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Mother Russia: Maria Lvova-Belova, the Putin ally deporting Ukrainian children

Vladimir Putin’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, claims to be the “saviour” of children caught up in the war in Ukraine. Her compassionate rhetoric conceals a sinister plan to deport Ukrainian children from territories occupied by Russia’s invading forces.

France 24

Cyprus' new archbishop enthroned, no Russian clerics attend

The head of Cyprus’ Orthodox Church Archbishop Georgios formally has assumed his new duties following an enthronement ceremony

The Independent UK

Christmas joy and anger for rival Orthodox churches in historic Kyiv monastery

(This Jan. 7 story has been refiled to correct paragraphs 19, 20 and insert context on Bartholomew)

Reuters

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Artillery shells fly on Ukraine’s front lines despite ‘ceasefire’

Exchanges of artillery fire were reported along the front lines in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Al Jazeera

Putin praises Russian Orthodox Church for backing troops in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday praised the Russian Orthodox Church for supporting Moscow's forces fighting in Ukraine in an Orthodox Christmas message designed to rally people behind his vision of modern Russia.

Reuters

Biden Says Putin Trying to Find ‘Oxygen’ with Truce Proposal

US President Joe Biden suggested Vladimir Putin's struggle in Ukraine after 10 months of war and thousands of lives lost had prompted the Russian president to offer a 36-hour truce, saying, "I think he's trying to find some oxygen." The Kremlin said Putin had ordered a ceasefire from midday on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin orders 36-hour weekend ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas

Members of the Orthodox Church across Eastern Europe will observe Christmas over the weekend

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When Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas - with many Ukranian refugees to see their first in the UK

The Orthodox Church Christmas is observed in many countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, and more

Manchester Evening News

Paphos bishop elected as new leader of Cyprus Church

Cyprus' Orthodox Church has elected Paphos Bishop Georgios as its new leader

The Independent UK

Ukraine orders punitive measures on clerics with Moscow links

Ukraine's top security officials have ordered punitive measures against seven senior clerics, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, part of a crackdown on a branch of the Orthodox Church with longstanding ties to Moscow.

Reuters

Ukrainian security service accuses Orthodox cleric of supporting Russia

Ukraine's SBU security service accused a senior Orthodox Christian cleric on Friday of engaging in anti-Ukrainian activity by supporting Russian policies in social media posts.

Reuters

Public support in Russia for military campaign ‘falling significantly’, says UK – as it happened

British ministry of defence says it obtained official confidential survey that shows only 25% of Russians want war to go on

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 284 of the invasion

UK says support within Russia for military action is waning; US intelligence chief says Putin ‘more informed’ about reality of challenges on the ground

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine slaps sanctions on senior clerics in pro-Moscow church

Ukraine is slapping sanctions on 10 senior clerics linked to a pro-Moscow church on the grounds they agreed to work with Russian occupation authorities or justified Moscow's invasion, the security service said on Saturday.

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Scholz urges Putin to withdraw troops for 'diplomatic' end to war

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine, including troop withdrawals, Berlin said following a telephone call between the two leaders. Earlier on Friday Russia rejected US President Joe Biden's terms for talks between Russia and…

Reuters

Ukraine to prepare law banning churches 'affiliated' with Russia

The Ukrainian government will draw up a law banning churches affiliated with Russia under moves described by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as necessary to prevent Moscow being able to "weaken Ukraine from within."

Reuters

Cyprus bids farewell to trailblazer cleric who stood up for Ukraine

Cyprus on Saturday buried Archbishop Chrysostomos II, a trailblazer who butted heads with his peers to keep Russian influence in the Orthodox Church at bay and led the biggest ecclesiastical reforms in centuries.

The Independent UK

Cyprus Church leader Archbishop Chrysostomos II laid to rest

The leader of Cyprus’ Orthodox Church Chrysostomos II has been laid to rest with all the ceremony of centuries of ecclesiastical tradition

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Ukraine church leader: No deal with Russia if they see us as colony

The head of Ukraine's Byzantine-rite Catholic Church met Pope Francis on Monday and said there can be no dialogue with Russia as long as Moscow considered the neighbour it invaded a colony to be subjugated.

Reuters

Head of Cyprus Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos, dies aged 81

The head of Cyprus' dominant Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, died on Monday, his doctors said. He was 81.

The Guardian - UK

Orthodox church of Ukraine allows worshippers to celebrate Christmas on 25 December

Move away from traditional date of 7 January directed against pro-Putin head of Russian Orthodox church

Reuters

Orthodox Church leader says Russian soldiers dying in Ukraine will be cleansed of sin

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said that Russian soldiers who die in the war against Ukraine will be cleansed of all their sins, days after President Vladimir Putin ordered the country's first mobilisation since World War Two.

The Independent UK

Serbia Orthodox church head publicly supports EuroPride ban

The head of Serbia’s powerful Orthodox Church is supporting a ban on a pan-European LGBTQ event in Belgrade next week, saying the topic has been “artificially imposed,” caused divisions and is contrary to centuries-old traditional values

The Independent UK

Greek officials, Church, condemn ex-bishop's remarks on rape

Greek politicians and the country’s powerful Orthodox Church have joined in condemning a retired bishop who claimed that women aren’t raped “without wanting it.”

The Hindu

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