been coming under some criticism of late is be facing some troubling times its leaders a moment patriarch kirill say that they come under attack from an anti christian campaign indeed there have been attacks made on numbers our number of church properties around the country or taking place at a creature and present are where the front doors the entrance was set ablaze also some of the religious symbols sacred symbols have also been attacked among them an idol of the virgin mary and a crucifix some of those were held up high by patriarch kirill here today among those crowds that have gathered now respond to ring some of this resentment of the church sean has been events or took place in favorites as one pussy riot a punk room with a very much protest message to christ the savior cathedral there they to heartsease their song at present but a mere person also patriarch kirill and he said support blood to me to sin no was outcry among. them using such a sacred place for their demonstrations but also being a lot of condemnation since from human rights groups who don't like how the church handl

and someone starts calling simple patriarch complicated and expensive watches the kids it's all part of a complaint not say good for mikey but to send russia upside down. but critics argue the church has become hysterical and oversensitive deeming all liberals anti church in attracting negative publicity including their harsh reaction to the punk protests. i agree with people who or very seriously criticize their behavior. but it was. not or criminal investigation for. cork unfortunately for the female rockers from pussy riot though it is they're now in detention for their stand awaiting trial that could see a maximum sentence of seven years in jail. the precarious watch has long been restored to photos and while pussy riot await their sentencing criticism of the charge continues but monitoring experts who believe a lot of the bad p.r. is being deliberately exaggerated i also believe there's more where that came from and it's not going to start at the watch and he's in now r t moscow. time for the business news with dimitri a not so person mistake on the markets why is that all it al

are monitoring issues there's a planned and active campaign against the church yes patriarch curious wristwatch with a price tag of some thirty thousand euros became the talk of the russian blogosphere over photos with a piece obviously brushed out in official pictures online of course some of this sensation is connected with the scandals ability to make news but someone's family stories into the news for example the patch iraq has always had a war photos have been on the website for years social media monitoring analysts find that our mine activity on the church usually peaks around holidays like orthodox christmas in january but this year peace continued throughout the spring and some not even during scandals but just after and before making sure the ball didn't drop and blogs tweets and spoofs kept flowing. and someone starts collinson that country are complete given expensive watches a gift it's all part of a campaign. for white people but to send rush up sit down with her critics argue the church has become hysterical and oversensitive tea with all liberals anti church in attrac

out of or when someone starts currency patriarch complicated and expensive watches or kids' it's all part of a campaign not save the poor windy but to send russia upside down. but critics argue the church has become hysterical and oversensitive deeming all liberals anti church in attracting negative publicity. feeding your harsh reaction to the punk protests. by green wish people who. criticize their behavior. are. not. criminal investigation for. corp and fortunately for the female rappers from pussy riot it is their new in detention for their stunt awaiting trial they could see a maximum sentence of seven years in jail. the patriarch's watch has long been restored to photos and while pussy riot await their sentencing criticism of the charge contain years but monitoring experts who believe a lot of the bad p.r. is being deliberately exaggerated i also believe there's more we're right came from and it's not going to stop at the watch and he's there now r t moscow. but r.t. is being listed as an official enemy of a stone you're used to your correspondent has been tapped by the country

congregate here at moscow's main cathedral christ the savior they're being led in perception by patriarch kirill now this perceives here's a number of hours of mass prayer nor so a list the service that was given this summer has been replicated around the country as a whole that some of the key centers of the orthodox church in russia some of its main cathedrals and really sent home to drum up support for the faith has been coming under some criticism of late has be facing some troubling times its leaders among them patriarch kirill say that they've become under attack from an anti christian campaign and either have been attacks made on the numbers our number of church properties around the country want taking place at a creature and present are where the front door was the entrance was set ablaze also some of the religious symbols sacred symbols have also been attacked among them annoyed to the virgin mary and a crucifix some of those were held up high by patriarch kirill here today among those crowds that have gathered now really stirring some of this resentment of the church on as bein

society and we are not in an agricultural society any longer we can throw away a lot of the old patriarchical sort of reference points of the early religion but keep the original essence of the insight, that we really do depend on each other. >> it feels to me that may be just exactly what this next millennium is all about, because those of us here now, we are pushing things over the cusp on that and it just makes sense. >> sure and it is very different in our experience but the effort here is to sort of try to imagine the cultural social economic ethos that where from which this religion came. and to say that it has a logic with out with holding a bit, our judgment that was wrong because that was dominance, that's too quickly i think to sort of impose our thoughts, they were operating appropriately perhaps in their context and it evolved. >> my girl friend was raised in the east asian culture and every single time i spoke with her she would ask me, "how is your mother?" absolutely every time. it didn't take me long to pick up on this eventually i figured it out and i would ask her then every

