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[News] Holy Synod of Bishops expresses solidarity with Coptic Church in Egypt The witness and mission of the Coptic Church in Egypt have their origin in apostolic times. Today, the Coptic Church of Egypt is the largest Christian Church in the Middle East. Under the leadership of His Holiness, Pope Shenouda, the Coptic Church is a dynamic and active Church, with significant and effective work in education, youth work, and social work.

[News] Bishop Jonah of Obukhov on pilgrimage to Georgia Bishop Jonah of Obukhov, a vicar of the Kiev metropolia, leads a pilgrims’ group from Ukraine to Georgia with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

[News] Keys to St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nice handed over to the Russian Church Deputy head of the Russian Presidential Administration Sergey Bolkhovitin handed the keys of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nice to its new rector Archpriest Nikolay Ozolin. This ended the long and dramatic process of returning the church to the Moscow Patriarchate.

[News] First in Russia charitable female health center opens in the territory of a monastery For the first time in Russia, a charitable medical diagnostic center for female health, Belaya Roza (White Rose), opened on the initiative of the Russian President's wife in the Resurrection Novodevichy Monastery in Petersburg.

[News] OCA, ROCOR Metropolitans, hierarchs concelebrate the Divine Liturgy at ROCOR's NYC cathedral His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, and His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, concelebrated the Divine Liturgy for the first time at the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign, New York, NY, on Saturday, December 10, 2011.

[News] 2012 Conference Cruise to Alaska With the blessing of His Grace, Bishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West, a cruise and conference at sea — “Experiencing and Defending the Glory of Orthodox Christianity” — will be held September 16-23, 2012.

[News] Conference on cooperation between the Church and compatriots in Asia concludes its work On 11 December 2011, the round table discussion on Compatriots and the Russian Orthodox Church: Experience of Cooperation in Asia concluded its work in the capital of China.

[News] Skete in Odrynki, Poland devastated Thursday evening, the police in Hajnówka was informed about the devastation of the Saints Anthony and Theodosius of Kiev Skete in Odrynki.

[News] Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem asked to help resolve schism in the Ukraine There is a strong possibility that Greek Patriarch Theophilos III will try to reconcile leaders and members of the Ukrainian Church that have been split foryears.

[News] Metropolitan Hilarion attends celebrations making 60th anniversary of autocephaly of Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia On December 8, 2011, the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia marked the 60th anniversary since it was granted canonical autocephaly by the Russian Orthodox Church. On that day, solemn celebrations devoted to the anniversary took place in Prague.

[News] The Russian Church considers the question of fair elections important, and urges people to avoid provocation The Church should pray for peace and people’s salvation, while the civil authorities should, “be attentive to all, both the satisfied and the dissatisfied; they should not allow a violation of citizen’s rights, and also seriously show respect for the will of all the people,” declared the chairman of the Synodal Information Department of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Legoida.

[News] Hindi film crew arrested for hurting religious sentiments The Mumbai Police last week arrested the director, producer and publicist of Hindi movie "Who's There" for provocative posters that showed the picture of Jesus Christ on the cross being stabbed by a man.