The International Religious Freedom Summit has begun in Washington, an expert gathering of global scale devoted to the protection of religious rights and freedoms. Its... >>>
In the Lithuanian Exarchate, clergy actions in the event of war were discussed
Members of the Council of the Lithuanian Exarchate and a representative of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, Arunas Degutis, discussed how the clergy should act in... >>>
The Murder of the Polish Metropolitan. A Key Episode in the Struggle for Church Independence in Europe
On 8 February 1923, an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church, Smaragd (Latyshenkov), shot Metropolitan Georgii (Yaroshevsky). The gunshot sounded not merely as a private... >>>
Gundyaev to Putin: “It is good when the Church is part of the state apparatus”
At a meeting with Russia’s ruler Vladimir Putin, Moscow Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev) said that “under the tsar-father everything was good and prosperous,” because at that... >>>
An angel with the face of Giorgia Meloni. In Italy, the restoration of a fresco sparked a scandal
In one of the churches in central Rome, after restoration an angel came to resemble Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. This was reported by la... >>>