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The leaders of Muslim and Jewish groups in Russia have responded to a recent call to form an Orthodox Church party by rejecting all religion-based parties.
The autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece has called for the release of Abbot Efraim, the head of the Vatopedi Monastery in Mount Athos, who is currently under arrest on real estate fraud charges, the church’s Holy Synod said on Thursday.
RIA Novosti wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and that all your wishes come true!
Russian Orthodox believers flocked to churches on Saturday to attend Christmas service.
RIA Novosti will provide a live broadcast of Orthodox Christmas service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, which will be conducted in Russian.
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned the commercialization of Christmas as he held Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
Indian parliamentarians urged the government on Monday to diplomatically intervene in a Russian trial that might order a ban on one of the holiest Hindu scriptures, the Bhagavad Gita, local media reported.1
The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Vladimir, who was hospitalized with respiratory problems in late October, remains in a serious, but stable condition
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will on Monday hold a memorial service for his predecessor, Patriarch Alexy II, three years after his death.
More than 800,000 people visited Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior last week to see the a belt believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary.
Some 50,000-60,000 people queued on Wednesday evening outside downtown Moscow’s Christ the Savior cathedral to see a belt believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary.2
Some 20,000 people lined up on Tuesday around the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow to see one of the most revered Orthodox Christian relics, pilgrim hotline employees said.
Thousands of people lined up around the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, where one of the most-revered Christian shrines, the Mother of God’s Belt, went on display on Saturday.
The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia, arrived in Moscow on Friday for events to celebrate Russian Patriarch Kirill’s birthday.
The biggest Quran will be brought to Kazan Qolsharif Mosque on November 17.
A monument to late Pope John Paul II was unveiled on Friday in the courtyard of the Library of Foreign Languages in Moscow, the library said.
The Russian Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a decision to declare the two main Muslim holidays - Eid al-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr - regular working days in the mainly Muslim republic of Bashkiria.
As Moscow prepares to unveil a bronze monument to Mother Teresa, the city authorities have demolished a shelter owned by her Catholic order, citing a lack of permits for the running of the building.
Memorial services for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States will be held in Russian churches across the U.S.