... missionary activities. (BBC) A masked gunman armed with a pistol has shot dead a Russian Orthodox priest in his Moscow church, police say. The gunman walked into St Thomas Church in southern Moscow, ... he had been involved in missionary activities aimed at encouraging young people to choose the Orthodox Church. A statement on the website of Father Sysoyev's missionary training centre said he ...

Father Daniil Sysoev had received several death threats for preaching to Muslims. Moscow is in shock after an unknown masked gunman shot dead an Orthodox priest in his own church. Father Daniil Sysoev was known for his debates with people of different beliefs. Shortly before his death, Father Daniil claimed in his Internet Blog that he had

... responders read the actual study? The study just says 25% of those who self-identified as Orthodox (this is self-identification and has nothing to do with actual shmirat mitzvot) "changed their ... data) of uniform distribution. This would be remarkably unlikely. In other words, even if the sample of Orthodox students were large enough to be significant (and there's no data supporting that) ...

... monks and faithful, the official Catholic-Orthodox dialogue commission met in Cyprus Oct. 16- ... claimed that the ongoing dialogue between the two churches was aimed at getting the Orthodox to submit to papal authority. According to a statement released ... Austria, the statement said. The current round of the Catholic-Orthodox dialogue has been looking at questions related to the exercise of authority ...

... ago established. The Articles do not represent the whole Faith of this Church. In these matters the Orthodox attitude towards the Anglican Church sometimes tends to be ill-informed. 12 When ... towards the restoration of the Ancient Church, as a reaction to Protestantism, is already becoming more and more Orthodox, and this process is naturally a way to its reunion with historic Orthodoxy.'15 ...

... Krindatch said. Eighty-seven percent said they couldn't imagine being anything but Orthodox, compared to 70 percent of Catholics who felt ... found that 60 percent believed they could be good Orthodox Christians without going to church every Sunday -- and they attended less frequently ... quot; he said. Paying homage to food festivals, he said Orthodox churches in America are ideally suited for soup ...