who preach their anti putin protest in song at christ the savior cathedral to the watch on the patriarchs wrist that was and then wasn't an official website photos the church has been in the spotlight for months and some think it's by no coincidence of course. are monitoring issues there's a planned and active campaign against the church. patriarch ariel's wristwatch with a price tag of some thirty thousand euros became the talk of the russian blogosphere over photos with a piece obviously brushed out in official pictures online of course some of the sensation is connected with the scandals ability to make news but someone whose family stories into the news for example departure arc is always hard to watch what forces have been in the website for years social media monitoring analysts find that online activity on the church usually peaks around holidays like orthodox christmas in january but this year peace continued throughout the spring and some even during scandals but just after and before making sure the ballgame drop and blogs tweets and spoofs kept flowing. and someone starts curre

been coming under some criticism of laces be facing some troubling times its leaders among them patriarch kirill say they come under attack from an anti christian campaign and either have been attacks made on numbers our number of church properties around the country what taking place at a creature of the present are where the front doors the entrance was set ablaze it's also some of the religious symbols sacred symbols have also been attacked among them annoyed two of the virgin mary and a crucifix some of those who are held up high by patriarch kirill here today among those crowds that have gathered now release some of this resentment to the church on as being of events it took place in fair break that's when pussy riot a punk room with a very much protest message took to crisis a view cathedral there they tug seize their song at present elect that amir also at a truck hero and he said support for blood amir who simply you know was outcry among the faithful gatherers that when using such a sacred place for their demonstration there's also been a lot of condemnation since from human righ

in deeds many of the church leaders among them patriarch kirill think they need just that that's why this procession listserv event is taking place here today now they say that they've become under attack from an anti christian campaign and either have been attacks made on numbers our number of church properties around the country want taking place at a cathedral present are where the front doors the entrance was set ablaze some of the religious symbols sacred symbols have also been attacked among them an idol of the virgin mary and a crucifix some of those were held up high by a chart here today among those crowds which have gathered. some of this resentment of the church on as being the took place in fair great pussy riot a punk group with a very much protest message to christ the savior cathedral and their dates hogs their song at present elect to me but also patriarch kirill and he said support blood to me and food since there was outcry among. them using such a sacred place for their demonstrations but it's also been a lot of condemnation since from human rights groups who don't

patriarch ariel's wristwatch with a price tag of some thirty thousand euros became the talk of the russian blogosphere over photos but the piece obviously brushed out in official pictures online of course some of the sensation is connected with the scandals ability to make news but someone who strongly stories into the news for example the charge has always had to watch for signs of being on the website for years social media monitoring analysts find that online activity on the church usually peaks around holidays like orthodox christmas in january but this year peaks continued throughout the spring and some not even during scandals but just after and before making sure the ballgame drop and blogs tweets and spoofs kept flowing. and someone starts consonant at patriotic complicated and expensive watches or gifts it's all part of a campaign not saved for a minute but to send rush upside down. but critics argue the church has become hysterical and oversensitive to mean all liberals anti church in attracting negative publicity including their harsh reaction to the punk protest. i agree with p

patriarch.uld stay up and look at the ocean from the car up above. this house sort of became like the winchester mystery house. it kept growing and growing, and having more additions and more cars annexed on to it. so at one point it has up to 10 cars. you can see they're using old dash signs or destination signs for fencing, actually, here in the front. so everything gets recycled in carville. later mrs. patriarch's bed and breakfast becomes an episcopal church called st. andrew's by the sea. so here it is in that incarnation. in the back there's a shed there. that's the sunday school, it says. you can see the fence. it was necessary to sort of fight the sand and keep it at bay. it's another pretty famous house on the great highway. it looks sort of like a mechanist myian temple or something. it kept being boxy and then growing. it's in the center here. it was made up of about four or five cars, actually. you could see people had different takes on it. some people liked to keep their cars very

