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RRussian officials and their aides will hold sham referendums in the Ukrainian regions of Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia from September 23-27 to integrate them into Russia. “I think people have been waiting for a referendum…

Good reasons to use a personal loan You can use funds from a personal loan to pay for anything. But some of the best uses include paying off credit card debt, covering unexpected financial emergencies, or financing the…

Consuming kourabiedes is a bit like swimming underwater. It's best to hold your breath while eating the Greek treat, as the sugary, powdery cookies will coat your face if you're not careful. Greek cuisine, much like the…

A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are due to fly to the International Space Station on Wednesday on a Russian-operated flight despite rising tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. NASA's Frank…

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2021 Emeritus Induction Brunch honoring the Classes of 1970 and 1971. (FSU Alumni Association) The Florida State University Alumni Association will honor the Class of 1972 at its annual Distinguished Alumni Reunion on Homecoming…

Press play to listen to this article YEREVAN, Armenia — When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, he hoped to restore the glory days of the Soviet Union in the…

In 1054, the inhabitants of our planet were treated to an unusual sight. A strange light exploded and lit up the sky. For no less than twenty-three days, the explosion - caused by a star running out of fuel and exploding - was visible in…

MOSCOW (AP) — The president of Kazakhstan on Saturday signed constitutional amendments that extended the presidential term to seven years and brought back the former name of the country's capital.The changes are part of political and…

Cashed in: Getting a loan in the cannabis industry is like having bad credit.Getty With the federal law prohibiting cannabis, businesses are struggling to access the banking system. So the price of doing business is double digit interest…

"Seeking justice and peace for all in the Middle East. The assembly heard growing calls from church leaders in the Holy Land for increased intimidation, violations, restricted access to places of worship and attacks by radicals. “The WCC…

September 15, 2022 at 6:36 p.m. EDT(Washington Post staff illustration; Images by iStock/Getty Images)At a time of growing concern about possible nuclear threats from Russia, some prominent defense strategists are arguing for a new theory…

The Serbian government is set to cancel a long-planned parade in Belgrade this Saturday as part of the annual pan-European demonstration EuroPride celebration, held each year in a different European city, after the parade of thousands of…

Sep 14, 2022, 2:51 p.m.Updated 16h agoBy: Sandrina Rodrigues, senior digital producerIs your child preparing to apply to college this year? Or maybe you are a student and still confused about the student loan process. COMPLETE…

On September 5, Patriarch Porfiry of Belgrade, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, awarded the highest degree of the Order of Saint Sava (the highest chivalric order of the Patriarchate) to the Hungarian Prime…

For a Bloomberg Economics report on 10 lessons from South Africa's sanctions of the 1980s, please click here.Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Allied nations have unleashed a series of sanctions so swift and far-reaching that there are no…

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News/Sputnik - Sept. 13, 2022) Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) will meet in New York on Tuesday to launch the Council of Bishops and elect a new first hierarch, the seventh primate…

As many as 1.3 million California residents now face the possibility of state law requiring them to pay state income tax on federal debt relief. President Joe Biden announced Aug. 24 that his administration would forgive up to $20,000 per…

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Officials in eastern Ukraine on Sunday blamed Russian attacks on key facilities for widespread blackouts that have affected large areas of the country where Kyiv forces have made gains in a counteroffensive.…

Jerusalem • The Center for Near Eastern Studies at Brigham Young University Jerusalem faced such opposition in the mid-1980s that Jeffrey R. Holland, then president of the school, was welcomed at an Israeli airport by several hundred…

Work on St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church is finally nearing completion as the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches. Designed by Santiago Calatrava and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the…

Not for distribution in the United States of America. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Premier Diversified Holdings Inc. ("First"or the"Company") (TSXV: PDH) announces that it has reached certain…

As Ukraine prepared to celebrate its Independence Day even as its military forces battled a month-long Russian invasion, government officials assembled a grandiose, but macabre display on Khreshchatyk, the main street of the Ukrainian…

