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[News] Svetlana Medvedeva Venerates the Holy Relics of Archangel Michael Church

[News] Russian Orthodox Church, DOSAAF to sign cooperation agreement The DOSAAF organization (Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy) is expected to sign a cooperation agreement with all traditional religious denominations in Russia, deputy chairman Roman Balashov told journalists at the Interfax head office on Friday.

[News] Orthodox church to be built in Beslan to commemorate victims killed by terrorists A commemorative cross will be erected at the yard of the destroyed school in Beslan on September 2, and later an Orthodox church will be built here to commemorate victims of the terrorist act, the local administration told Interfax on Thursday.

[News] Caucasus peoples reject Wahhabism - Investigative Committee Wahhabism is losing support in the North Caucasus, head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office Alexander Bastrykin said.

[News] DECR chairman meets with Patriarch of Alexandria Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with His Beatitude Theodore, Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, on 23 August 2010, at Domodedovo airport’s VIP hall.

[News] The Conclusion of the “Compatriots and the Russian Orthodox Church: Experiences in Cooperation in Latin America” Round Table A round table discussion entitled “Compatriots and the Russian Orthodox Church: Experiences in Cooperation in Latin America,” organized by the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from August 22-23, 2010.

[News] The number of Christians on the Arabian Peninsula is increasing During the past two decades, the number of Christians living in the Arabian Peninsula has significantly increased due to migrant workers, reports the Catholic News Agency, referring to the missionary publication, Mondo e Missione.

[News] Funeral Served for Reposed Serbian Metropolitan Christopher of Chicago and Libertyville On August 24, at the Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Libertyville, Illinois, the burial service took place for Metropolitan Christopher of Chicago and Libertyville, of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

[News] Metropolitan Ilarion of Volokolamsk Addresses the Compatriots and the Russian Orthodox Church Roundtable, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Ilarion of Volokolamsk Addresses the Roundtable “Compatriots and the Russian Orthodox Church: Experiences in Cooperation in Latin America”

[News] Festive Services at Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Buenos Aires On August 22, 2010, Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Buenos Aires, which preceded a round table titled “Compatriots and the Russian Orthodox Church: Experiences in Cooperation in Latin America.”

[News] Cross appears in the sky during prayer service to Solovki martyrs on Lubyanka Square

[News] Relic From the Georgian Orthodox Church Visits Archangel Michael Church Late in the evening of August 4, 2010, a group of Georgian Orthodox pilgrims brought a copy of the Anchi Icon of the Savior to Archangel Michael Church in Cannes, France.