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[News] Festival of Religious Music to be held at the Moscow Church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God on October 14 – November 6 The Festival of Religious Music will begin at the Moscow Church of the “Joy to All the Afflicted” icon of the Mother of God on 14 October, the feast day of the Protection of the Mother of God.

[News] Conference held in Buryatia on "Orthodoxy in the countries of the Asiatic-Pacific Ocean regions" A conference dedicated to the 330 anniversary of the Daurian Mission is being held in the Transbaikal city of Ulan Ude.

[News] Over 70 lost old icons given to the Church Over 70 antique icons that had been taken out of the Russia following the revolution and during WWII were handed over today by patron Sergei Shmakov as a gift to the Russian Orthodox Church.

[News] A Representative of the Publishing Arm of the Moscow Patriarchate Visits Bishop John of Caracas and South America On October 3, 2011, as part of a program devoted to the memory of St Germogen, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Grace Bishop John of Caracas and South America met with representatives of the Publishing Arm of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow.

[News] Office of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija reinstated in the Patriarchate of Pec At the joint session of the Holy Synod of Bishops and the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija of the Holy Assembly of Bishops held in Belgrade on September 14-15, concerning of the recent events on the north of Kosovo, a far reaching decision was made regarding the activity of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija

[News] OCA Synod elects Archimandrite Alexander [Golitzin] as Bishop of the Bulgarian Diocese At their opening session at Saint Sergius of Radonezh Chapel here on Tuesday morning, October 4, 2011, the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America elected Archimandrite Alexander [Golitzin] to the vacant See of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese.

[News] Cyprus to get back rare Orthodox frescoes from US Rare 13th-century frescoes are to be returned to Cyprus from an American museum where they have been exhibited for the last 28 years, the leader of the divided island's Orthodox Christian church said Friday.

[News] Alaska Church lands officially returned to Diocese On Wednesday, September 28, 2011, the long standing issue of Alaskan Church land ownership was settled as His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah and His Grace, Bishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West, Locum Tenens of the Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of Alaska, signed 18 quitclaim deeds, thereby officially turning over the land to the Diocese of Alaska.

[News] The mature Christian deeds of a hockey captain who died in the recent plane crash The well-known Moscow archpriest, Fr. Dimitry Smirnov, recently revealed the secret good deeds of Ivan Tkachenko, captain of the "Locomotive" hockey team who died in the recent plane crash near Yaroslavl along with his teammates.

[News] Nadarkhani to be put to death for "rape", not apostasy Youcef Nadarkhani will be put to death for several charges of rape and extortion, charges that differ greatly from his original sentence of apostasy, the semi-official Fars News agency reported Friday.

[News] Christian doctor struggling to clear his name A Christian doctor is still trying to clear his name after a complaint was made against him for speaking about his faith with a patient.

[News] BBC accused of political correctness over stance on AD and BC The BBC has come under strong criticism after reports appeared in the media stating that it is encouraging the use of the secular date references Common Era and Before Common Era, over Anno Domini and Before Christ.