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The Jordan Center stands with all the people of Ukraine, Russia and the rest of the world who oppose the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See our statement here. This post won the Judges' Choice award in the Jordan…

CANFIELD - Designed to showcase the many cultures that exist in Youngstown and promote the learning of other cultures, the Mahoning Valley International Civic and…

World famous zoologist Ilya Mechnikov was not safe in the city of Odessa. The soldiers dispersed the demonstrations. Students had disappeared. And the local police chief had put Mechnikov on a list of "politically…

Built 200 meters underground in the tunnels of a salt mine, this Roman Catholic church welcomes up to 3,000 visitors each Sunday. The chapel has three sections that represent the birth, life and death of Jesus. 15. Marble Mountains (Da…

Nearly half of Connecticut restaurateurs — 43% — say business conditions are worse now than they were three months ago, according to survey results released last month by the Connecticut Restaurant Association.It comes at a time when…

This week there are several unique activities taking place in the San Diego area to help refresh the mind and spirit, including arts events, a Greek festival, and a free mental health festival.Cardiff Greek Festival returns to San Diego The…

Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterSept 2 (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's last leader, will be buried in Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery on Saturday, but there is no official day of mourning and there…

We need this meeting between Patriarch Cyril and Pope Francis. It is a pity that the Russian Orthodox Patriarch withdrew at the last minute. It may seem counterintuitive for Christians to pray for direct, direct contact…

Athens, Greece -- Greek politicians and the country's powerful Orthodox Church have joined together to condemn a retired bishop who claimed on Friday that women are not raped "unintentionally".In an interview with private television Skai,…

A woman holds British pound banknotes in this illustration taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationJoin now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterLONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The British government is set to release data…

FORT WORTH, Texas (KBTX) - The legacy of the Soviet Union's last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, is remembered by the world after his recent passing, and one person remembering the former president - whom he knew personally - is a Texas A&M…

The frequent fires in a number of Coptic Orthodox churches in Egypt are resurfacing in the struggle of the Christian community to have the same rights as the Muslim majority.The series of church fires that erupted across Egypt in the space…

Who among us is so carefree that they don't care to pay rising bills for rent, health, car, emergency, or just everyday expenses? If we are so rich, of course. But what if we are not and on top of those bills we have a bad credit score?…

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Inter president Steven Zhang is unlikely to give his approval for a loan move for Lazio defender Francesco Acerbi to be completed before the transfer window, even if the wage bill is lightened with the loan departures of!-->…

Special for the Hellenic News of America William Planes was surprised at how little his grandchildren knew about their grandparents. So he wrote a book. "Platanides: Through the Eye of the Storm" is the true story of his father, Panayiotis…

A new term is creeping into the American lexicon called "Christian nationalism." It is a mistaken belief that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. I have read the original writings of…

Montenegro was rocked earlier this month by a rare massacre in its royal capital, Cetinje, where all the president and the country's two dominant Orthodox churches reside. Ten people died when a gunman ransacked an apartment building with…

What is TN Credit Guarantee Scheme | Tamilnadu Credit Guarantee Scheme Online registration, eligibility and benefits, required documents | According to the authorities, the government of Tamil Nadu is taking steps to facilitate the…

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After being postponed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest governing body of the World Council of Churches will meet next week in Germany for nine days under the theme "Christ's love drives the world forward".…

Richard Hurd / CC BY 2.0LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — School is back in session, "Go Big Red!" can be heard on the streets, and Labor Day is right around the corner. It's starting to look like fall. The Huskers kick off in…

European Union flags fly in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yves HermanJoin now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterMILAN, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The European Commission on…

A A concrete monument has been toppled in the Latvian capital as the backlash against Russia continues.The obelisk stood in the country's capital, Riga, since 1985, when the country was still part of the USSR.The monument, consisting of…

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – Rick Benavidez, 47, of Albuquerque, is heading to prison for five years and three months after pleading guilty on April 29 to two counts of bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit a bank fraud and a…

