Zagreb, Croatia – On Friday, April 13th, the Croatian government ratified the “International Treaty of the Council of Europe for the Prevention and Combating of Violence against Women and Family Violence,” also known as the Istanbul Convention (IC). The convention was ratified despite the … Continue reading Croatia Ratifies Ideological Istanbul Convention Against the Will of the People

Construction on Russia’s first Orthodox medical-social and spiritual-education center will begin in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.

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The problems of autism among children in Georgia and changing the attitude of society towards this issue are the main themes that representatives of the Georgian Patriarchate and charitable foundation “We Are Others” will consider at an upcoming conference in Tbilisi, foundation founder Andrei Maximov told Sputnik Georgia.

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A Russian delegation headed by State Deputy Dmitry Sablin, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian veteran organization “Combat Brotherhood,” visited the Orthodox Monastery of St. Thekla in Maaloula, Syria yesterday. The delegation was accompanied by Igumen Arseny (Sokolov), the representative of the Russian Patriarchate to the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

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