Christianity

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: 3% [?]

April 28, 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: 2% [?]

April 10, 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: 3% [?]

March 17, 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: 3% [?]

March 14, 2007

Woman Sues State Over Daughter’s Satanic Registration

A woman in South Russia’s Stavropol Region has turned to court in an attempt to change the number 666 under which the birth of her daughter was registered in the official book, the Moskovsky Komsomolets daily reports on Monday.

Popularity: 1% [?]

February 26, 2007

Russian Orthodox Church Criticizes Vatican’s “Unfriendly” Policy

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II has criticized the Vatican behavior exhibited to Russia and other ex-Soviet states, the Associated Press news agency reported Tuesday.

Popularity: 2% [?]

December 5, 2006

Head of Russian Orthodox Church Says Roman Catholics Are Allies

A top Russian Orthodox cleric said on Sunday that the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church were allies in the face of hostile secularism, the Reuters news agency reported Monday.

Popularity: 3% [?]

November 20, 2006