and someone starts consummately patriarchal be given expensive watches a gift it's all part of a campaign not so good for white people but rush upsidedown. but critics argue the church has become hysterical and oversensitive deeming all liberals anti church in attracting negative publicity including their harsh reaction to the punk protests. i agree with people who or whatever is seriously criticized. and. or criminal minister again before the. court unfortunately for the female rockers from pussy riot though it is they're now in detention for their stand awaiting trial they could see a maximum sentence of seven years in jail. apparently arms watch has long been restored to photos and while pussy riot await their sentencing critters of the church continues but mark during experts who believe a lot of the bad p.r. is being deliberately exaggerated i also believe there's more came from and it's not going to start at the watch and he's there now r t nascar there are tears in this today as an official enemy of a stone near eastern europe correspondent has been tagged but a country's security

will shortz ready to drum up support of the poor fellow church its leaders of moment patriarch hero and so has said that the church has come under attack from an anti christian campaign to slee there has been a spate of actual attacks on church property in recent months we've seen one taking place in front of the feature of the main doors of such a place also when it comes to sacred property say there's only two such as the burgeoning marriage oh a crucifix now a charge here is that you use some. those held them up high in front of the congregation is gathered behind me at the moment i crisis a view of the troops again trying to drum up support for their cause they call it a defense oh but wait now this is really all spurred all messed sentiments against the church was spurred on back in february last when home group was the riots took to criseyde because these groups staged a demonstration by a song against president elect blatter me hoot him but also president also paid truck a ruse said allegiance to flatter me who tim now there were those to be among the faithful who reacted with co

coming up after the break modern religious teachings tell you that religion is a patriarchal institution but how does new research sheds light on the role women once played in the early stages of our organized religions. if. it is easy. so sometimes you know what you know and sometimes you know what you don't know and sometimes it's the virus and peter says everything you know is wrong. i know that your foot in the air you have a right. to charge the object you know is right organized religion has always had a patriarchal nature or so we've been brought up to believe those who are religious have been taught that their god must be a man and as a result matter best suited to teach us about religion however there is a battle raging in great britain right now or whether or not the church of england should allow women to be bishops and as you research suggests there might be precedent for women being at the top of the religious order so if you think women have never had a prominent role in religious practice then everything you know about religion may be wrong joining me now from london to di

well some of them so far the service is currently ongoing but paul you may have been held up by the patriarch himself but also there's the bones of the joint present which was attacked second place his front doors set ablaze now all this comes on the back of the demonstration that took place in the christ save the will back his favorite about took place by pussy riot say punk group or use their songs as protest was again aimed against president elect glad to me it would seem and also pay child heroes said allegiance to the president elect's but really even though there was condemnation from the playful about see such a demonstrate. being staged in such a sacred place as crisis savior if these are as also called the nation of the church is handling the whole saga sickly from human rights groups. cando what will actually be happening during the service today. will all kate's off bush go started with a list she service headed up by h.r. curial and we see was replicated really i cross the country to the jews and the same system of the orthodox church your books place in russia and among the list

at this point, every time the patriarchs are mentioned, the matriarchs were also going to be mentioned. so that's sort of a roundabout way to ask, in islam, is there some such movement? are women coming into parity with men in this faith home? and in your particular, you know, kind of islam, is this true? is this happening also? >> yes. well, again, we look at the real worth of a human person with the intellect and focus and the moral life- the intellect and the moral life is the most important focus for us. and in terms of the moral life and intellect, according to our religion, male and female are one creation- one creation. that's why prophet muhammad insisted that the women be free to be educated, and he gave an incentive- he said if any father would see that two of his daughters are educated, god will give him a paradise. this is in the most popular records of what he did, what prophet muhammad said and did, the records of buhali and muslim- buhali and muslim, the havis- the sayings of the prophet buhali and muslim. and those volumes, you'll find that, where the prophet said that.

organized religion has always had a patriarchal nature or so we've been brought up to believe those who are religious have been taught that their god must be a man and as a result matter best suited to teach us about religion however there is a battle raging in great britain right now over whether or not the church of england should allow women to be vicious and as you research suggests there might be precedent for women being at the top of the religious order so if you think women have never had a prominent role in religious practice and everything you know about religion may be wrong joining me now from london to discuss more on this is that me hughes author historian and creative presenter of the new series divine women on the b.b.c. bethany welcome. thank you for joining us were women actually major roles in the early church the history we read is mostly not. very gung. ho you know anything with. any her own society you can get back to the very beginning christiane. thank despite. your critics that even ferrari are still looking at. the first few hundred performances. of movies for

