Source link Greek lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex weddings in the country, despite staunch opposition by the Orthodox Church of Greece and almost half of the population. The bill was approved on Thursday by a majority of 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat Greek parliament, as 76 rejected it and 46 were not present for […]
Source link Metropolitan Eugene has been branded a security threat and denied a residence permit in Estonia Metropolitan Eugene, the head of the self-governed Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, has been denied a residency permit by the Baltic nation, forcing him out of the country this week. Tallinn has claimed that his public […]
Source link For the first time, Zimbabwe’s Orthodox community attended a Christmas service, TASS reported on Sunday. The service was conducted by George Maximov, a priest and chairman of the Missionary Department of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa. “The ceremony was performed in an adapted room on the territory of the embassy,” Maximov said, adding […]
Source link Propaganda of the termination of pregnancy is unacceptable, the largest church is Russia has said The deliberate termination of pregnancy is tantamount to murder, the Russian Orthodox Church said in a statement released on Wednesday, arguing that there is no “right to abortion.” The document was released as church leaders, conservative activists and […]
Source link Nine Israeli troops were wounded as they tried to evacuate an injured civilian from the religious site, according to Israeli media The IDF has blamed Hezbollah for deliberately targeting an Orthodox church in the Israeli settlement of Iqrit, not far from the Lebanese border. The historic St. Mary’s Greek-Orthodox Church was “directly hit” […]
Source link A spokesman for the Russian church branded the move “lawless” and an “attempt to intimidate parishioners” Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been put on a criminal wanted list by Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. The document identified the Patriarch by his secular name and described him as “an individual hiding […]