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Articles with tag "Religion"

defrocked and dethroned

Shadowy Russian Clergyman Stripped of Priesthood After Virus Denials, Monastery Capture

Father Sergei seized a women's monastery after he'd been banned from preaching and called coronavirus restrictions a "satanic plot."
walking free

Russia Grants Early Release to Jailed Danish Jehovah’s Witness

The European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses called the court's move “a bold and honest act.”
wwii remembrance

Putin Hails Russian War Dead at Giant New Army Cathedral

The ceremony marked the 79th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
going rogue

Russian Church Issues Ultimatum to Virus-Denying Priest Over Monastery Capture

Father Sergei captured the monastery with around 100 supporters this week after he was banned from preaching.
laying siege

Coronavirus-Denying Russian Priest Captures Church With Cossack Fighters

Father Sergei was barred from public ministry for disobeying orders to follow health guidelines during the pandemic.
Military mega-church

Russia Consecrates Grandiose Armed Forces Cathedral

Hundreds of members of the Armed Forces attended, eschewing face masks and social distancing.
religious crackdown

Russia Hands ‘Harshest, Longest’ Jail Sentence to Jehovah’s Witness

Russia banned the Jehovah's Witnesses as an “extremist” organization in 2017.
Eid al-Fitr

Russia's Muslims Celebrate the End of Ramadan in the Time of a Pandemic

The Eid al-Fitr holiday is a feast marking the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan.
Siberian Jesus

For This Russian Messianic Cult, Coronavirus Isolation Is a ‘Blessing’

As the pandemic sows fear and uncertainty, some are looking to a Siberian mystic for answers.
turned tables

Russian Priest Hospitalized With Coronavirus After Calling it ‘Extremely Useful’

“Egotism has gone down, replaced by volunteerism,” Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov previously said of the pandemic.
pivot from putin

Russia Ditches Putin Mosaic in Army Church

The mosaic was intended to be a paean to Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
'insulted memory'

Popular Russian Theologian Banned for Insulting Priest Who Died From Coronavirus

Protodeacon Kurayev referred to the head of a Moscow cathedral who died from Covid-19 as “a dumb careerist.” 
army worship

In Photos: Russia Unveils New Military Mega-Church

The cathedral will stand as a symbol of the close church-defense ties seen in modern-day Russia.
domestic conflict

Don’t Nag Your Husbands During Coronavirus Lockdown, Church Official Tells Russian Women

“Promise this to God: if I criticize [my husband], then ... I won’t eat chocolate or surf the internet all day.”
church and state

Russia’s New Military Mega-Church to Feature Putin, Stalin, Crimea Mosaics

The Russian Orthodox Church called the depictions "appropriate."
rumor mill

Putin’s Rumored Confessor Denies Contracting Coronavirus

“Why lie to people? I’m in good health, thank God,” Father Tikhon Shevkunov said.
PRAY AT HOME

Russia Prepares to Mark Orthodox Easter Under Coronavirus Lockdown

The Church has advised the faithful to stay home during the most sacred holiday of the year.
In photos

Russia Celebrates Orthodox Palm Sunday Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Some churches observed social distancing — others allowed worshippers to crowd in as usual.
Infected clergy

Russian Orthodox Priests Test Positive for Coronavirus

They are believed to be the first Russian Orthodox priests to be infected with the fast-spreading virus in Russia.
mobile service

Orthodox Motorcade in Moscow Wards Off Virus With Holy Icon and Prayers

A live broadcast showed Patriarch Kirill's escorted van with tinted windows driving a main highway around Moscow.
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