you've got to know a patriarch to get here. >> theophilos: come in.nside the holy sepulchre. inside the holy sepulchre. just inside here is the tomb. >> simon: that is, the tomb which covers the site of the resurrection. when you first came here in 1964, what was the percentage of christians in the old city? >> theophilos: there were around 30,000 of christians living in the old city. >> simon: and now, how many are there? >> theophilos: very few. >> simon: so few-- some 11,000 christians out of a population of almost 800,000, just 1.5%. religious leaders are afraid jerusalem could become a museum, a spiritual theme park-- a great place for tourists and pilgrims, but not for the arab christians whose roots date back to the church's very beginnings. >> mitri raheb: christianity started here. the only thing that palestine was able to export so successfully was christianity. >> simon: mitri raheb is a palestinian, a christian, and a lutheran minister from bethlehem. he runs schools, cultural centers, and health clinics. >> raheb: christianity has actuall

the persian mary and a crucifix some of those were held up high by patriarch kirill here today among those crowds that have gathered now released some of this resentment of the church on as being of events or took place in fairbridge that's when pussy riot a punk group with a very much protest message took to crisis a few cathedral there late hogs his best song at present a lecture about amir coups and also at a truck hero and he said support for blood amir hussein no was outcry among the faithful gather a certain limit using such a sacred place for their demonstrations there's also been a lot of condemnation since from human rights groups who don't like how the church handled this saga and how soft they came down safely when it came to pass the right . ride when i just feel. minutes or hours here i will be doing a special report about one of the most magical and well hidden places on earth thought of the common go to ice cave before that there will be a quick recap of the headlines. wealthy british style. that's not on the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the gl

on e street near 14th to our patriarch lynch for a new residents in livery. the early decade was a time for growing slavery and oppression in the united states. william wormley, one of the sons of lynch, was a founding member of laurel lodge number 7 of the free masons in 1823. he and his associates, john cook and francis thatcher, formed columbian harmony society to establish a cemetery for free blacks. he also was the district of columbia agent for william lloyd garrison's abolition publication the liberator in the 130s. around that same time, he built a schoolhouse for his sister, mary, on i street between 15th and 16th for the education of free blacks which was damaged in the riots of 1835. that would be right on the next street from where we are today. anecdotely, it should be noted that, francis scott key of star spangled banner fame, who happened to be a vestrymen in this very same church, was the district attorney at the time and was tasked with prosecuting young black man whose alleged transgressions of being drunk and attacking a white woman precipi

and the latin patriarch, all celebrating a special mass on easter morning and every individual grouprday, on saturday, of holy week, we had the holy fire miracle, said to have gone back, some 1100 years, when the greek patriarch goes into the church of the holy sepal oscar, to jes-- sepulcher jesus's tomb, an amazing experience, a lot of the people here, on friday, we had the march done the via de la rosa, a journey jesus took with his cross through the 14 stations of the cross and it happened under incredibly tight security, though, here in israel and we have a couple of hundred israeli border police and soldiers hear, ensuring nothing goes wrong on this holy sunday. back to you guys. >> clayton: thank you, beautiful scene there on easter sunday. >> alisyn: the rest of your headlines, u.s. and afghan military officials signed a key deal, regarding nighttime raids, the controversial operations were carried out by troops, and afghan leaders complained for years, but now that the raids put civilians in danger, the new agreement will not -- it will not be permitted unless afghan militar

when women went out on the streets they were fighting the patriarch. many of the women i know on the street, and when i go back to demonstrate with them we are fighting against that conservative attitude that does not believe in freedom and dignity for all. >> but in terms of the governments that have been taken over, have they given women the things that they were asking for from the revolution? have they paid them back effectively? >> in libya they have more than 40 women in their assembly speaking to the visibility of women in their country. in my country of egypt, in our assembly which has been suspended out of 100 members, only 7 were women that. is a shameful and disgraceful number. the point of my essay is that the revolution in the middle east and north africa were started by a man and will be completed by women. women understand the freedom and dignity that truly lie at the heart of the up rising. >> your suggestion that women are not go to get the dignity and fleedom and equality they want in the middle east because they are "hated" by their

the roman catholic patriarch of jerusalem led the ceremony.aves in east german not be officially until tomorrow but that didn't stop children in the east bay from getting in on a little bit of fun early. did waves and the easter egg hunt for the past four years and it's become one of the largest events for children in oakland and all more than 1 million pieces of candy were handed out. >>> and another eastern tradition and is a piece. how were they made? the traditional candy starts with liquid marshmallow corn syrup with sugar and jealous and crested and a cloak of crest and right now 2 billion confectionary chicks bunnies and other seasonal are smaller shapes our moving along the conveyor belts toward easter. >>> the people is a sign of spring it's almost a cold like following with our fan base. people does absolutely love their peaks. >>> the family-owned business has been operating and bethlehem pa. since the 19 thirties. >>> and of some of those in the basket like that last year's summit for year-and-a-half? >>> i hate the people do like