Members of the Riga-based Word of Faith Church, which once praised Putin's anti-LGBT agenda, have been arrested as "agents of the Ukrainian Armed Forces".by Massimo IntrovignéAn image from the August 15 raids against New Generation. From…

Today, the Russian Ministry of Justice is threatening the organization that helps emigrants to leave. A Moscow court held a preliminary hearing on July 28, 2022 regarding the ministry's request to disband the Russian branch of the…

Kyiv, August 23, 2022 The symbol of the OCU. Photo: pomisna.info Epiphany Dumenko, head of the schismatic "Orthodox Church of Ukraine", recently wrote to His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland regarding the…

Solar panel loans are just one type of solar financing. You can also rent solar panels, enter into a power purchase agreement, or choose from other common forms of financing. State and Federal Solar Incentives Although…

What started as a small smorgasbord of women's churches at St. George's Orthodox Christian Church in Fishers has since grown into a popular festival that attracts thousands of people. The St. George's Middle Eastern Festival…

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Father Grigory Borisov offers a prayer for Ukraine each day in a special liturgy at Lasnamäe Church, a towering, whitewashed Russian Orthodox place of worship in the center of the Estonian capital's most populous suburb, Tallinn, where the…

Romanian Orthodox parishioners woke up on Sunday to find their church door locked with chains and a padlock, in what they consider an act of "vandalism". The "vandals" repeatedly wrapped a chain around the iron knobs of the front door of St…

President Joe Biden (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Getty Images Here are 3 reasons why President Joe Biden could cancel student loans and extend the student loan payment pause. Here's what you need to know —…

Millions of Angolans will vote this week in a historic election described as an "existential moment" for the main oil-rich central African state and a test for democracy in part of the continent.Wednesday's poll pits seasoned politicians…

VATICAN CITY — While the purpose of Pope Francis' visit to Kazakhstan will be to attend the Congress of World and Traditional Religions, the interfaith encounter will also serve as the backdrop for his long-awaited meeting with!-->…

By Saiyed Moziz Imam Zaidi New Delhi, August 20 (IANS): The main opposition party, Congress says social protection schemes like the Food Security Act, MGNREGA and others that are designed to lift people out of poverty are not freebies…

PODGORICA, Montenegro -- The Montenegrin government fell in a vote of no confidence on Saturday morning following a rift over relations with the powerful Serbian Orthodox Church. Lawmakers voted 50-1 to oust Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic's…

In his autobiographical book, the president of USCIRF combines scholarship and personal memories to paint a horrifying scenario.by Marco RespintiNury Turkel (from Facebook)."The party apparatchik leading the meeting shouted to the assembled…

New Delhi/Chennai: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved an interest subsidy of 1.5% per annum on short-term agricultural loans for all financial institutions lending up to Rs 3 lakh to…

During his weekly address today, Pope Tawadros renewed his condolences to the families of the victims of the tragic fire which broke out on Sunday at the Abu Sefein Church in Giza Governorate in northern Iran. Egypt, killing 41 people,…

In the summer of 1941, as the outside world began to learn of the mass murders that accompanied the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, British Prime Minister…

Personal loans provide quick access to a lump sum of cash that is repaid in predictable monthly installments, usually at a fixed interest rate. Because they often don't require collateral, personal loans can be used however you see fit,…

Because it rejected the Council of Chalcedon of 451, the Coptic Orthodox Church does not recognize the Catholic Pope and instead has its own Pope, who is the Bishop of Alexandria and claims the apostolic succession of St. Mark . Its…

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrives at Santa Maria Church in Trabzon for Great Vespers. In Trabzon, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presides over the Great Vespers of the Dormition of the Theotokos TRABZON,…

It is always useful to engage the other side. Especially when you find the other side completely disconcerting. The other side I try to engage is American political conservatism. My guide today is Matthew Continetti, a brilliant…

Discarded shoes remain at the site of a fire inside the Abu Sefein Coptic Church that killed at least 40 people and injured some 14 others in the densely populated Imbaba district of Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday . Tarek Wajeh/Associated Press…

