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500-year-old icon looted from church in Cyprus repatriated

A 500-year-old Orthodox icon that was looted from a church in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus has been returned to the island. The icon of the Enthroned Christ, which Cyprus’s Antiquities Department dates to around the end of the ...

12 Jul 2022 at 15:18

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Putin among the worshippers in Moscow as Russia celebrates Easter

Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin packed Moscow’s landmark Christ the Saviour Cathedral for a night-time Easter service led by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church and an outspoken supporter of the Kremlin. The ...

05 May 2024 at 11:45

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Russia’s most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests

Russian Orthodox believers celebrated Trinity Sunday with Russia’s most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow’s main cathedral despite the keepers’ protests. The Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev, which was kept in Moscow’s Tretyakov ...

04 Jun 2023 at 14:13

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Russia protests at Pope’s comments as Vatican seeks to mediate

Russia has lodged a formal protest with the Vatican over Pope Francis’s latest condemnation of atrocities in Ukraine, in which the pontiff blamed most of the cruelty on Chechens and other minorities in an apparent effort to spare ethnic ...

29 Nov 2022 at 15:11

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Ukraine reclaims Kyiv cathedral amid church dispute

The Ukrainian government has taken the main cathedral of the revered historic monastery from the church previously affiliated with Moscow’s patriarchate and allowed its Ukrainian rival to use it for Orthodox Christmas services. The ...

06 Jan 2023 at 15:26

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Some Ukrainians move Christmas to ‘break connection’ with Russia

Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on January 7, as do the Russians, but not all of them are doing so this year. Some Orthodox Ukrainians have decided to observe Christmas on December 25, like many Christians around the world, ...

25 Dec 2022 at 08:51

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LGBT soldiers in Ukraine rally for legal rights

Several hundred LGBT Ukrainian military personnel and their supporters marched in central Kyiv on Sunday to demand more rights and highlight their service to their country in its war with Russia. The service members – many ...

16 Jun 2024 at 13:06

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Cyprus’s outspoken Greek Orthodox Archbishop Chrysostomos II dies aged 81

Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the outspoken leader of Cyprus’s Greek Orthodox Christian Church whose forays into the country’s complex politics and finances fired up supporters and detractors alike, has died at the age of ...

07 Nov 2022 at 08:48

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Russian patriarch cancels event where he was to meet pope

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has cancelled his planned attendance at an interfaith meeting in Kazakhstan next month where he was expected to meet with Pope Francis, a top Orthodox official said. The move is ...

25 Aug 2022 at 08:24

Charles given handwritten Christmas letter by six-year-old girl on church visit

The King was given a handwritten Christmas letter by a young girl during a visit to an orthodox church. Charles attended an Advent service and Christmas reception at the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre UK in Stevenage, ...

05 Dec 2023 at 15:19

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Orthodox patriarch marks Easter on Turkish island

The ecumenical patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, based in Istanbul, fulfilled a 10-year promise to mark Easter on the Turkish island of Gokceada where he was born. In candle-lit masses held over three days, ...

16 Apr 2023 at 19:03

Significant number of British-Israelis caught up in Hamas attack, says Cleverly

A “significant number” of British-Israeli dual nationals have been caught up in the conflict in Israel and Gaza, the Foreign Secretary has said. James Cleverly said he is “uncomfortable” giving exact numbers about ...

10 Oct 2023 at 11:17

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