Christianity

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas

Many Orthodox Christians throughout the world on Wednesday celebrated Christmas with liturgies and prayers.

The Christmas service in Moscow' Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was led by Russian Patriarch Kirill, and attended by worshipers, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev among them.

It dates back to 1795, and has been dubbed the oldest time capsule in America. On Tuesday, a museum in Boston re-opened the relic, last seen over a century and a half ago.
      
The Museum of Fine Arts in the northeastern city opened the time capsule at a press conference at 6pm (2300 GMT).
      

Christimas is celebrated throughout Serbia

BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Christians are on January 7 celebrating Christmas, one of Christianity's most important holidays that marks the birth of Jesus Christs.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic wished on Tuesday a merry Christmas to all priests and members of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the government office for media relations has stated.

BELGRADE - Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) delivered a Christmas epistle calling on the Orthodox believers to pray for peace, love and unity to reign the world this year.

"Russian Church wants to mediate in SPC-MPC dispute"

BELGRADE -- Metropolitan Ilarion Alfeyev has said that Moscow wants to mediate in the church dispute between Belgrade and Skopje.

This is according to the Religious Information Agency (VIA), which referred to him as "the second most senior official" of the Russian Orthodox Church.

BELGRADE - Metropolitan Ilarion Alfeyev, the second most senior official of the Russian Orthodox Church, has said that Moscow wants to mediate in the church dispute between Belgrade and Skopje, the Religious Information Agency (VIA) reported on Monday.

Patriarch urges Serbs to remain in Kosovo

BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej has called for peace, forgiveness and love in his Christmas message, and urged Serbs in Kosovo to remain there.

Turkey's "new" and "advanced" democracy is getting entrenched in exceptional developments. One of those rather interesting happenings came at a meeting between the prime minister and representatives of minority religions.

Thankfully, the effect of Saturn is leaving us; it will be a relief, at least for my fellow Scorpios and I. Tonight might be our last stressful night after an agonizing three years; according to astrology, it will be a night of transition and transformation; our chance to burn the past and start a new era.