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Baptism of Christ

Baptism of Christ

The Russian Orthodox Church marks one of the main Christian holidays in Russia on January 19th, the day Baptism of Christ. It is the oldest Christian holiday, along with Easter, dedicated to the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in …

Sergius of Radonezh church to be built in Sochi

Sergius of Radonezh church to be built in Sochi

A church in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh is to be built in Sochi. The church is to built on Matsesta, the head of district administration Hostinsky Timothy Trepilchenko said. "After consulting with the dean of the Church of All …

Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia celebrates 83rd birthday

Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia celebrates 83rd birthday

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II is celebrating his 83rd birthday today. Ilia II was born Irakli Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili. He graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary in 1957 and from the Moscow …

Rouhani calls on Muslims to unite against terrorism

Rouhani calls on Muslims to unite against terrorism

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on Muslims to unite under the present critical conditions, Iranian media report. Rouhani noted that Tehran doesn't accept the confrontation between Shiite or Sunni people. …

Africa's Gambia becomes an Islamic republic

Africa's Gambia becomes an Islamic republic

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has announced today the Islamic Republic,  a statement on the official website of the President reads. "From today, Gambia is an Islamic state. We …

What is Yazidism?

What is Yazidism?

The head of the Department for Yazidi Affairs of the Ministry of Religion in the government of Kurdistan, Khairy Elias Ali, spoke about the history of Yazidism, as well as about the Yazidis themselves, who belong to the Kurdish ethnic and …

State Duma adopts law on sacred texts

State Duma adopts law on sacred texts

In the final reading the Russian State Duma has adopted a bill, which bans recognition of the texts of the Bible, the Koran, the Tanakh and the Kanjur as extremist.   Recall that the bill was …

140 thousand Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha in Moscow

140 thousand Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha in Moscow

About 140 thousand people celebrated Eid al-Adha in Moscow, and about 80 thousand Muslims came to the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, the head of the press service of the State Ministry of Interior in the capital, Andrei Galiakberov, said. …

Opening of Cathedral Mosque in Moscow

Opening of Cathedral Mosque in Moscow

Today in Moscow on the eve of the Kurban Bayram holiday, the Cathedral Mosque was opened. Its area was increased 20 times to 19 thousand square meters after an extensive renovation, and has become the largest mosque in Europe. 10 thousand …

Moscow Cathedral Mosque opened

Moscow Cathedral Mosque opened

The opening ceremony for the Moscow Cathedral Mosque is taking place on the eve of Eid al-Adha. After an extensive renovation the mosque has become 20 times bigger – the complex covers about 19 thousand square meters. The mosque ...

Ilia II meets with rector of Moscow Theological Academy

Ilia II meets with rector of Moscow Theological Academy

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II met with the rector of Moscow Theological Academy, Archbishop Yevgeny of Verea, where he expressed hope for normalization of bilateral relations. Archbishop Yevgeny ...