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Wooden cell dating to time of St. Columba discovered on Iona

The wood samples were originally discovered in 1957 by archaeologist Dr. Charles Thomas, but carbon dating was only just emerging at the time and an expensive process. The find wound up in matchboxes in the scientist’s garage in Cornwall, although the excavators always believed they belonged to the cell of St. Columba.

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Christians beheaded and hacked to death in recent wave of Islamic violence sweeping through Kenya

Locals say the Al-Shabaab militants, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, are “deeply embedded” in local communities in coastal Kenya, near the border with Somalia, where the terrorist organization originated. Locals complain that the police are not doing anything to help the situation.

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Icon of St. Nektarios bleeding from hands in Rhodes

Since December, thousands have been flocking to the church to pray and light a candle and observe the miracle of the “bleeding” icon. Fr. Spyridon tells the people, “Do not be afraid; it’s a good thing.” The icon also intermittently emits fragrant myrrh, which fills the entire church with a sweet scent.

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All parishes of ROC to serve moleben for fathers of 1917-1918 council on feast of Dormition

With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, and in accordance with the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, on August 28, on the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, a moleben will be celebrated in all parishes of the Russian Church in honor of the glorified members of the 1917-1918 Local Council, the opening of which took place in 1917 on the feast of the Dormition, and a memorial for all other participants in the council.

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Harvard professor Dershowitz compares Antifa to Stalin, says they are “trying to tear down America”

Liberal Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz has urged his fellow liberals to condemn their more radical elements, such as Antifa, and not to consider them heroes for their crusade against statues, because they are “radical” and “anti-American” and area really “trying to tear down America.” He went on to compare the campaign to rewrite American history with the methods of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union.

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Independence Day more important than Nativity and Pascha, Poroshenko says

“From year to year, Independence Day is becoming a holiday ever greater and even more important than the New Year, Christmas and Easter. It marks our repeated birth, the resurrection of our dreams, and the novelty of our state,” Poroshenko said.

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Hungary gives Ecumenical Patriarchate complex of buildings in Budapest

Patriarch Bartholomew, on an official four-day visit to Hungary at the invitation of national authorities, expressed his gratitude for the “historic building complex of immense value,” noting that they were necessary for the Church “to carry out its diverse pastoral and cultural tasks.”

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Orthodox cemetery desecrated in Cyprus

Unknown intruders snuck into the cemetery and desecrated and destroyed fifteen graves and tombs, painting swastikas and other symbols on some of the tombstones. Many of the gravestones were also desecrated with images of inverted pentagrams—a symbol of Satanism. Candles were also used in the profanation, pointing to a black magic ceremony.

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33% of school children in St. Petersburg choose to study Basics of Orthodoxy

Interest among St. Petersburg school children in studying the basics of Orthodoxy has grown in comparison to those interested in studying world religious cultures, according to the head of the city’s Education Committee Zhanna Vorobyova.

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Assembly of Bishops responds to racist violence in Charlottesville, VA

On Friday, August 18, 2017, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America issued a response to the recent racist violence in Charlottesville, VA.

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St. Petersburg restoration specialists offer to help China restore its Orthodox Churches

Restoration specialists in St. Petersburg are ready, willing and able to help restore the Orthodox churches of Shanghai built by Russian emigrants in the early 20th century.

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Third anniversary of enthronement of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of the Ukainian Orthodox Church celebrated

On August 17 at the Holy Dormition Kiev-Caves Lavra festivities were being held on the occasion of the third anniversary of enthronement of His Beatitude Onufry as Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine.

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Charlottesville, Virginia Orthodox priests gives interview concerning recent violence there

The website Orthodox Christian Network has posted the audio recording of an interview with Fr. Panagiotis Hanley of the Holy Transfiguration Church in Charlottsville, Virginia (GOA) on the recent strife in Charlottesville.

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OCA online choir conducting course beginning September 11

The official website of the Orthodox Church in America has announced their opening date of their annual online choir conducting courses. “Choral Conducting for Beginners” classes are set to begin September 11, 2017.

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The “Savior” Cross procession held in St. Petersburg

This year’s procession was also dedicated to the memory of holy Hieromartyr Benjamin of Petrograd and Gdov and Archimandrite Sergius (Shein), and martyrs Yuri Novitsky and John Kovsharov, who were executed on the night of August 12-13, 1922. The procession likewise commemorated all the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia who suffered for the faith after 1917.

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Relics of Queen Ketevan will be in Georgia for six months

The relics of Georgia’s saint, Queen Ketevan, will be in Georgia for a half-year according to an agreement reached after long negotiations between representatives from Georgia and India.

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Number of Muslims becoming atheists growing in the Western world

According to the conclusions drawn at a recent international meeting of the Council of Ex-Muslims of England held in London, the number of Muslims apostatizing from their faith and becoming atheists is growing on a massive scale in France, Great Britain, and other European countries.

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Work being finished on Athonite church dedicated to St. Paisios

Work is nearing completion on the first church to be dedicated to St. Paisios the Hagiorite on Mt. Athos.

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Russian Church leaders finish round-table discussion on monastery life in cities

The forum was held in the Novodevichy Convent, St. Petersburg. Participating in the forum where 5 bishops, 42 archimandrites and igumens, 45 abbesses, hieromonks, monks, and ryassaphore monks—160 monastics in total from 65 dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Jerusalem Patriarch plans to appeal after property sale upheld in court

His Holiness Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem announced on Saturday that his Church will appeal an Israeli court decision to approve the sale of church property to companies representing Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem.

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