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Civil peace begins with us by Fr. Barnabas Powell

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Orthodox Christians around the world have begun preparing for Lent — the annual season of increased prayer, fasting and alms that precedes Holy Week and the Passion and Resurrection of Christ.

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Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II

Georgian patriarchate official detained for plotting to poison Ilia II

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The chief of the Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarchate's Property Management Service, priest Georgy Mamaladze, has been detained on charges of plotting the murder of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, Georgian Chief Prosecutor Irakly Shotadze said.

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Orthodox church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague

Metropolitan Hilarion congratulates Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia on the third anniversary of his enthronement Inter-Orthodox relations, News, New documents, DECR Chairman

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Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent the following letter of congratulation to His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia on the anniversary of his enthronement:

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DECR chairman sends greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East on the anniversary of his enthronement

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Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, congratulated the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch on the anniversary of his elevation to the Patriarchal throne. The text of the message is given below.

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Patriarch of Georgia will be operated in Germany on February 13

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Moscow, February 10, Interfax - Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia who is treated in Germany will be operated on February 13 on gallbladder.

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Health emergency Contenuto disponibile in Italiano In Syria “more people die for lack of healthcare than in the battlefield.” AVSI’s response: “Open Hospitals” project

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Almost 6 years of war have caused the Syrian healthcare system to collapse. According to UN estimates 11.5 million people cannot access healthcare services, 40% of them are children. Two million people have no access to healthcare in Aleppo, over one million in

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SYRIA – ISLAM Head of a new Jihadi coalition says no to Astana talks, yes to a united Islamic Syria (Video) by Pierre Balanian

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For the first time since Hayy’at Tahrir Al Sham was founded a month ago, its leader Hashim al Shaikh issued a message. He calls for unity with other fundamentalist forces to build a Syria that maintains "its Islamic identity." For the moment, Hayy’at has been involved in eliminating all Islamists "traitors."

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Archaeology Contenuto disponibile in Italiano Qumran: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, “an amazing discovery” in Cave 12 (Q12)

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“An amazing discovery” has been made by the international team of Oren Gutfeld and Ahiad Ovadia, archaeologists of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: it is the one that has been instantly named Qumran Cave 12 (Q12), near

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TURKEY – ENGLAND Bartholomew and Welby call for an end to all modern forms of slavery in a joint statement

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The communiqué by the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Archbishop of Canterbury came at the end of a forum held in Istanbul. States should pursue perpetrators, protect victims, and promote hope.

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Minister of Interior Contenuto disponibile in Italiano Islam in Italy: a National Agreement to promote integration and combat extremism

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Yesterday the representatives of Islamic associations and communities and of the Italian Ministry of Interior jointly signed a “National agreement for an Italian Islam.” The purpose of the 20-point Agreement is to prevent the risk of a “do-it-yourself” Islam and to

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IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: "foreign bullies" or sectarian militias to protect Christians in the Nineveh Plain are not needed

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Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – There is no need for foreign forces to protect villages and areas of the Nineveh Plain where sooner or later Christians who lived there until August 2014 will return, when those territories were conquered by the jihadists of the

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Reflection on an article from “Christ & Welt” Contenuto disponibile in Italiano Mouhanad Khorchide and Islamic tolerance. For an “Islamic year of mercy”?

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The Holy Year proclaimed by Pope Francis triggered in-depth reflections within other Christian denominations and religions. A special supplement of “Die Zeit” offers a significant analysis, addressing, inter alia, Islamic theology and the Muslim faithful.

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Pope Francis: audience, “we Christians are men and women of hope”

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“We Christians are men and women of hope”. Pope Francis made these off-the-cuff remarks at his general audience catechesis today attended by a crowd of 6,000 people in the Paul VI Hall. The Pontiff focused on hope, stressing the “extraordinary dimension that this virtue takes on in the New Testament, when it meets the

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After the Week of Prayer Contenuto disponibile in Italiano Ecumenism and dialogue: Fr Cristiano Bettega (CEI), “history demands a gaze open to others”

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Fr Cristiano Bettega, director of the Department for Ecumenism and Dialogue at the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI) drew a balance of ecumenical commitment in Italian dioceses at the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated January 18-25. “There is growing sensitivity that

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Candle for Unborn Children 2016 Slovakia

Slovakia: preparations for celebration of Day of conceived child under way in all regions

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(Bratislava) – “Celebrate not only your birth but also the moment of your conception. In this way, you will be able to better understand when human life actually starts, and realize that every life, even unborn life, is worth protecting” – this is the main idea of

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs meeting of Inter-Council Presence Presidium

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On 30 January 2017, the Presidium of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church began its meeting at the Throne Hall of the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in St Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

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Pope Tawadros II: “Terrorism has no homeland or religion. The world thirsts for love.”

