As Eye See It : How the Faith was Lost in the Church of England

   

Mainstream churches, Catholic, Anglican and most of the Protestants have allowed themselves to become too closely identified with the surrounding society - even if not formally "Established" they are established to all intents and purposes.

Russia: Santa to "drop in" on Space Station

 

Moscow. Grandfather Frost, the Russian version of Father Christmas, will be linking up with astronauts on board the International Space Station, BBC reported.

Biblical films' Hollywood comeback - Mary Mother of Christ

Mary Mother of Christ, whose title character will be played by Odeya Rush

 

It is a part of Mary, Joseph and Jesus’s life that has not been shown on the big screen before,” reads a synopsis.

Was Noah's Ark round? Scholar says 3,700-year-old clay tablet reveals boat was a coracle made out of reeds and bitumen

Noah's Ark is often depicted as a pointy-prowed traditional ship.

But new research suggests it was very different from popular imagining, and was actually a circular craft made out of reeds.

Elder Nektarios Moulatsiotis VIDEO (English subtitles)

   

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: For 2013 years Jesus has been persecuted by contemporary Herods

Istanbul  - An appeal to the spiritual and political leaders for the Christian family and denunciation of the continuing persecution of Christians were the focus of the Christmas message of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I.

Orthodox Church in Kosovo turned into public toilet

 

Orthodox church dedicated to the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in the village of Samodreza near Vucitrn, was desecrated and turned into a garbage dump.

Push to recruit Arab Christians into Israeli army

NAZARETH, Israel — Dozens of Israeli soldiers respectfully rose from their seats as the Israeli national anthem began playing.

SINGAPORE: Christmas Decoration

 

 

Keeping the Christmas tradition, the children and some of our parishioners decorated the Christmas Tree at the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral.

Topless Feminists Disrupt Christmas Mass to Protest for Abortion VIDEO

 

Did you ever notice how the liberal media can obsess for days over a Koran-burning stunt, but ignore feminist groups that have a serious hatred problem with the Catholic Church?

Watch Edward Snowden's alternative Christmas message

 

Fugitive whistle-blower Edward Snowden has delivered Channel 4′s take on the Queen’s Christmas message.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s Christmas greeting to heads of non-Orthodox Churches celebrating Christmas according to Gregorian Calendar

It's a Christmas miracle! Church keeps £100,000 found in a bin-bag on its doorstep after court rules 'finders, keepers'

• A bin-bag with £100,000 in cash was left outside a church property
• After police found no criminal link, the money has gone to the church
• It is two-and-a-half times what the York church normally raise in a year

 

In a good year, when the sun shines on the summer fete and the congregation digs deep, one parish church can hope to collect up to £40,000.

Islamists in Syria earn their daily bread selling Christian trophies

 

In Syria, Islamists have again captured the Christian town of Maaloula. They took prisoner 12 nuns two weeks ago and have since held them in the neighbouring town of Yabroud.

Saudi blogger may face death penalty for apostasy

Saudi blogger and activist, Raif Badawi, currently serving his 7-year prison term for “insulting Islam”, may soon appear in a higher court on graver charges of apostasy.

Russian Christmas Countdown - Russian Tea Cakes

These cookies are SO tender and light and just melt in your mouth! 

Russian Tea Cakes

Ingredients:

Religious tensions set aside to renovate Church of the Nativity; cooperation viewed as 'a miracle'

 

 

 BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Two weeks before Christmas, one of the most powerful storms to hit the Middle East in a century dumped several inches of snow on the hills of Bethlehem.

France allows Russian church be built near Eiffel Tower

  

PARIS - French authorities have given permission for a new Russian Orthodox church to be built near the Eiffel Tower, a project that has been blocked since 2010, the Russian embassy said Wednesday.

War Hero Robbed! Over $5,000 In Christmas Presents STOLEN! See How His Community Helped HERE!

 

A California town has shed the Christmas spirit on a soldier whose Christmas presents were stolen from his home just as he was returning from Afghanistan.

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE From Patriarch of Antioch and All the East - We will not keep silent in the cases of those who kidnapped... VIDEO

Nativity Greetings from Patriarch John X