Etiket: Orthodox
Greece is the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize gay marriage
Greece opens marriage to same-sex couples. Gay couples are also allowed to adopt children. Activists have fought for this right for years and celebrated the vote results on the doorstep…
Greece is the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize gay marriage
Greece opens marriage to same-sex couples. Gay couples are also allowed to adopt children. Activists have fought for this right for years and celebrated the vote results on the doorstep…
Greece is the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex marriage
A small majority in the Greek parliament approved the legalization of same-sex marriage on Thursday evening. In addition, same-sex couples are given the same parental rights as straight couples in…
LOOK. Orthodox Jews clash with police after their illegal tunnel from New York synagogue is discovered | Abroad
A group of Hasidic Jewish believers destroyed a well-known synagogue in New York on Monday. They clashed with the police over an illegal tunnel they had been digging for a…
Putin invites families of fallen soldiers to Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve | Abroad
Putin received the relatives at the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential residence, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The president had “a pretty extensive interview with the families.” Afterwards he joined the guests for…
PORTRAIT. The Orthodox volunteers who have been recovering bodies non-stop since the Hamas attack
“We find families slaughtered at the dinner table, feast untouched.” The horror that Zaka sees every day grips the throat. The Jewish volunteer organization recovers bodies in Israel. But despite…
130 Ukrainian prisoners of war released on Orthodox Easter | War Ukraine and Russia
Despite Orthodox Easter, Russia has again bombarded targets in Ukraine, Ukrainian military sources reported on Sunday. President Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, asks his compatriots in his Easter message to keep believing…
Search of head of world-famous Orthodox monastery in Kiev: “Suspicious of working for Russia” | War Ukraine and Russia
Ukrainian police have searched the home of the head of the world-famous Cave Monastery in Kiev. Tensions have been rising between the Ukrainian government and the historically important monastery for…
Ukrainians sing to thank Haarlemmers for help in Orthodox Christmas service
It is packed on Saturday afternoon in the Haarlem Church of the Nazarene on the Zijlweg. Many Haarlemmers have accepted the invitation of the Ukrainians who celebrate their Orthodox Christmas…
When is Orthodox Christmas celebrated and why has Ukraine decided to disassociate?
“I, Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, am addressing all the parties involved in the fratricidal conflict to ask them to establish a ceasefire and establish a Christmas truce…