Christian prayer

With the central slogan "without us, what will you eat?", farmers held an all-night vigil at Syntagma - At the blockades they will decide whether to continue the mobilizations

After a 25 years of protests against the disappearance of their family members Turkey’s Saturday Mothers are weathering the pandemic by taking their vigils online

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has been invited to join the customary prayer held the day after a new US president is inaugurated, which is scheduled to take place, virtually, on Thursday, at 10 a.m. local time at Washington National Cathedral.

Communion in prayer, kindness of the heart and cooperation in good deeds can work wonders, turning fear into courage and hope, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church said as he delivered the New Year's blessing service, the Akathist of our Lord Jesus Christ, at the Patriarchal Cathedral.

Greek Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias on Friday called on Muslim citizens celebrating Ramadan to pray at home, as part of the efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Speaking at the daily press briefing, he reiterated that mosques will hold prayer services during the religious month without public attendance.

Greek Archbishop Ieronymos requested an exemption from coronavirus curfew measures in a letter to the Education and Religion Minister Niki Kerameus on Thursday, asking to carry on liturgies on a normal schedule, behind closed doors.

The request comes as a joint ministerial decision suspending all religious services expires on March 30.

Hand-made prayer beads produced by a craftsman in the southern province of Mardin 19 years ago has found a buyer for about 300,000 liras ($47,800).

A businessman from Dubai laid his eyes on the prayer beads, which were reportedly manufactured using Ottoman designs and pieces and said to be stored in a special box for years.

The organisation behind the traditional US National Prayer Breakfast has access to policymakers around the world.

Pope Francis on Friday delivered at the National Cathedral the Lord's Prayer (Our Father in Heaven) in Latin, about which he said it is a synthesis "of our identity of sons and in particular brothers who pray next to each other". "I wish I express my gratitude and emotion for being here in this holy temple that is clustering us in unity.

Metin Çelebi has been shaping and engraving jet stones, which is called "black gold" in the eastern province of Erzurum, for 43 years. He engraves traditional Turkish motifs on them, making rosaries and accessories before selling them to buyers.