service was led by the catholic archbishop of tourism known that the latin -- known as the latin patriarchr many, the pilgrimage to jerusalem represents a renewal of their faith. >> we thank god for jesus, that god loved us so much that he sent his son to die for us. that he nailed his son into a cross so we could be reconciled to him. >> in rome, preparations were underway for the way of the cross procession there. thousands of people are expected to attend the ceremony led by pope benedict. >> easter eggs are a popular part of the celebrations at this time of year, but their use dates back to europe's pre- christian past. >> the eggs have inspired artists across the continent for centuries. now on exhibition has been devoted to the mine in southern germany. >> this is the gorbachev peace egg from 1991. created by the house of faberge. it is the most valuable single item in the museum in a bavarian town. only two of the five gorbachev eggs producer on display to the public. the museum has brought together two private collections to put in this show of decorated eggs from around the world.

the householder, the patriarch, jefferson, controlling 200 people as if he were their father. i think that's our challenge. because i do think these ideas speak to something vitally important, and that is the connection as i tried to put it between our sense of being children, parents, and ultimately ancestors as we move through the generations of, can we both think so intimately about our own welfare, that of our children, and think about everybody's welfare? i think jefferson offers us the opportunity to reflect on these issues. i don't think he has all the answers. but what he certainly does in the declaration of independence is to articulate what has now been received as a notion of universal human rights or natural ryes. they were bounded for generation himself by the circumstances of his time. all men are created equal does not mean that the captive and enslaved africans have those rights now. one day they would. jefferson really has a vision of what i would call a republican millennium or democratic millennium. one day we would reach the end of over when all peoples wou

resurrection of jesus christ as mentor christ the savior cathedral how a special overnight vigil bed by the patriarch artist as their. easter services in the russian orthodox tradition are designed to be both long services but also very beautiful services stylized markings of the key moments in the story of christ's death and his resurrection on the third day a key moment in the service is the easter vigil where the priests walk in a circle around the church holding candles and they also change their outfits three times during the service from black which represents lead through the purple which represents the passions that christ went through to you which represents the resurrection. the holy fire has also arrived here in moscow this easter as it has done since the eleventh century when it first made that journey from the church of the holy. in jerusalem the story surrounding the fire is that a light shines through the roof of the church of the holy sepulcher every easter in jerusalem and somehow manages to light candles one of which is brought to moscow and is then taken around to merely orthodox c

which is what easter is called in russian the food is then taken to churches to be blasting russia's patriarch real conductor the special mourning the tragedy at moscow's main church christ the savior cathedral and will lead the main services this evening we'll bring you live coverage from the cathedral later tonight as church ministers talk us through key parts of the proceedings for your so just stay with r.t. for that for orthodox easter celebrations at christ the savior. but secondly what's happening in two roussillon live pictures from there where this ceremony of what orthodox christians call the holy fire miracle is taking place worshippers believe a fire appears on tenuously from jesus's tomb on the day before orthodox easter and it's seen as a message that jesus has not forgotten his followers friar will be brought to moscow tonight in time for that need service and it will then be sent to other countries again we have live online coverage of this ancient ritual for you which you can see now coming to us from jerusalem and we will have live coverage of the ceremonies tonight in moscow

but there's always been this undercurrent of of disparity and hierarchy and you know it's male patriarchal hierarchy is this is this so a bump in the road is this a recent uptick or is this just part of that continual i think what we're seeing is frankly republicans in positions of power to have more impact so there's a lot of really nasty things happening in states around the country and it's happening in large part because republicans now have majorities in the state so they can enact legislation that before maybe got introduced but didn't go anywhere so we're going backwards from the progress we've been seen that's think i think we are but i think there's a real fight on there i mean there is there is power in the people and i think there's real resistance to this in the real unwillingness to accept this war on women without like why would mitt romney and other republicans oppose the lilly ledbetter fair pay act which basically says that if you're a woman doing the exact same work that a man is doing same job same job description same workplace you have to get the same pay i have it doe

fire will be brought to moscow tonight in time for the main service which will be led by russia's patriarch a real i will bring you live coverage from moscow surprise the savior cathedral and later tonight church ministers will talk us through a key part of the traditional proceedings. so with us here in our team moscow out on the weekends sport with paul or just ahead for you after this break and the headlines. the enemy.