Monophysite, and Protestant observers: “In the 2,000-year history of the Church there have never been non-Orthodox ‘observers’ at Local and Ecumenical Councils.” This practice occurred only at the First and Second Vatican Councils of the Catholic church, said Metroplitan Seraphim, specifiying. “Is it permissible for a Pan-Orthodox Council to take papal practices as its model?” asks Vladyka.

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Patriarch Kirill praises Serbian President Nikolic's role in preserving relations between two Orthodox Christian nations

"Mr. President, I am glad to cordially welcome you on your visit to Moscow. The occasion is a special one: you have been recognized as a laureate of the award for the unity of Orthodox Christian nations," the patriarch said at their meeting on Wednesday.

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Elderly Pair Arrested for Stealing More Than 3,000 Religious Icons from Churches

One of the thieves is an 80-year-old man and the other is a 60-year-old woman.

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Holy Community of Mt. Athos: “the Holy Mountain has become a thoroughfare!”

The cause of the complaint was the shooting of a documentary by the BBC2 British TV channel.In fact, the BBC2 film crew with their cameras and equipment sailed up to Esphigmenou – one of the Athonite monasteries – in a boat at night.

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"Saint Anne" in the Vineyard: A Russian Orthodox Chapel in North Carolina in Memory of Fallen Veterans of Afghan War

From the dawn of Christianity, grapes have been considered a symbol of salvation and renewal, a symbol of the verity of the teaching of Jesus Christ. These are His Words as given to us by the evangelist John in his Gospel: "I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman" (John 15:1).

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Archaeology Discovery: 4,200-Y-O Canaanite Burial Ground Found Near Bethlehem

"It is highly likely that the term trafim mentioned in the Bible indeed refers to figurines of this kind," Mazar said. "Evidently the figurine belonged to one of the residents of the city of Rehov, which was then ruled by the central government of the Egyptian pharaohs."

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Georgian constitution could define marriage as union between man and woman

An article in the Constitution which will define marriage as the union between a man and a woman "will reinforce the already existing explanations contained in the Civil Code," said the Prime Minister.

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Husband of Muslim Nanny Who Beheaded 4-Y-O Girl Arrested, Suspected of Radicalizing Wife With Islamic Law

The couple's eldest son told authorities that 48-year-old Mamur Dzhurakulov married the nanny, Gyulchekhra Bobokulova, in a Shariah ceremony, which sparked a dramatic transformation in her.

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Greek priest and theologian speaks out against draft document of Pan-Orthodox Council

“We hope and implore the Holy Spirit to rest upon the Holy and Great Council, and rightly divide the word of Christ’s Truth … to the glory of God and His people, and to disgracing of the enemies of Truth.”

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