A 1969 letter from a Papal envoy to Vladika Danilo of Montenegro and the Littoral, with an offer of rewards for the removal of Njegoš's chapel and remains and replacing them with a big mausoleum which would house the remains of a Montenegrin woman (who would be canonised).
The Russian leader is militarizing his society and infusing it with patriotic fervor, reshaping the education system, condemning scientists as traitors, promoting a new #Orthodox religiosity and retrograde roles for women, and conditioning a new generation of youth to view the West as a mortal enemy in a fight for Russia’s very survival.
The head of the Russian #Orthodox Church, Patriarch #Kirill, has imposed a three-year suspension on the priest who held a memorial service at Alexey #Navalny’s grave in late March.
Priest Dmitry #Safronov, a cleric of the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin on Lyschikova Hill in #Moscow, is now forbidden from giving blessings, wearing the frock, and bearing the church’s priestly cross until 2027.
Original building stood here from 1896 until it was demolished by #Soviets in 1962 - it was rebuilt in 2019. If you’ve visited Jūrmala in the few years before, you probably have seen the fundraising efforts to collect donations to fund its construction, it’s beautiful to see it stand & just a stones throw from the #beach! #history#photography#religion#baltics
Kyiv's #Orthodox Church awarded a soldier and then annulled the award, after discovering that this soldier was a representative of the #LGBT community.
After this scandal, many other servicemen and volunteers began publicly refusing previous awards from the Orthodox Church.
Israeli police in Jerusalem clash with orthodox protesters demonstrating against military service.
“They want us, the orthodox people here in Israel, to go to the Israeli army. They have one intention: they want us to be not religious. Therefore, we prefer to die. We don’t mind going to prison. We prefer to die and not go to the Israeli army.” #IDF#orthodox#Israel
A perfect image of #Serbia in its Mordor-like present. The skyscrapers of the Waterfront district (weapons deals to #Syria and #Yemen) and AFI towers (#Israel settlements in the West Bank/#Palestine).
Dome of St. Sava's cathedral, built with public money for an #Orthodox clergy that protects child abusers and war criminals, promotes misogynist policies.
Surrounding them all, the world-record levels of air #pollution that cloud the city every winter.
#Orthodox monk Andronik originally from St Petersburg #Russia now living in monastery on Mount Athos but still very popular in Russia, speaking to his supporters:
After 1.5 years of sowing merciless terror on #Ukraine you get retaliation and you moan about “terrorist act”. Don’t you have any brains or conscience left?
Who started the war? It’s obvious for everyone now, and nobody is hiding this anymore, that Putin started the war already in 2014.
All victims of this war, both in Ukraine and in Russia, are on the hands of those who started the war, not those who are defending themselves.
Nobody blames Soviet Army for destroying Berlin to its foundations. This is exactly what will happen here, this is only beginning.
If the war goes on, there will be more victims every day, your mobilised men will not return home. They will mobilise more cannon fodder, send another 350’000. Are you sure you want it?
As Russian Orthodox church is a zealous supporter of the war, Andronik’s words may be sobering for many of his supporters.
Many Ukrainians will on Monday celebrate Christmas Day on December 25 for the first time, after the government changed the date from the Orthodox Church observance of 7 January in a snub to Russia. Ukraine passed a law in July moving the celebration to 25 December, the day when most of the Christian world marks Christmas.
So I'm signed up with the specialty medicine department of my pharmacy group. For the shots that have to be refrigerated, because they come in the mail not from the local store.
There are questions about how much support I need, because having a chronic illness can be difficult (yup). One question asks if I have a place to meditate or a worship place. I thought about having to be outside of church for almost 4 years now, which has helped me avoid Covid this entire time. But not getting real support in this area hurts.
Oh cool cool cool. #Jews moving into #Jackson#NJ is cultural #genocide. Where is it, specifically, ok for Jews to live?
"As part of the settlement, the township agreed to adopt new policies and procedures that protect religious freedom and repeal prior ordinances that discriminated against #Orthodox#Jewish residents.
Residents and officials in this township have struggled to address rising animosities as the large Jewish population of neighboring #Lakewood has grown into Jackson."
In the church of St. Porphyry, #Orthodox priests continue to perform mass for a few hundred refugees.
Built in the 12th century, this building is the oldest #church still active in the #Gaza Strip, still standing even though an Israeli strike targeted it a month ago.
The Financial Times describes the daily life of this #Christian community. The survivors sleep on mattresses laid on the ground, they manage with a little fuel. The children try to ward off boredom and fear: https://www.ft.com/content/a6900e77-eded-4ff6-8f7c-326e1337c228
Classic "this isn't a #Christian nation" prank. Good one Pennsylvania.
"In addition to the significance level of the holiday, which you may have like an Easter or Christmas or something along those lines, #Jews who are #Orthodox or observant religiously are not going to be able to do any kind of work," says Pennsylvania Rep. Abigail Salisbury."
Writing is one of those categories of work, and so people would not be able to vote because you can't fill out a ballot if you can't write."
In addition to not #voting, Salisbury of Swissvale, who is #Jewish, says many Jews could not volunteer or serve as #election workers, some synagogues might not be polling places and it could impact some Jewish candidates."
The craziest part of the whole #Gaza#Genocide is that the party forcing Bibi to do this or lose his immunity from prosecution if the coalition falls apart are the ultra #orthodox parties who BY LAW are exempt from all fighting and military service. Meaning they are send OTHER PEOPLES legally bound kids to carry out this mass destruction while their kids risk nothing.
Here’s a question: how did American Christians get infiltrated so easily by Russian propagandists? It isn’t just #evangelicals - #Orthodox converts and #ProLife Roman Catholics, too. How tho.
Russian Orthodox priest faces expulsion for refusing to pray for victory over Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Church court says Aleksiy Uminsky broke his oath by refusing to recite ‘Prayer for Holy Rus’, which church has made compulsory at services