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Interview with His Holiness Tawadros II, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, a month after the terror attack of December 11 against the cathedral of Abssiya, in Cairo, that took the lives of 25 people.

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Women at the Muslim convention Jalsa Salana in the UK. Photograph Martin Godwin for the Guardian

The Guardian view on fear of Islam: terrorism is not a religion Editorial

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The hatred of Muslims can damage western societies far more than Islam could

he murder of at least six people in a mosque in Québec city is a brutal reminder that Muslims are by any measure the

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IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: the selective reception of migrants based on religion announced by Trump is "a trap for Christians"

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Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The option foreshadowed by US President Donald Trump to maintain a "fast track" open for Christian refugees to enter the US, while the doors are closed to citizens of seven countries with a Muslim majority, is "a trap for

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Parrocchia latina della Annunciazione a Beit Jala Betlemme

Holy Land: HLC Bishops to Christians in Bethlehem, “pray for our Western societies”

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(from our correspondent in Bethlehem) “The entire Middle East thirsts for mercy, Israelis, Palestinians, Christians, Muslims, and Jews. We all need peace. Please, help us!”. The parish priest of the Latin Parish of the Annunciation in Beit Jala, Fr. Faysal Hijazeen, made this

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Melkite Patriarchal vicar for Jerusalem and West Bank Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey

Holy Land: Zerey (Melkite Church of Jerusalem), may the Paris Conference “revive the ‘two peoples – two states solution’”

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(from SIR’s correspondent in Bethlehem) “The ‘two peoples – two states solution’ is the only one that can let everyone live in peace”: this was said to SIR by monsignor , as he spoke about the International conference for peace in the Middle East that

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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Birkenau Auschwitz earlier this month

Holocaust Memorial day: Archbishop Welby warns against "collusion with evil"

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[ACNS, by Gavin Drake] The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has urged people to resist a “post-truth” culture “at every level and in every conversation and debate”. He made his comments in a speech at a memorial service in Westminster, London, last

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow And All Russia

Interreligious dialogue in Russia is example of common understanding of threats to traditional values - Patriarch Kirill

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Moscow, January 26, Interfax - Dialogue between representatives of the main religions of Russia is an example of mutual respect and a joint search for mechanisms to protect traditional values, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said.

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The heritage of National Socialism Contenuto disponibile in Italiano Holocaust and Remembrance: Germany is still faced with a particular challenge ·

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Germany pays tribute to the memory of all the victims of Hitler’s dictatorship. The shared commitment to build and consolidate democracy, rule of the law, peace, and the development of the European “common home”, date back to the birth of the Federal Republic.

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Berlin Wall: symbol of reconciliation for Christian unity week

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(Vatican Radio) Wednesday January 18th marks the opening of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, focused this year on the theme of ‘Reconciliation – The Love of Christ Compels Us’. The annual celebration concludes here in Rome with Vespers, presided over by

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SYRIA - Patriarch of Moscow Kirill invited in Syria

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Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Scholars and official representatives of Syrian Islam, together with the Syrian Ministry officials for endowments and religious affairs (waqf), sent an invitation to the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill to visit the country. The news was

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Unity Week: Cardinal Koch celebrates a "truly ecumenical year"

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(Vatican Radio) As we mark the annual week of prayer for Christian Unity, Catholics have much to celebrate because 2016 was “truly an ecumenical year”. That’s the view of Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for

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Fr. Patrick H. Daly General Secretary COMECE

Migrants: Comece reports initiatives of the Bishops Conferences in Europe. “Calling Christians to action”

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(Brussels) Pope Francis’s appeal for migrant children has resulted in lots of initiatives, which have been taken in the last few days by the Bishops Conferences “to call Christians and political leaders to action”. A few days after the

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Metropolitan bishop Hilarion: Unity of Church, “Nothing new was said in Havana, but we said it together”

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“There are many things we can do together without being fully united yet”. It is a road dotted with joint initiatives and plans, the one that the metropolitan bishop Hilarion, in charge of the Department for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, describes

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SYRIA - The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate distances itself from the Hatune Foundation: "It does not represent us in any way"

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Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch distances itself from the "Hatune Foundation", the organization headed by the religious Syrian Orthodox Hatune Dogan. The foundation presents itself as a charity, dedicated to helping the poor and

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