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Ukraine Passes Bill To Ban Moscow-linked Orthodox Church In First Reading
Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that would ban the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), as Kyiv vows to cut ties with institutions it considers aligned with Russia.
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Ukraine Sanctions 22 Associated With Russian Orthodox Church
"Sanctions have been imposed against 22 Russian citizens who, under the guise of spirituality, support terror and genocidal policy," President Zelensky said in his nightly address late on Monday.
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Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Joy And Anger For Rival Churches In Kyiv
Tears of joy streamed down worshippers' faces as Ukraine's main church celebrated a "return" to Kyiv's Cathedral of the Assumption on Orthodox Christmas day, shortly after taking control of it from a rival church with alleged ties to Russia.
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Ukraine Seizes Assets, Bans Travel For Clerics With Russian Ties
Ukraine's top security officials have ordered punitive measures against seven senior clerics, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, part of a crackdown on a branch of the Orthodox Church with longstanding ties to Moscow.
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Rival Orthodox Churches Wage Shadow War In Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion
As war rages across Ukraine, Mykhaylo Tereshchenko, the priest of Moscow branch of Ukraine's Orthodox Church is locked in his own spiritual battle that risks tearing his parish apart.
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PM Modi Condoles Death Of Supreme Head Of Indian Orthodox Church
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief on the demise of the Supreme Head of Indian Orthodox Church Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulos II, who died earlier today.
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2 Kerala Priests Accused Of Raping, Blackmailing Woman Surrender
Two of the four Kerala priests, accused of raping and blackmailing a woman for several years, surrendered before a local court today.
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Kerala Church Says Can't Ban Confessions, Cites "Religious Freedom"
The protests by churchgoers in Kerala against the women's panel's recommendation to stop confessions continued today at the Malankara Orthodox church.
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Rape-Accused Kerala Priest Reveals Woman's Identity In Video, Deletes It
One of the Kerala priests, accused of raping a woman for several years, uploaded a video in his defence after the Supreme Court reserved its judgment in the anticipatory bail plea of two of the four priests named in the complaint.
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Bail Plea Denied For Two Jailed Orthodox Priests In Kerala Church Scandal
A magisterial court near Thiruvalla on Thursday denied bail to the two jailed Malankara Orthodox Church priests named in a case for sexually abusing of a woman parishioner.
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Egypt Mourns Slain Churchgoers As Blast Toll Rises
Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority.
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Russia Imprisons Blogger Who Hunted Pokemon In Church
A Russian court on Friday ordered a blogger to be held behind bars for three months pending trial for hunting Pokemon in church, after he broke rules of his house arrest.
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Pope Francis Visits Armenia's Closed Border With Turkey On Last Day
Pope Francis is wrapping up his trip to Armenia with a Sunday liturgy in the Apostolic cathedral celebrated by his Orthodox hosts and a visit to Armenia's closed border with Turkey amid new tensions with Ankara over his recognition of the 1915 "genocide."
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Pope In Mexico After Historic Talks With Russian Patriarch
Mexico greeted Pope Francis on Friday with mariachi music and throngs of Catholic faithful lining the streets after he held historic talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Cuba.
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Pope Arrives For Meeting With Russian Orthodox Leader
Pope Francis landed in Cuba Friday for the first-ever papal meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a historic development in the 1,000-year schism within Christianity.
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Ukraine Passes Bill To Ban Moscow-linked Orthodox Church In First Reading
Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that would ban the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), as Kyiv vows to cut ties with institutions it considers aligned with Russia.
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Ukraine Sanctions 22 Associated With Russian Orthodox Church
"Sanctions have been imposed against 22 Russian citizens who, under the guise of spirituality, support terror and genocidal policy," President Zelensky said in his nightly address late on Monday.
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Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Joy And Anger For Rival Churches In Kyiv
Tears of joy streamed down worshippers' faces as Ukraine's main church celebrated a "return" to Kyiv's Cathedral of the Assumption on Orthodox Christmas day, shortly after taking control of it from a rival church with alleged ties to Russia.
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Ukraine Seizes Assets, Bans Travel For Clerics With Russian Ties
Ukraine's top security officials have ordered punitive measures against seven senior clerics, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, part of a crackdown on a branch of the Orthodox Church with longstanding ties to Moscow.
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Rival Orthodox Churches Wage Shadow War In Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion
As war rages across Ukraine, Mykhaylo Tereshchenko, the priest of Moscow branch of Ukraine's Orthodox Church is locked in his own spiritual battle that risks tearing his parish apart.
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PM Modi Condoles Death Of Supreme Head Of Indian Orthodox Church
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief on the demise of the Supreme Head of Indian Orthodox Church Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulos II, who died earlier today.
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2 Kerala Priests Accused Of Raping, Blackmailing Woman Surrender
Two of the four Kerala priests, accused of raping and blackmailing a woman for several years, surrendered before a local court today.
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Kerala Church Says Can't Ban Confessions, Cites "Religious Freedom"
The protests by churchgoers in Kerala against the women's panel's recommendation to stop confessions continued today at the Malankara Orthodox church.
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Rape-Accused Kerala Priest Reveals Woman's Identity In Video, Deletes It
One of the Kerala priests, accused of raping a woman for several years, uploaded a video in his defence after the Supreme Court reserved its judgment in the anticipatory bail plea of two of the four priests named in the complaint.
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Bail Plea Denied For Two Jailed Orthodox Priests In Kerala Church Scandal
A magisterial court near Thiruvalla on Thursday denied bail to the two jailed Malankara Orthodox Church priests named in a case for sexually abusing of a woman parishioner.
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Egypt Mourns Slain Churchgoers As Blast Toll Rises
Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority.
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Russia Imprisons Blogger Who Hunted Pokemon In Church
A Russian court on Friday ordered a blogger to be held behind bars for three months pending trial for hunting Pokemon in church, after he broke rules of his house arrest.
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Pope Francis Visits Armenia's Closed Border With Turkey On Last Day
Pope Francis is wrapping up his trip to Armenia with a Sunday liturgy in the Apostolic cathedral celebrated by his Orthodox hosts and a visit to Armenia's closed border with Turkey amid new tensions with Ankara over his recognition of the 1915 "genocide."
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Pope In Mexico After Historic Talks With Russian Patriarch
Mexico greeted Pope Francis on Friday with mariachi music and throngs of Catholic faithful lining the streets after he held historic talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Cuba.
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Pope Arrives For Meeting With Russian Orthodox Leader
Pope Francis landed in Cuba Friday for the first-ever papal meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a historic development in the 1,000-year schism within Christianity.
