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Eastern Orthodox Church
June 25, 2020
Dozens detained after pro-Serb protests in Montenegro
Montenegrin police have detained dozens of people after seven officers were injured in clashes with pro-Serb opposition ...
June 24, 2020
A look at Serbia-Kosovo dispute as war crimes charges filed
An international prosecutor has indicted Kosovo's president and nine other former rebel fighters with war crimes and crimes ...
June 20, 2020
Montenegro to hold parliamentary election on Aug. 30
Montenegro’s president on Saturday set the small Balkan nation's next parliamentary election for Aug. 30. The election will ...
June 17, 2020
Russian monk denying coronavirus takes control of monastery
A rebellious Russian monk who has denied the coronavirus' existence and urged believers to ignore the Kremlin's lockdown ...
June 06, 2020
Russian Orthodox priest tends to Moscow's COVID-19 patients
The Rev. Vasily Gelevan bends over a COVID-19 patient at her apartment to administer Holy Communion and say words of comfort ...
May 29, 2020
Turkey reopens some mosques, prayers held in ex-cathedral
Worshipers in Turkey have held their first communal Friday prayers in 74 days after the government reopened some mosques ...
May 29, 2020
Communion unchanged in Greek Orthodox Church despite virus
One by one, the children and adults line up for the centuries-old ritual of Holy Communion, trying to keep a proper social ...
May 28, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Romanian port city marks Easter late due to virus
Stretching the church calendar, Orthodox Easter arrived over a month late in a Romanian city on the shores of the Black Sea.
May 27, 2020
Serbia bans Montenegro flights amid escalating tensions
Serbian authorities have banned Montenegro’s national carrier from operating flights out of Belgrade after the small nation's ...
May 20, 2020
Serbia-Montenegro tensions escalate amid church dispute
Serbia’s president has pledged to protect Serbs in Montenegro who he says are threatened by the possible formation of an ...
May 16, 2020
Serb church priests freed from detention in Montenegro
A Montenegrin prosecutor on Friday released from detention a Serbian Orthodox Church bishop and eight priests whose arrest ...
May 14, 2020
Montenegro: Dozens detained in clashes over priests' arrests
Montenegrin police said Thursday they have detained around 60 people following clashes at protests demanding the release of ...
May 13, 2020
Montenegro police break up protests against priest detention
Montenegrin police used tear gas to disperse protests demanding the release of eight Serbian Orthodox Church priests who were ...
April 29, 2020
Romania: Orthodox Church blasts posters of doctors as saints
Romania’s Orthodox Church on Wednesday criticized a billboard campaign showing doctors dealing with the coronavirus epidemic ...
April 19, 2020
Orthodox churches empty for Easter amid pandemic
Orthodox priests in much of Europe held Easter services in churches empty of parishoners because of restrictions imposed to ...
April 16, 2020
Rival Ukraine Churches clash over Easter lockdown rules
Ukraine's two rival Orthodox churches clashed Thursday over public health guidelines for forthcoming Easter celebrations, ...
April 12, 2020
Pope urges solidarity on an Easter of both joy, virus sorrow
Pope Francis called for global solidarity Sunday to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic as he ...
March 05, 2020
Putin: Russia needs constitutional changes to move forward
President Vladimir Putin told leaders of the four parties in parliament that proposed constitutional amendments are necessary ...
March 02, 2020
Putin's new amendments revere God, ban same sex marriages
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday submitted a slew of new proposed amendments to the country's Constitution that ...
February 17, 2020
Russian defense minister visits Serbia amid Balkan tensions
Russian military cooperation with Serbia has reached a “fundamentally” new level, Russia’s defense minister said Monday as ...
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