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[News] Holy Dormition Monastery to be Built in Thailand His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has supported a proposal by the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand, Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin) to build the Holy Dormition Monastery for men in the Province of Ratchaburi, Thailand, where the construction of a church dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, together with living and work quarters, is in process.

[News] Exhibition in Italian Town Removed Blasphemous Sculpture at Demands of Faithful The Mayor of the city of Petrasanta, at the demands of the Catholic faithful, ordered that a blasphemous poster entitled, “Virgin of the Third Riech” be removed from the Panici Palace

[News] Serbs to Pray about Situation in Kosovo Patriarch Irenei of Serbia blessed his flock to ring the bells of every church in Serbia on Thursday, July 22, in connection with the decision by the International Court to recognize the independence of Kosovo.

[News] Fifty Thousand Participate in Procession To Commemorate the Royal Martyrs A cross procession from the site where the last Russian emperor's family was murdered to the place where their bodies were destroyed took place in the Sverdlovsk Region on the night of July 17.

[News] His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia Begins Nine-Day Visit to the Ukraine Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill will make a nine-day pastoral trip to neighboring Ukraine on July 20 in line with a new tradition launched last year to make annual visits.

[News] "We Shouldn't Integrate with Europe as Guided and Weak Partners" - Patriarch Kirill Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes that dialogue of Russia and Ukraine with the European Union should be held from positions of equal rights.

[News] Orthodox Tours Announces September U.S. Pilgrimage to Sites of Early Anglo-Saxon Church Orthodox Tours announces its pilgrimage to holy places of the early Anglo-Saxon Church, scheduled for September:

[News] Muslims Attempt to Behead Apostate in Egypt The latest in a string of failed attempts by Muslim fanatics on the life of Egyptian Muslim-born Maher el-Gowhary who publicly converted to Christianity in 2008, took place on Sunday July 5, 2010.

[News] Belorussian Orthodox Priest Makes Stand for Christian Tradition at Presbyterian Council, U.S.A. While the PC(USA) is in the process of re-thinking its position on ordination standards, with the General Assembly having recently recommended deleting the current paragraph concerning fidelity in marriage and celibacy in singleness, how is the rest of Christendom reacting?

[News] On July 15, 2010, in the Chamber of Accounts of the Russian Federation, a meeting took place between the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Chamber of Accounts, dedicated to the mutual council on Coordination, reports Patriarchia.ru.

[News] Memorial Service for the Group of Explorers Who Discovered Alaska on the 269th Anniversary of the Founding of Russian America On July 15, 2010, the day which marks the 269th Anniversary of the Founding of Russian America (now Alaska), Archimandrite Zacchaeus, Representative of the Orthodox Church in America to the Moscow Patriarchate celebrated a memorial service (Pannikhida) at Holy Trinity Church “in Listakh” for the group of explorers led by Captain Alexei Chirikov and Navigator Captain Vitus Bering on the two ships, the St. Peter and the St. Paul, which arrived on the Aleutian Islands and parts of the North American coastline during the Great Northern Expedition.

[News] President Dmitry Medvedev Underscores Importance of Christian Roots in Russian-German Relations Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the final plenary session of the St. Petersburg Dialogue forum on July 15, 2010. In his address, President Medvedev said in particular, "Religious dialogue is very important. Both in Russian and German societies, there are values based on Christian roots which will continue to unite us."