a big day for orthodox christians as thousands are marking the anniversary of the power of old russian special services being held in ukraine's capital kiev by russia's patriarch kirill the city saw the beginning of the christianization of the russian lands more than a thousand years ago and it has more. i'm now standing just meters away from where the orthodox christianity started in this part of the world back then it was called key of rouge and in one thousand nine hundred eighty first bunch of pagans into the deeper river here in kiev and baptized them to become the orthodox christians the whole christianization process took several more centuries but still key it is considered to be the crowd a lot of orthodox christianity in this part of europe now now ukraine now key it is the capital of sovereign ukraine and here this day is being marked as an official state holiday but for the first time it is being marked in russia as well as present in the data in june and now it's to this date to become an official state hold in russia as well for so for millions of worshippers on both side

hundred eight first bunch of pagans into the river here in kiev and baptized them to become the orthodox christians the whole christianization process took several more centuries but still key it is considered to be the crowd of orthodox christianity in this part of europe now no ukraine now key it is the capital of sovereign ukraine and here this day is being marked as an official state holiday but for the first time it is being marked in russia as well present even today if in june and now it's to this day to become an official state holder in russia as well for so for millions of worshippers on both sides of the russian ukrainian border this is now official state holiday but they are acutely ill of the russian orthodox church is on a weeklong visit now to ukraine which is commentated today with a celebration of the baptism of the key of bruce but despite what seems to be a purely religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved the five years of being very strained under the usually good ministration now with victory une

well now standing just meters away from where the orthodox christianity started in this part of the world back then it was called the key of this part of the world this line was called the key of rules and in one thousand nine hundred took a first bunch of pagans into the deeper river here in kiev and baptized them to become the orthodox christians the whole christianization process took several more centuries but still key it is considered to be the credible orthodox christianity in this part of europe now. now ukraine now key it is the capital of silver in ukraine and here this is being marked as an official state holiday but for the first time since june this year it is being marked in russia as well president even today if in june and this date to become an official state hold in russia as well for so for millions of worshippers on both sides of the russian ukrainian border this is now the. holaday. what we know that the head of the russian orthodox church paid her career as they are to market this holiday so how important is it. indeed as we know about the archaeal of the russian ort

the first big day for orthodox christians the anniversary of the baptism of russia have been mauled by a church explosion in the ukrainian city of one woman was killed and at least eight other people were wounded. as the details. it is really hard to say what exactly happened in the central ukrainian city. but according to eyewitnesses a certain package exploded at the very doorstep one of the churches in central part of the city during a holy day mass which was celebrating at thousand and twenty two years since russia was baptized since russia drop that christianity authorities are now investigating what exactly caused this loss but few have any had any doubts that this is a terrorist attack this is not an accident because i witnesses say that this was a package which exploded so. ruling out the possibility of any accident or a gas leak or anything all that sort this incident happened amid celebrations of thousand and twenty two years since russia adopted orthodox christianity and the head of the russian orthodox church they have to deal was on his weeklong visit to ukraine that churc

incident happened amid celebrations of thousand and twenty two years since russia adopted orthodox christianity and the head of the russian orthodox church but they have killed was on his weeklong visit to ukraine that church you belong to the moscow patriarchate which is partly running the orthodox church in ukraine whilst the other part belongs to ukraine in a tone of must also looks church authorities have little doubt that this was a handmade handmade incident and they are now looking for for somebody who claimed responsibility for that explosion in the church ends up i was here. and that was. reporting from kiev. a hotline for the elderly has been set up in the czech republic following the disclosure of cases of abuse and neglect charity workers say many seniors are unaware of their rights and full victim to the cruelty of abusive carers and. reports. to roy that this home in suburban prague are no longer able to survive on the. money when the close family almost the entire attention goes on paying medical bills their lives and toil in the hands of the carers. independent charity say that