Twenty-five years ago, Papa San shocked the reggae- and dancehall-loving world when, at the height of his secular fame, he calmly announced that he was abandoning the glitz and glamor of the deejay lifestyle. and fully embraced…

A Ukrainian 58th artillery unit near the town of Bakhmut in the Donbass region on Wednesday.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine - Despite heavy casualties during nearly six months of war, Russia still holds a…

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Jerusalem, August 11, 2022 Photo: mospat.ru On August 4, His Eminence Archbishop Theodosius of Sebastia of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a personal statement in which he shared his thoughts on the true meaning and…

The government's mortgage guarantee scheme has backed around £3.2billion in loans since its launch in April last year. According to the latest figures from the Department for Levelling, Housing and…

Free Speech Union director Toby Young in conversation with Simon Calvert of the Christian…

Residents line up outside a water distribution point in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, last month.Credit...Daniel Berehulak for The New York TimesMYKOLAIV, Ukraine — The beleaguered city of Mykolaiv emerged Monday from a 54-hour lockdown in which…

In a message marking the 15th anniversary of Patriarch Teoctist Arăpașu's rest, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel remembered his predecessor as a "pious and diligent hierarch" who spread the light of Christ's…

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Elizabeth (Betty) Athanasakos, a pioneer in the Broward County legal community, died at her Fort Lauderdale home on August 2, just days shy of her 95th birthday. She was surrounded by family and friends, who…

ANKARA—Diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia have been frozen for nearly three decades due to long-standing historical animosities and Turkish support for Azerbaijan, Armenia's perennial enemy in the Caucasus region . But…

August 07, 2022 MARIKA MONITORING RNS "Father, is it a sin to kill the enemy?" That's the question the Reverend Sergiy Berezhnoy, an Orthodox priest and chaplain to the Ukrainian army of Kyiv's 42nd Battalion, hears most…

As Russia's war on Ukraine continues for a sixth month, a WCC delegation led by WCC Acting General Secretary Professor Ioan Sauca traveled to Ukraine to hear from representatives of local churches , as well…

ISTANBUL — Ukraine's presidential office said at least eight civilians were killed and 16 others injured in the latest Russian bombardment.The eastern region of Donetsk has been facing the most intensive Russian barrage for weeks.…

WASHINGTON- Samantha Power rose to prominence as a human rights advocate and was chosen by President Biden to lead the agency that distributes billions of dollars in U.S. aid overseas, including providing more food aid than anyone else in…

BILLINGS — A Lewistown man today admitted to defrauding a bank and credit union after securing more than $1 million in loans for his cattle ranching business, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Eric Edward Mack, 43, pleaded guilty to bank…

Reverend Anne Burghardt, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, speaks Aug. 4 during the plenary session on Christian Unity. Photo: Richard Washbrooke/ For the Lambeth Conference The planners of this Lambeth…

Comment this storyCommentItalian authorities are examining the case of a former senior Russian official who was hospitalized in Sardinia this week after suffering neurological symptoms, Italian media reported on Wednesday.Anatoly Chubais,…

Russia on Wednesday accused Azerbaijan of breaking a ceasefire over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after three soldiers died in clashes with what Baku called "illegal Armenian armed groups". Six weeks of fighting in the…

After Ukraine's vote for independence in 1991, Gennady Burbulis, then Deputy Prime Minister and close adviser to Boris Yeltsin, remarked that it was "inconceivable, for our brains, for our minds, that would be an irrevocable fact.…

Reverend Sergiy Berezhnoy in the center of Irpin, just outside Kyiv, in April 2022. Photo courtesy of Kyiv Saints Cathedral (RNS) — "Father, is it a sin to kill the enemy?" This is the question the Reverend Sergiy…

(RNS) — "Father, is it a sin to kill the enemy?" This is the question the Reverend Sergiy Berezhnoy, an Orthodox priest and chaplain to the Ukrainian army of the 42nd battalion in Kyiv, hears most often from soldiers heading to the front…

Early in the pandemic, millions of children in the United States missed routine pediatric appointments where they would have been vaccinated against diseases such as measles, polio and whooping cough, alarming many…

