Vladimir Rozanskij

They offer first aid to the homeless and needy of any nationality, social condition, or religious denomination. The bus tours the city every Sunday from 9 am to late evening with volunteer professional doctors and nurses. At present, the Russian Orthodox Church organizes 90 shelters, 8 heating points, 450 canteens for the poor and 12 “mercy buses " in various cities of Russia.

A parliamentary commission will verify the existence of a political plot against patriarch Ilia II. Scandalous accusations by a bishop against the patriarch, considered too pro-Russian and the Orthodox patriarch of Moscow Kirill’s "puppet".

The jihadi action that killed five border guards remains unclear. Islamic State militants apparently came from Afghanistan. On 6 November, the day of the attack, marked 25 years of rule by President Emomali Rahmon, who has always kept the country isolated from its neighbours and the rest of the world.

The accusation is of having organized "extremist association activities". Long interrogations with the police to make them confess that they are "involved in politics". The activities of Jehovah's Witnesses are also prohibited in China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. A young Orthodox, Aleksej Minjaylo, alone spoke in their favor: "The real Orthodox are against religious persecution; every man has the right to decide for himself what he wants to believe".

Demonstrations in schools, squares, theaters drew a few hundred people. The burden of Putin's anti-pensions and anti-youth policies and schisms caused by the Ukrainian Church. Kirill speaks of the need to overcome all internal and external divisions and restore the role of international spiritual guide to Russia. The country's moral renewal to increase demographic data.

This is the first time Kirill refers to his meeting with Pope Francis. At the time, the two felt the same about the “genocide of Christians”. Slamming Greek Catholics, he says they “are not manageable”. For him, even Pope Francis has “certain difficulties" handling them. The Moscow Patriarchate sees itself as judge and jury of ethnic and ecclesiastical conflicts.

He was 76 years old. In 1960 he was one of the initiators of the Soviet dissent movement with rallies in Mayakovsky Square. He spent 12 years in Soviet concentration camps and psychiatric mental hospitals. In 1971 he revealed to the world the Soviet use of asylums against dissidents. He was a great critic of the European Union, which he regarded equiparated to the Soviet regime.

Directives for the faithful to go only to Greek churches where the metropolitan of Kiev is not mentioned. The "Eucharistic blackmail" also has consequences on tourism and pilgrimages. According to Kirill, the conflict between the Greek Church and the Russian Church is caused by "those who intend to spread anti-Christian ideology in the world" and do not want the Russian Orthodox Church to offer the world "their spiritual gifts".

The Russian president recommends producing content aimed at the moral and spiritual education of youth. The Orthodox patriarch urges the use of "media activities" to attract people to the charitable actions of ecclesial bodies. Enhance patriotism among the younger generations. Invade the internet with messages, rather than controlls.

Only seven bishops had asked to delay the decision, but the majority of the Greek Synod decided to support Ukrainian autocephaly. The defense of the patriarchate of Constantinople as the only one that can define the legal status of the other Orthodox Churches. A defeat for the Moscow patriarchate. It is likely lead to breaking off of relations with the Orthodox Church of Greece. An invitation to Epiphany of Kiev is expected to concelebrate with Hieronymus in Athens.

A grandiose and spectacular building development is underway. At the behest of Kirill, the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius Lavra, 70 kilometers from Moscow, will become a sort of "Russian Vatican". The enlargement of the monastery of Optina Pustyn ’, to make it the “new Mount Athos” of the spirituality of the starets.

It is the fourth time that the image exudes rivulets of a substance considered sacred oil similar to chrism. Metropolitan Ilarion confirms the sacred phenomenon, right in the church under his direction. The miraculous phenomenon of the ointment of icons corresponds to the "tearing" of sacred images in the Catholic world, but in the East sacred images play a role analogous to Latin Eucharistic devotion.