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BULGARIA: A Russian defrocked cleric joins the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church European Times (22.07.2024) – Meanwhile, according to information on his personal page, the former cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church Peter...
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LITHUANIA: Deacon Andrey Kuraev was accepted into the clergy of the Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Lithuania European Times (22.07.2024) – On July 23, 2024, Archdeacon Andrey Kuraev was admitted to the clergy of the Exarchate of the Ecumenical...
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ECHR: Russia to pay 160,000 EUR to 16 Jehovah’s Witnesses but no chance they will ever see that money By Willy Fautré, Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (29.07.2024) – On 18 July 2024, the European Court of Human Rights examined nine...
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UKRAINE: One year after the Russian shelling of Odesa and its Cathedral, still no financial assistance from UNESCO The world community strongly condemned Russia’s shelling of the historical center of Odesa which damaged and disfigured the Orthodox Transfiguration...
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UKRAINE: “UNESCO! Stop blocking the transfer of the 500,000 EUR promised by Italy’s PM Meloni for the reconstruction of Odesa’s shelled Cathedral!” This is the call of the Brussels-based NGO Human Rights Without Frontiers one year after Russia’s shelling of Odesa’s...