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ENGLISH VERSION: Court in Thessaloniki gave suspended two-year jail sentences to nine of the 110 ultra-Orthodox monks of the Esphigmenou Monastery

A court in Thessaloniki yesterday gave suspended two-year jail sentences to nine of the 110 ultra-Orthodox monks of the Esphigmenou Monastery after finding them guilty of disturbing the peace. (...) В сюжете:30 января 2017, 19:22 Греческий суд приговорил...

Опубликовано: 13.10.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Uzbekistan: Quantity of mercy constrained

About a dozen foreign charities engaged in humanitarian programmes in Uzbekistan have been closed down this year as part of the authorities' drive to shut down religiously-affiliated charities or those they suspect of being religiously-affiliated. Alleged missionary activity...

Опубликовано: 11.10.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Moscow Patriarchate’s representative urges Vatican not to impose the Patriarch of Constantinople as an “Eastern Pope’ on the Orthodox world

The Moscow Patriarchate’s representative to the European Institutions Bishop Hilarion of Vienna and Austria urged the Catholics not to impose the model of their church order on the Orthodox. ‘Whether the two ecclesiological models, namely, the Catholic one...

Опубликовано: 05.10.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Researchers in Moscow discussed the religious factor in communication management

Within the 4th Convention of the Russian International Studies Association, the session of the panel "Communication management as a new factor in world politics and international relations" took place. One of the most interesting topics of the discussion...

Опубликовано: 29.09.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Communique. Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue Between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church

The ninth meeting of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church met in Belgrade, Serbia, from 18-25 September 2006, continuing the work begun in 1980 to seek the...

Опубликовано: 26.09.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Clarifications from The Rocor Synod on the Negotiation Process and the "Act on Canonical Communion"

NEW YORK: September 11, 2006

Опубликовано: 12.09.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: The Synod of Bishops Makes a Decision on the "Act on Canonical Communion"

The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, at its regular session on August 24/September 6, 2006, considered: The report of the Secretary of the Commission on discussions with the Moscow Patriarchate, Protopriest Alexander...

Опубликовано: 08.09.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: The decision of the appeal section strenthened the resistance of the church against the Minsk City Executive Council

The appeal section of the Minsk Highest Economic Court upheld the decision of the judge Mr. Koramyshev to force "New Life" church to sell its building. Such a decision was made today at the court hearing where the...

Опубликовано: 25.08.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: "Heist of the Century": Hermitage, Russia's Most Famous Museum Robbed

"A stab in the back," laments Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the Hermitage museum, as over $5 million worth of artwork is stolen in what appears to be a brazen inside job unprecedented in Russian history (...)

Опубликовано: 08.08.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: The Declaration of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church relating to the decision of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople concerning the reception into its jurisdiction of Bishop Basil (Osborne)

In order to preserve the unity of Universal Orthodoxy and witness peacefully to the Gospel of Christ it is absolutely necessary for the Local Orthodox Churches that relations between them should be guided by the immovable standards set...

Опубликовано: 20.07.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Message. World summit of religious leaders (July 3 – 5, 2006, Moscow)

We, participants in the World Summit of Religious Leaders – heads and delegates of Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, and Shinto religious communities in 49 countries, met in Moscow on the eve of the Group of Eight Summit....

Опубликовано: 05.07.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Whose side are the police on? Pentecostals, Catholics and Baptists are among religious communities to complain recently of police failure to protect them from attacks

Pentecostals, Catholics and Baptists are among religious communities to complain recently of police failure to protect them from attacks or other unwarranted intrusions during services or of police raids to prevent them conducting religious activity – such as...

Опубликовано: 07.06.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: An Open Letter to the Hierarchy of ROCOR. Women excluded from participation the ROCOR Sobor

Dear Metropolitan Laurus, Archbishops and Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia,Christ is Risen! We ask for your blessings and that you hear the concerns of many women of the church. The commencement of the All-Diaspora...

Опубликовано: 21.05.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Bitter rift in UK Orthodox Church

A bitter power struggle is taking place within the UK branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, over a plan to break from Moscow. Parish councillors say they have been expelled for opposing the plan, and that the locks...

Опубликовано: 14.05.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: The Sobor Resolution: A Masterpiece of Ambiguity

The resolution of the ROCOC Sobor published in San Francisco on May 11, 2006 is a masterpiece of ambiguity, and a tissue of deception and lies.It begins: "We, the participants of the IV All-Diaspora Council, having gathered in...

Опубликовано: 13.05.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Russian Orthodox Church in Exile and Mr. Putin. Statement of Board of Directors of The Blessed Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky) Memorial Society

Council (Sobor) in May

Опубликовано: 01.05.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Urbi et Orbi message of his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Easter 2006

Dear Brothers and Sisters!Christus resurrexit! - Christ is risen!During last night’s great Vigil we relived the decisive and ever-present event of the Resurrection, the central mystery of the Christian faith. Innumerable Paschal candles were lit in churches, to...

Опубликовано: 17.04.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Russia joins ecumenical carnaval

By Alexander Soldatov, The Moscow News

Опубликовано: 10.04.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Malkhaz Songulashvili: How Long will the Byelorussians sit on a chair with a nail?

After being arrested in Minsk and deported from Belarus as international terrorists Fr. Basil Kobakhidze and I suddenly noticed that both of us were singing Soviet and communist songs. Both of us were shocked that we were not...

