Three people have been wounded in inter-religious clashes in the southern Egyptian village of Awlad Khalaf, local media said on Sunday.

// Jun. 26, 2011 - 08:15 GMT

Russian priests may be allowed to be involved in politics in a case of “a church dire need,” Echo Moskvy radio station reported citing a chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church and Society, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin.

// Dec. 18, 2010 - 08:01 GMT

The Dalai Lama has called on Russian pilgrims to translate Buddhist spiritual writings which have not been published in Russian.

// Dec. 03, 2010 - 06:43 GMT

The Russian Orthodox Church on Monday commemorates St. Matthew, the author of one of the four traditional Gospels in the New Testament.

// Nov. 29, 2010 - 05:24 GMT

The world's tallest statue of Jesus Christ will be unveiled Sunday in the town of Swiebodzin in western Poland.

// Nov. 21, 2010 - 05:09 GMT

Pope Benedict XVI has visited Turin where he viewed the Holy Shroud, a cloth in which, it is believed, Jesus Christ was buried, BBC reported

// May. 02, 2010 - 17:03 GMT

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, will on Saturday head to Azerbaijan to attend an international religious summit on April 26–27, a church spokesman said.

// Apr. 24, 2010 - 05:07 GMT

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, will on Saturday arrive in Egypt on a three-day visit.

// Apr. 10, 2010 - 01:36 GMT

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, will on Saturday arrive in Egypt on a three-day visit.

// Apr. 09, 2010 - 23:13 GMT

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said Sunday he will visit the Ukrainian cities of Kiev, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk in the summer.

// Apr. 04, 2010 - 21:49 GMT