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Kulich, a glazed cake baked under a recipe similar to Italian panettone, makes an important part of Russian Easter dinner.

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St. Petersburg bakers make 3-ton Easter cake

05:13 24/04/2011

St. Petersburg bakers will on Sunday celebrate Easter by serving a three-ton Russian Easter cake, known as kulich, during celebrations in the south of the city.

Joy embraces Russians as Easter celebrations get underway
03:00 24/04/2011
Russia is celebrating Easter, Christianity's most important and joyful feast when the Church commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
U.A.E. man beats up imam for refusing to perform exorcism
04:16 30/03/2011
An imam of a mosque in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, was beaten up by a local man for refusing to chase away an evil spirit from his body.
Russia's supreme mufti stands for introduction of Muslim education system
19:52 19/03/2011
Supreme Mufti of Russia Talgat Tadzhutddin has proposed that three-stage system of Muslim education is established in Russia, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Saturday.
Russian patriarch asks for forgiveness from believers, clergy
21:01 06/03/2011
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, asked for forgiveness from all those who he might have offended on the day when the church is marking Forgiveness Sunday.
Peal appeal - for the love of bells
17:21 05/03/2011
Two young nuns climb the stone stairs of the belfry at Moscow's Ioanno-Predtechensky Monastery to ring the bells for the evening service.
Patriarch Kirill urges Russians to stand up for their rights
17:40 01/03/2011
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Tuesday called soaring utilities tariffs "an outrage" and urged ordinary people to defend their rights.
Medvedev, Pope to discuss religious ties in Vatican
07:07 17/02/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Pope Benedict XVI for the first time on Thursday to discuss bilateral and religious ties, his aide Sergei Prikholdko said.
Russian clergy to be able to run in elections
07:27 03/02/2011
The Bishops Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on Wednesday allowed priests to run in elections in exceptional cases.
Patriarch Kirill proposes special prayer for suicides
05:06 03/02/2011
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has instructed the divine services commission to consider introducing a special prayer for people who committed suicide.
Putin says Orthodox Church has huge influence in Russian society
23:05 01/02/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on the second anniversary of his enthronement.
Medvedev takes dip in Jordan River to mark Epiphany
20:03 19/01/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took an Epiphany dip in the holy waters of the Jordan River on Wednesday.
Worshipers to take Epiphany dip in Pacific
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Russian Orthodox Christians in the remote Far Eastern port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky will mark the Epiphany on Wednesday night by plunging in the Pacific Ocean.
Russia's Orthodox Church launches university
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Russia's Orthodox Church has set up a university to prepare Orthodox staff for business and state companies, the official website of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill said on Monday.
Over 90 pilgrims killed in stampede in south India
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At least 90 pilgrims were killed and dozens more injured at a stampede at a religious festival in southern India on Friday, the PTI news agency said.
Russian ex-Bolshoi ballerina bares all in Maldives
15:17 14/01/2011
Russian ex-Bolshoi Theater ballet star Anastasia Volochkova, who posed nude on a Maldives beach, may face a penalty ranging from a warning to a fine, a tourist operator said on Friday.
About 80,000 attend Christmas services in Moscow churches
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No incidents were reported during Christmas celebrations in Moscow, with divine services held in the Russian capital's 268 churches.
Orthodox Christmas celebrations begin in Russia
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Russian Orthodox believers flocked to churches on Friday to attend Christmas service.
Egypt's Christians protest church blast
06:42 05/01/2011
Coptic Christians marched peacefully late on Tuesday in two Egyptian cities to protest against the recent church bombing in Alexandria, which left 23 people dead and dozens injured.
Egyptian police suspect suicide bomber in church blast (Update 2)
13:21 01/01/2011
Police in Egypt believe the explosive device detonated near a Coptic Christian Church in Alexandria early on Saturday, killing at least 21 and injuring another 80, was activated by a suicide bomber.1

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