incident happened amid celebrations of thousand and twenty two years since russia adopted orthodox christianity and the head of the russian orthodox church but they have good deal was on his week long visit to ukraine that church is up for those you belong to the moscow branch or arche which is partly running the also talks church in ukraine was the other part belongs to ukraine in a tone of must also looks church authorities have little doubt that this was a handmade handmade incident and they are now looking for for somebody who claimed responsibility for that explosion in the church ends up at zero zero and now for some other stories making headlines around the world pakistani officials say all one hundred fifty to people on board a passenger plane that crashed in hills surrounding islam a body have died earlier reports claiming five survivors have been retracted the arab plane was flying from karachi bound for the capital an investigation is underway to establish the cause of the crash. in a landmark decision the spanish region of cup a long year has voted to ban bullfighting one hundred ei

that, quote, the reporting period marked a significant upsurge of violence targeting coptic orthodox christians. the egyptian government has not taken sufficient steps to halter oppression of and discrimination against christians and other religious believers. where in many cases the punishers responsible for violence or other severe violations of religion freedom this increase of violation is the failure to prosecute those responsible forces a growing climate of impunity. even our own department has included that the last three years or more have been marked by a decline of religious freedom conditions in egypt. there has not been a significant change in u.s. policy. elsewhere in the region, morocco. morocco is actually an example where american citizens, many are people of faith, are receiving hostile treatment by the mo rackan government. over the last four months dozens of american citizens and scores of other foreign nationals have been deported and denied re-entry into the kingdom of morocco for allegedly prove la advertising. authorities refuse to offer any explanation of the charges. am

meeting a large council of the russian orthodox church in ukraine as well as holding a service dedicated to one thousand and twenty one years since russia adopted christianity. has been to the city. as well as to the crimea where he met. and presented him with the highest award of the russian orthodox church now it's the second visit. since he became the head of the russian orthodox church but last year that sparked many protests and lots of controversy ukrainian nationalists believe that his visit here is a threat to the ukraine and i'd like to remind us that a certain. exists because the russian orthodox church does not control the church in ukraine ukraine has its own orthodox church and ukrainian nationalists believe. is here. to seize control over. something which of course the head of the russian orthodox church has been refuting organizations run by ukrainian nationalists have been planning protests in the capital so far we've seen no rallies. a rival to one of the cathedrals and they planned. a big rally to be held on tuesday in downtown to protest against. the biggest question is whether these protests will be as. large scale as in july last year o

meeting a large council of the russian orthodox church in ukraine as well as holding a service dedicated to one thousand and twenty one years since russia adopted christianity now. to deal has been to the cities. as well as to the crimea where he met. and presented him with the highest award of the russian orthodox church now it's the second visit. since he became the head of the russian orthodox church but last year. many protests and lots of controversy ukrainian nationalists believe that his visit here is a threat to the autonomy of ukraine's church and i'd like to remind us that a certain schism in orthodoxy in russia and ukraine exists because the russian orthodox church does not control the church in ukraine ukraine has its own orthodox church and ukrainian nationalists believe that deal is here but they have to be here to seize control over the orthodox church in ukraine something which of course the head of the russian orthodox church has been refuting so far we've seen no rallies of ukrainian nationalists but. the organization of ukrainian nationalists a big rally to be held choose day in downtown kiev to protest against. the international aids con

the turkish military is eradicating he had lenic and christian heritage with all of the 500 greek orthodox churches there having been looted, desecrated or destroyed. on this the 36th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of cyprus, the united states should demand an immediate withdrawal of the 45,000 turkish soldiers now occupying northern cyprus and should continue to press this issue in every interaction with turkish officials. this should promote a values-based alliance with turkey that will strengthen nato and reinforce collective western security. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. a bitter feud erupted in washington and it wasn't your typical partisan spat between liberals and conservatives or republicans and democrats. the fight was between the white house and american businesses. since when, america, has it been acceptable for american employers in the white house to be on