The two pastors, accused of spying and offending Islamic beliefs, have been imprisoned for two months with no contact with their families in the capital city of Khartoum, where numerous Christian churches have recently been desecrated.
Speaking about martyrs and confessors who followed Christ on the way to sanctity in times of persecution against the Church, Metropolitan Hilarion pointed to the fact that the Church has again become persecuted today in the Middle East, where Christianity was born and in North Africa, where Christians have become a persecuted minority.
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Following on the heels of its election of its first female bishops, rising voices within the Church of England are calling for a move away from traditional Scriptural and liturgical language of God as male towards a more “expansive language and imagery about God,” as the “Transformations Steering Group” wrote in their petition to the synod of bishops. It is claimed that some priests have already begun quietly referring to God as “she” and “mother” in hopes of appearing more “inclusive,” although any liturgical changes would require the approval of the General Synod.
On May 29, 2015, His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East at his residence in Balamand Monastery received a delegation of Russian parliamentarians and public figures arriving in Lebanon after their visit to Syria, where they had delivered humanitarian aid.
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The results of Poland’s latest presidential election were met with great cheer by the nation’s conservatives but with skepticism by the broader EU community outside the strongly conservative Poland.