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[News] Nine Wounded in Explosion in Ukraine Church Nine people have been injured in a blast outside the Intercession Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Zaporоzhyе, Ukraine on Wednesday, the regional police told Interfax.

[News] Appeal of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod to Orthodox Christians in Ukraine Who are Out of Unity with the Holy Church For over twenty years now there have been continued disorders generated by the church schism in Ukraine. Discord and confusion, faction and grievance it has brought cannot but affect the life of Ukrainian Orthodoxy and the society as a whole. The schism has had an impact on people’s lives and frustrated harmony in families and society. But its most terrible result is that a considerable part of the faithful has remained to this day outside communion with the grace-giving fullness of Universal Orthodoxy.

[News] Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod Meets in the Kiev-Caves Lavra The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, began its meeting on July 26, 2010, at the Dormition Monastery of the Caves in Kiev.

[News] Life Becomes Dangerous Without Humor - Patriarch Kirill at meeting with Odessans "Life becomes dangerous without humor," Patriarch Kirill said on Thursday at his meeting with public figures in the Odessa National Opera and Ballet Theatre answering the questions of the participants.

[News] Patriarch Kirill meets with Ukrainian President Yanukovich On July 23, 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, while on an archpastoral visitation of dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, met with the Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich in the Crimea. At Belbek airport, His Holiness was met by Metropolitan Lazar of Simferopol and the Crimea, diocesan clergy and governmental officials.

[News] The Russian Church Abroad Marks the Anniversary of the Repose of Bishop Ambroise (Cantacuzene) On July 22, 2010, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia marks the first anniversary of the repose of Bishop Ambroise (Cantacuzene).

[News] The First Orthodox Priest Ordained for Mauritania On July 4, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, in the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Metropolitan Alexios of Carthage, Exarch of Northern Africa, ordained Fr. Labro Cefallino into the priesthood.

[News] Patriarch Kirill Believes Official Atheism in Europe Will Lead to Ghetto of Religious Fanatics Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes that present-day struggle of European authorities against religion under slogan of secularity will have a dangerous outcome.

[News] Russian Church is Ready to Raise Abandoned Children Saving an unborn child from abortion is more important than building churches, Moscow priest believes.

[News] Billboards Bible Quotes appear on Moscow Streets Billboards with quotations from the Bible including the Ten Commandments appeared on the streets of Moscow on Tuesday.

[News] Polygamy is Harmful to Society, Scholar Finds Increased crime, prostitution and anti-social behaviour. Greater inequality between men and women. Less parental investment in children. And, a general driving down of the age of marriage for all women.

[News] The Third “Concord of Orthodox Youth” Conference Begins in Russia The third annual “Concord of Orthodox Youth” has begun, which gathers young men and women from all over the world.