Environmental groups want the Biden administration to force mining companies to meet conservation and human rights criteria before getting Energy Department loans. The DOE, under President Joe Biden, preserved a Trump administration…

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Akshaya Mukul has named the full biography which summarizes various facets of Agyeya's life as Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya. The book was published by Vintage, part of the Penguin Group. The book is huge not only…

(RNS) - Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine, has sent a letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, "first among equals" among Orthodox Christian leaders, asking Bartholomew to call Patriarch Cyril,…

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The Ukrainian National Festival of Canada made a triumphant return to the stage this weekend in Dauphin.Cory Lafontaine, a member of the festival's board of directors, said the planning for this year's event in the western Manitoba town was…

Christopher Meyer, a British diplomat who, as ambassador to the United States, served as an intermediary between Prime Minister Tony Blair and the George W. Bush administration after the September 11 attacks and the build-up to war in Iraq…

By Christian RaffenspergerIn the summer of 1089, the German chronicler Ekkehard reports that "the emperor celebrated his marriage in Cologne, taking as wife the widow of the margrave Udo the daughter of the King of the Russians. The…

A Russian priest interrupted the funeral of a dead Ukrainian soldier last week, hitting another Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest with a cross over his comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin.Video of the July 22 funeral by Private…

LONDON: Thousands of Afghan refugees who were housed in hotels in the UK after Kabul was evacuated last year have been urged by authorities to search for new accommodation through online property portals. The UK Home Office has…

An American flag flies outside the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. Some media reports about the possibility of Nepal joining the US State Partnership…

Bishop Motiuk stressed that the Ukrainian bilingual school curriculum, which is part of the Catholic school system, cultivates a listening attitude. In these schools, a path of mutual knowledge was forged between the children of the…

(RNS) - A few weeks ago, Elpidophoros, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, showed up at a resort near Athens and baptized the son and daughter of a prominent gay couple, actor Evangelo Bousis and fashion designer Peter Dundas. The…

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Photo credit: Pixabay Russia, with a birth rate of 1.5 children per woman, invaded Ukraine, where the birth rate is 1.2 children per woman, to determine which nation with a birth rate below replacement level will…

Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase with 79 Fifth Ave, Stuart Rothstein of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance with 165 East 66th Street and Liu Liange of Bank of China with 555 West End Avenue (Google Maps, Hanley New York, 555westendave,…

Special guest speakers included US Congressman Gus Bilirakis, Greek Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Archbishop Elpidophoros of America.In his address, the Archbishop said, “As you celebrate and remember your first…

During his trip to Africa, Sergei V. Lavrov, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, should try to portray Russia as the faithful ally of the continent.Credit...Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/EPA, via ShutterstockPresident Vladimir V. Putin…

— Emily Bowdle joined the Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) team as a guidance assistant, as a BVS volunteer. She previously served at BVS as a member of BVS Unit 324. Her previous project sites were Camp Myrtlewood in Myrtle Point,…

China Evergrande, the struggling Chinese property developer, said Friday night that its chief executive had quit, the latest setback for the company as it struggles to manage its crippling $300 billion debt.In an announcement, the company…

The UN and Turkey brokered an export deal between Ukraine and RussiaSigning ceremony with Russia, Ukraine and the UN at 13:30 GMTEncouraging sign of progress towards alleviating the global food crisisUkraine's Zelenskiy: Potential to turn…

By Kitsepile Nyathi for The East African HARARE: Zimbabwe is suffocating under mounting international debt as it begins to pay the price of massive borrowing from China for infrastructure projects at the end of Robert Mugabe's…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not discussed drone deliveries with either Iranian President…

The recent return of a rare 16e icon of the century stolen during the dark days following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 recalls the merciless plunder of the island's rich cultural heritage and the continued efforts of Cypriot…

By: Father Konstantinos Koutroubas, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church It is incompatible with the teachings of the Orthodox Church to practice cremation. We need to remember several things. 1) The pagans practiced and practice cremation.…