Tag: Orthodox Church
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Kremlin, Vatican upgrade diplomatic ties
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Thursday to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin relations to full diplomatic ties, the Vatican said. The step forward on the diplomatic front comes at the same time as a warming in previously tense relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican. A Vatican statement…
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Archbishop Hilarion responds to U.S. State Dept. report on religious freedom
In late October, the State Department released the 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom, a study annually submitted to Congress. Remarks on the study by Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, are available here. (The country report for Turkey is available here.) The Russian foreign ministry said, on publication…
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Orthodox Priest launches “The Orthodox Leader” website
In a move sure to make some uncomfortable, strike fear in the hearts of others, and raise the ire of many, Fr. Basil Biberdorf, a married priest in the Orthodox Church in America, launched “The Orthodox Leader.” Fr. Basil writes: We have a problem in Orthodox North America. Worse than matters of theft and malfeasance,…
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Turkey and the minaret ban (Updated 12-02-09)
Not quite related but powerful nonetheless because of the artistic beauty of the music and architectural beauty of the Swiss village set in the stunning natural beauty of the Swiss Alps, this short video reveals two expressions of human creativity that will disappear if the light of Christianity that nurtured them is extinguished. Switzerland Update:…