Опубликовано: 06.04.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Address of bishop Daniel of Erie vicar of the Chairman of the Synod of bishops, servicing old-rite believers. To the Clergy and Parishioners of The ROCA on the Threshhold of the IV th Pan-abroad Sobor 2006 in San Francisco

Speaking: Bishop Daniel, Vicar of the First Hierarch of the Church Abroad on Old-Believers Affairs.

Опубликовано: 28.03.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: A New Miracle of Fr. Seraphim (Rose)

When the faithful gathered at the St. Herman Monastery on the twenty-second anniversary of Fr. Seraphim's repose, among them was an American Orthodox convert, Celia Yentzen, who had recently experienced a miraculous healing through Fr. Seraphim's intercessions. Celia...

Опубликовано: 22.03.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Nobel Prize Winner Gives Vladimir Putin Some Educated Advice

...Today, there is no shortage of information as to who supports which political party, who espouses what ideology, and so on and so forth. As far as religion is concerned, however, there is complete silence. The statistics that...

Опубликовано: 20.03.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Four new nuns of ROAC tonsured in St.Petersburg

Four nuns were tonsured on March 10 by Hegumen Gregory in the church of St.Elizabeth in St.-Petersburg.Alevtina Nikinina was tonsured with the name Elizabeth after the Patron of the church. She was born in 1970; she graduated the...

Опубликовано: 13.03.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Russian Islam Comes Out into the Open. Against the backdrop of the "cartoon war," converted Muslims of Russia are closing ranks

In early February, the Milli-Shura (National Council) of the National Organization of Russian Muslims (NORM) took a decisive step to come out of the closet. It reached an association agreement with the Moscow community of converted Muslims, Pryamoi...

Опубликовано: 10.03.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Konstantin Preobrazhensky. Metropolitan Laurus lulls vigilance

President Putin’s flirting with the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is kept in strict confidence so that theAmericans would not find out about it, although the Moscow Patriarchate is aware of this flirting and actively participates in...

Опубликовано: 06.03.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Amnesia. Holocaust denial and Gulag denial should be finally seen as the twin evils they are

TWO EVENTS last week starkly illustrate the dilemmas of countries grappling with a terrible past. In Austria, Holocaust denier David Irving received a three-year jail sentence for his public assertions that the Nazis did not carry out a...

Опубликовано: 02.03.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Celebrating Life – a festa da vida. Report of the general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia. WCC 9th Assembly, 14-23 February 2006, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Dear sisters and brothers in Christ.

Опубликовано: 16.02.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Native Faith or Western New-Age. Why is Russian paganism so attractive to Nazis and liberals?

An official map of the Losiny Ostrov national park in Moscow shows a pagan temple - one of about one and a half dozen such temples active in the capital. In all, 17 (religious) pagan organizations are registered...

Опубликовано: 09.02.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Encyclical Letter "Deus Caritas Est" of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI to the bishops, priests and deacons, men and women religious and all the lay faithful on christian love

Introduction and Part I read here.Part II and Cunclusion read here.

Опубликовано: 25.01.2006

ENGLISH VERSION: Urbi et Orbi message of his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Christmas 2005

"I bring you good news of a great joy … for to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord" (Lk 2:10-11).Last night we heard once more the Angel’s...

Опубликовано: 26.12.2005

ENGLISH VERSION: Russia: Orthodox And Catholics - Heading Toward Reconciliation?

While most Russians will mark Orthodox Christmas on 7 January according to the old Julian calendar, Western Christmas is about to be celebrated on 25 December by Russia's 600,000-strong Roman Catholic community. As a result of continued efforts...

Опубликовано: 23.12.2005

БИБЛИОТЕКА: Дж. Фокс. Книга мучеников. Мученическая смерть архиепископа Кранмера (1556 г.) [протестантизм]

No government official was prepared to explain to Forum 18 News Service why Macedonia's religious minorities are in practice unable to build new places of worship or extend existing ones. "The only permission we can get is to...

Опубликовано: 12.12.2005

ENGLISH VERSION: International Religious Freedom Report 2005. Russia

The Executive Summary consists of three parts. Part I identifies many of the countries where religious freedom is restricted and classifies their actions and policies into five categories. Part II provides examples of nations whose governments have taken...

Опубликовано: 14.11.2005

ENGLISH VERSION: Protopriest Michael Ardov. WORDS ON THE PASSING OF ANASTASIA GEORGIEVNA SCHATILOFF (GRABBE). She was consumed with zeal for the Church, for the Truth

I am thinking back to the distant 1970’s, to those stagnant years during the time of Brezhnev. I was a lay person in the Moscow Patriarchate then. Some absolutely amazing documents started to make their way to us....

Опубликовано: 11.11.2005

ENGLISH VERSION: Signs of Al Qaeda in deadly Jordan attacks. Amman officials suspect terrorist-leader Zarqawi is behind explosions at three hotels popular with Westerners Wednesday

By Dan Murphy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor CAIRO – Three almost simultaneous attacks Wednesday on hotels managed by American companies in Jordan's capital carried the classic markings of terrorist hits by Al Qaeda, or...

Опубликовано: 10.11.2005

ENGLISH VERSION: Belarus: will UN decision help religious communities?

Belarus has yet to meet a 12 November deadline, set by a UN committee, for confirming the correction of a religious freedom violation against Hare Krishna devotees, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. In a decision with implications...

Опубликовано: 04.11.2005

ENGLISH VERSION: Konstantin Preobrazhensky. Fr Viktor Potapov Feels Mr. Putin was Offended. The parish meeting at the St John the Forerunner Cathedral in Washington was attended by a representative of the Russian Embassy

1. Moscow’s Fake Episcopate

Опубликовано: 19.10.2005