Whitewashing China’s Persecution of the Falun Gong
The recent article, in Le Monde diplomatique concerning the persecution of Falun Gong in China presents a perspective that minimizes the human…
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The leadership of Mount Athos requested additional information from the police about the action against “Esphigmen”
The Greek police have sent a letter to the Holy Kinotis (the community of representatives of the 20 Athos monasteries that make…
Deacon Andrey Kuraev was accepted into the clergy of the Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Lithuania
On July 23, 2024, Archdeacon Andrey Kuraev was admitted to the clergy of the Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Lithuania in…
The Russian patriarch to Putin: You are the first truly Orthodox president
On July 28th Russian Patriarch Kirill awarded Vladimir Putin with the Church Order “St. Alexander Nevsky – First Class” in St. Petersburg,…
The number of religious young people in Moscow has decreased twice
Research by the Institute for Demographic Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) from October 2022 shows that over the past…
Peace that comes from heaven
By Taras Dmytryk, Lviv, Ukraine When we speak of the peace that comes down from heaven, we consider this peace to be…
One year after the Russian shelling of Odesa and its Cathedral, still no financial assistance from UNESCO
The world community strongly condemned Russia’s shelling of the historical center of Odesa which damaged and disfigured the Orthodox Transfiguration Cathedral. Many…
The Conference of European Churches: The responsibility for what is happening is not only the political leaders
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) issued a statement condemning Russia’s attack on the Ohmatdet Children’s Hospital in Kyiv. Its chairman at…
The icon of the Ascension of the Lord
By Prof. Leonid Ouspensky The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord is a feast that concludes the work of our salvation.…
Former Schihegumen Sergiy (Romanov) wants to be pardoned and sent to the front in Ukraine
The former abbot of the Middle Ural women’s monastery Fr. Sergius (Nikolai Romanov), who is serving a seven-year sentence, begs Putin for…