Russian prosecutors say priest's killer slain

2010-03-16T17:45:14Z

<div><p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prosecutors claimed on Tuesday to have solved the high-profile slaying of a Russian Orthodox priest in Moscow, saying a man shot dead by police in the Dagestan province was carrying the gun used to kill the priest.</p><p>The November killing of Daniil Sysoyev, who had reported receiving dea...

Greece Financial Crisis

2010-03-04T03:00:45Z

A pair of Greek Orthodox priests cross a central Athens road with other pedestrians as a banner reading "Rise Up, So the Measures do not Pass" is seen hanging from the Finance Ministry building, on the left, in Athens on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Dozens of Communist-affiliated unionists occupied the ministry building, preventing all employees from entering, to protest harsh austerity measures announced by the center-left government.

UKRAINE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

2010-02-25T02:27:00Z

Ukraine's President-elect Viktor Yanukovych, right, kisses an icon holding by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill during a religious service marking the presidential inauguration in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church in Kiev, Ukraine,Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Viktor Yanukovych has been inaugurated as Ukraine's president, five years after his first bid f...

Rights group: Russian religious freedom in danger

2010-02-22T15:15:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Human rights activists: Religious freedoms in Russia being rapidly curtailed</div><div><p>Religious freedoms are being rapidly curtailed throughout Russia as the Orthodox Church seeks to boost its dominance, human rights activists warned Monday.</p><p>In its annual report on religions freedoms, the independent M...

117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water

2010-02-22T15:25:14Z

<div id="subtitle">117 Russian Orthodox believers hospitalized after drinking holy water on Epiphany</div><div><p>More than 100 Russian Orthodox believers have been hospitalized after drinking holy water during Epiphany celebrations in the eastern city of Irkutsk, an official said Monday.</p><p>A total of 117 people, including 48 children, were in the ho...

Russia wins court case and gets cathedral

2010-02-22T17:42:06Z

<div id="subtitle">Court orders Russian Orthodox Cathedral in southern France handed over to Russia</div><div><p>A French court ruled Wednesday that a Russian Orthodox cathedral built on the French Riviera nearly a century ago under Cza...

FRANCE RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL

2010-01-20T11:46:12Z

View of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral "St Nicholas" in Nice, southeastern France, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. A French court ruleed that Russia is the owner of a magnificently ornate Russian Orthodox cathedral on the French Riviera resort of Nice which was erected by

Russians plunge into icy water for Epiphany

2010-02-22T18:09:58Z

<div><p> Scantily clad Orthodox Christians braved freezing temperatures throughout Russia on Tuesday to immerse themselves in ice holes in rivers and lakes to celebrate the Epiphany religious holiday.</p><p>To Orthodox believers, water blessed by a priest on Epiphany has miraculous powers, a belief harking back to Christ's baptism in the River Jo...

Russia Epiphany

2010-01-19T02:45:56Z

A girl emerges from cold water after plunging into icy pond to mark the upcoming Epiphany in the northwestern Moscow, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged Monday into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark the upcoming Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Water that is blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next y...

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS CHRISTMAS

2009-12-25T08:32:49Z

A Greek Orthodox priest lights a candle inside the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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Officials say priest attacks menorah in Moldova

2010-02-23T16:21:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Moldovan officials say priest leads dozens smashing menorah with hammers in capital</div><div><p>Dozens of people led by an Orthodox priest smashed a menorah in Moldova's capital, using hammers and iron bars to remove the candelabra during Hanukkah, officials said.</p><p>The 1.5 meter(5-foot)-tall ceremonial candelabrum was retrieved, reinstalled an...

Russia, Vatican establish diplomatic relations

2010-02-23T21:09:57Z

<div><p>Russia and the Vatican have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations, ending long-standing tensions, the Kremlin announced Thursday after President Dmitry Medvedev met Pope Benedict XVI...

Russian Orthodox priest critical of Islam shot dead

2010-02-24T02:49:20Z

<div><p>An Russian Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of both Islam and ultra-nationalist groups was shot dead in his Moscow church by a masked assassin, investigators said Friday.</p><p>Daniil Sysoyev, a well known figure who appeared on television talk shows and published a blog, had received threats over his extensive missionary work among Muslims in what was a highly unusual activity ...

Russian Orthodox priest shot dead in Moscow church

2010-02-24T02:53:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Russian Orthodox priest shot dead in Moscow church, assistant wounded</div><div><p>A gunman killed a Russian Orthodox priest in his Moscow church and seriously wounded the reverend's assistant, officials said Friday.</p><p>An unidentified attacker shot Rev. Daniil Sysoyev at point-blank range...

Masked gunman kills Russian priest at Moscow church

2010-02-24T02:54:01Z

<div><p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - A masked gunman entered a church and murdered a Russian Orthodox priest who had received death threats for converting Muslims to Christianity and criticizing Islam, prosecutors and church officials said Friday.</p><p>The killing could threaten delicate relations between the powerful majority Tampa police: Marine gave several reasons for priest attack, including rebuff of sex assault</div><div><p>A Marine reservist accused of attacking a Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron after apparently calling him a terrorist was actually defending himself after being sexually attacked by the cleric, his defense attorney said Tuesday.</p><p>Vitaly Ginzburg, who helped develop the Soviet hydrogen bomb, has died at age 93, the Russian Academy of Sciences said Monday.</p><p>Ginzburg said the bomb "saved" his life during an anti-Jewish campaign. But he had drawn controversy in re...

Russia stresses tolerance on national holiday

2010-02-24T09:57:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Russia tries to take the 'nationalist' out of new National Unity Day holiday</div><div><p>Tens of thousands of people took part in Moscow street rallies and concerts Wednesday on a new national holiday that the Kremlin tried to portray as a celebration of Russia's ethnic diver...

Orthodox patriarch meets Obama on U.S. visit

2010-02-24T10:24:07Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the "green patriarch" who leads 300 million Orthodox Christians, spoke with President Barack Obama on Tuesday about the fight against climate change.</p><p>"We view with alarm the dangerous consequences of disregard for the survival of God's ...

Putin marks birthday with writers, church praise

2010-02-24T21:53:34Z

<div><p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's most powerful politician Vladimir Putin marked his 57th birthday on Wednesday in the company of literary luminaries, lauded by the Orthodox Church for his wisdom, viewed askance by critics sensing a nascent personality cul...

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