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23 Mar 2011

Orthodox churches are struggling to overcome differences

Differences over arcane church issues are preventing Orthodox churches getting together to discuss common issues and speak with one voice on major topics.
24 Feb 2011

Pope and Russian president vow to strengthen relationship

In their first full meeting, Pope Benedict XVI and President Dmitry Medvedev have expressed their desire to strengthen bilateral relations.
9 Feb 2011

Russian Orthodox clergy may run for political office

The Russian Orthodox Church has ruled that hierarchs (church leaders) and clergy are able to run for political office in exceptional cases.
26 Jan 2011

Russian Patriarch denounces Moscow airport bombing

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill I has denounced a terrorist attack at Moscow’s busiest airport as "the horrifying scowl of sin, and a barbaric distortion of human nature."
6 Sep 2010

Kremlin fresco of Christ rediscovered

A fresco of Christ on the Kremlin Wall in Moscow rediscovered after being plastered over after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution has been presented to the Russian Orthodox Church.
17 Aug 2010

Orthodox cleric condemns profiteering from Russia's drought

In the heat and drought that has gripped Russia for two months, an Orthodox archbishop has condemned retailers for profiteering from extreme conditions.
1 Jul 2010

Russian Orthodox and world churches' chief discuss knotty issues

The General Secretary of the WCC says the ecumenical body cannot take a stance on issues of sexuality and women's ordination, because of the different views among its members churches.
28 Jun 2010

World churches' chief meets Russian Orthodox Patriarch

The WCC General Secretary and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia have met in Moscow to discuss the relationship of the Orthodox to the churches globally.
24 Jun 2010

World churches' chief to meet Russian Orthodox patriarch

World Council of Churches' General Secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit will pay an official visit to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 27-29 June.
3 Jun 2010

Orthodox leaders strengthen the path to unity

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I of Constantinople has left Russia after a 10-day visit praised by his hosts for strengthening relations with the Russian Orthodox Church.

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