Religion

Estonia’s Only Synagogue Opened in Tallinn

On Wednesday, May 16, Beit Bella synagogue — the only one in modern Estonia — was opened in Tallinn. The building, which served as a synagogue in the beginning of the 20th century, was destroyed during WWII.

Popularity: 3% [?]

May 17, 2007

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Seeks Medical Treatment in Switzerland

Reuters quotes an official in the Moscow Patriarchate as saying that Alexy II, the Orthodox Christian Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia received treatment while on holiday.

Popularity: 4% [?]

April 28, 2007

Religious Confessions’ Summit Opens in Kiev

The Inaugural Summit on Peace and Tolerance devoted to the contemporary state and perspectives of the international inter-confessional dialogue has opened in the Ukrainian capital.

Popularity: 2% [?]

April 27, 2007

Court Bans Russian Christian Group for Using Swastika

A court in South Russian Kuban Region has liquidated a Christian religious group that used swastika and Nazi salute as part of the cult.

Popularity: 3% [?]

April 10, 2007

Church of Scientology Wins Compensation Case Against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights ruled against Russia on Thursday for repeatedly refusing to recognise Moscow’s Church of Scientology as a legally valid religious association.

Popularity: 2% [?]

April 6, 2007

Man Tried to Sell Fake Remains of Apostle Philip at Internet Auction

An expert group invited to verify the authenticity of relics offered for sale through the Internet as being genuine remains of a Christian saint has proved they are fake, Russian Orthodox Church spokesmen said Friday.

Popularity: 14% [?]

March 23, 2007

Ownership of Italian Church Returns to Russia

Vladimir Putin’s visit to Italy brought about the return of Russian Orthodox-built church in Adriatic city of Bari to the Moscow Patriarchate.

Popularity: 4% [?]

March 17, 2007

Turkish Militant Gets 23 Years in Jail for Attacks in Chechnya

Chechnya’s supreme court on Monday sentenced a Turkish man to 23 years in prison for carrying out attacks against civilians, police and Russian soldiers in the restive Caucasus state, Interfax reported.

Popularity: 4% [?]

March 14, 2007

Putin Meets Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Benedict XVI met Tuesday in the highest-level Kremlin-Vatican talks in more than three years, The Associated Press news agency reported. The meeting of the two leaders expected to focus on ways of easing tension between Catholics and Orthodox Christians and finding common ground on moral issues.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Synagogue Defiled in Vladivostok, Russian Far East

Neo-nazis scrawled swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on the walls of the main synagogue in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Friday.

Popularity: 7% [?]

March 2, 2007