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Articles with tag "Religion"

religious shrine

Orthodox Pilgrims Flock to Moscow to See Holy Relics

Thousands of believers will wait in line to touch the relics.
Religious Celebration

Russian Buddhists Celebrate Kalachakra Religious Festival in Siberia

The Buddhist Kalachakra festival celebrates world peace and harmony.
Forbidden food

Nude ‘Divine Shawarma’ Ad Sparks Fury of Russian Church

The ad shows a nude model holding a doner sandwich to cover her breasts.
momentous visit

Putin Meets Pope Francis in Shadow of Ukraine Crisis, Arrives Late

The next day, Ukraine's Catholic leaders will meet at the Vatican to discuss the crisis in their country.
Revised curriculum

Lawmaker Suggests Replacing ‘Gulag Archipelago’ With Bible Study in Russian Schools

“We need to look at [school] programs and remove all that’s politicized,” the deputy chairman of the State Duma Education Committee said.
holy orthodox-see

Russian Church Plans $2Bln ‘Orthodox Vatican’

Church officials plan to transform Sergiyev Posad into the capital of Orthodoxy.
Historical interpretation

Baptized Russian Soldiers Won WWII While Atheists Died, Orthodox Bishop Says

"The war was won by those who were... spiritually called to defeat [Nazi Germany]."
Unholy missiles

Russian Church Seeks to Ban Blessings of Weapons of Mass Destruction

“We had to reconsider new realities: The Church has basically not encountered some types of weapons until the 20th century.”
radical babushka

78-Year-Old Jehovah’s Witness Prosecuted in Russia Over ‘Extremism’

Police monitored the woman for more than a year to collect evidence, the group said.
yekaterinburg

Russian Deputy Warns About Mosques Replacing Churches, ‘Like in Switzerland’

“The government will work better if church bells are ringing," he said.
Monument dedication

Putin Inaugurates Memorial to Jewish WWII Resistance

Members of the Jewish resistance are “victims, prisoners...but they are without a doubt also winners,” Putin said.
Cathedral Mosque

Moscow's Muslims Celebrate the End of Ramadan

An estimated 200,000 to 320,000 people participated in the celebrations in Moscow.
Dawn to Dusk

Ramadan Where the Sun Never Sleeps: Fasting in St. Petersburg

Follow one Muslim in St. Petersburg who fasts for over 20 hours a day during Ramadan.
Medieval Moscow

'A Corner of Heaven' in Moscow: Krutitskoe Podvorye

The medieval church residence is a window into the distant past and an island of peace in a bustling metropolis.
Different priorities

Russians Should Protest Sex Shops, Not Churches, Orthodox Spokesman Says

"It feels like our entire country goes to adult stores all the time," Patriarch Kirill's spokesman lamented.
opinion
Vladimir Ruvinsky

Russians Are Not Waiting for a Church Boom

The number of parishioners risks falling dramatically out of sync with the sharp rise in the number of churches.
Yekaterinburg unrest

Russian Orthodox Official Compares Anti-Church Protests to Romanov Executions

The head of Yekaterinburg’s diocese called both events "challenges" to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Property expansion

Russia Builds 3 New Churches a Day, Orthodox Leader Says

"Our people who have gone through years of atheism have realized ... that without God, nothing happens," he said.
Quarreling clergymen

Drunk Russian Priest Defrocked After Stabbing Monk, Media Reports

“Perhaps a festive occasion and chemicals produced this effect. Who’s without sin?” a church spokesperson said.
Public opinion

74% of Locals Oppose Controversial Church in Russia's Yekaterinburg – Poll

Plans to construct an Orthodox cathedral in place of a riverside park drew mass protests in Russia's fourth-largest city.
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