as a successor states are members of the russian orthodox church. which is low ship days she said the numbers have risen from one thousand nine hundred percent to seventy five percent in the last twenty five years. and over forty percent of them do not believe in god or in the so or in the last judgment. they believe in none of these dogmas. to be seen as a believer it's sufficient to call yourself orthodox or russian. government. today's state is very closely connected to the church it's turned to the church and gained additional legitimacy as a result. the church on the other hand supports it and wraps up everything ideologically by saying the regime has been chosen as the patriarch kirill did when he declared putin's appearance and a sense of power to be a divine miracle children. i would say that the relationship between the church mander state today is like a symphony the church has not had so much freedom in its entire history. by this time bloody mary putin who claims he was baptized in secrecy back in the soviet era was firmly in the saddle

monarchy in russia ushering in a new era in two thousand the tsar was declared a saint by the russian orthodox church to be especially devout that makes him untouchable they have strongly denounced the film without having seen it the lead role is played by german actor lars. and going to mcmahon six are the country stars . the producers of the project with a twenty five million euro budget wanted idea for the role after seeing him give a guest performance at a theater in moscow he's still not sure why he was chosen. by theo and why did they pick me why is lost i being a from berlin playing nicholas the second goal last russian tsar. at the film's moscow premiere director alexey tell appeared relaxed despite a slew of death threats against his actors religious fanatics wanted to prevent the film from being released their protests have sparked months of debate in the press and on the streets. there have been attacks cars and cinemas set on fire. than driven into a movie theatre death threats kept laws i don't know from attending the premiere. of the simple but. there have been rewards offered for peopl

as a successor states are members of the russian orthodox church. the numbers have risen from nineteen percent to seventy five percent in the last twenty five years. and over forty percent of them do not believe in god or in the so or in the last judgment. they believe in none of these dogmas. to be seen as a believer it's sufficient to call yourself orthodox russian. government. today state is very closely connected to the church it's turned to the church and gained additional legitimacy as a result. the church on the other hand supports it and wraps up everything ideologically by saying the regime has been chosen as the pottery a carol did when he declared putin's appearance and a sense of power to be a divine miracle. i would say that the relationship between the church mander state today is like a symphony the church has not had so much freedom in its entire history. by this time bloody mary putin who claims he was baptized in secrecy back in the soviet era was firmly in the saddle his authoritarian state kept a lid on any unrest religious faith

tonight she reports from ekaterinburg, and the russian orthodox church where the last czar and the romanov family were brutalized and killed following their downfall. steve: if there is one place where heaven meets hell, it is here. this is known as the church on the blood. the murder was committed here. the victims now elevated to saints. czar nicholas ii and his family. the church marks the spot where they and their servants were executed by the bolsheviks. they were shot and bayoneted. it was a bloody, brutal end to russia's last czar. having murdered the czar, the bolsheviks tried to conceal bury allime and memory of the monarchy. but they failed. it took six years, but eventually, deep in the forest near ekaterinburg, the discovery was made. found here, what were believed to be the remains of emperor nicholas ii and his family. in 1998, russia's government confirmed the authenticity, and nicholas, his wife, alexandra, and three daughters were laid to rest. later, more bones were found in the same forest, believed to be the czar's 2 missing children. the church has not recognized the r

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tonight he reports from yekaterinburg, and the russian orthodox church—on—the—blood, where the last tsarnd killed following their downfall. if there is one place where heaven meets hell, it's here. this is known as the church on the blood. murder was committed here, the victims now elevated to saints. tsar nicholas ii and his family. this church marks the spot where they and their servants were executed by the bolsheviks. they were shot and bayoneted. a bloody and brutal end to russia's last tsar. having murdered the tsar, the bolsheviks tried to bury all memory of the monarchy. they failed. it took many years, but eventually a discovery was made here near ekaterinburg. the remains of nicholas ii and his family. in 1988, the russian government confirmed their authenticity. nicholas ii, his wife alexandra, and their three daughters were laid to rest. later, more bones were found in the same forest, believed to be the tsar‘s two missing children. the church has not recognised the remains, but that may change. there are new investigations, using more advanced methods. the church participate

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and this wonderful item, this is an advent calendar from the russian orthodox church, very or nate. >>> and they come from the simple to the very complex. and you brought one with you. can i pick this up? >> sure. we were explaining the history, and we have a tradition-based faith, but very often with the kid, trying to keep it very practical and relatable to their every day life, and so what we have done in every classroom, this is a part of our christian leadership class, they put this together for each one of our classrooms and very often, when i was a young lass, we would have one of these with pieces of chocolate in them. but what we tried to do is -- they get enough sugar as it is, each class can pull out a piece out every day and inside is a little note about what they can do, in honor of advent. so for the second day of advent, it is let someone else go first in line today. and then the next day, on the third day, the class will open it up, and excuse me, and say offer your for giveness to someone who has hurt your feelings today. each day, they have something else to honor th

russian orthodox churches and workers associations so for the people who fled hungary there was plenty to eat it wasn't just about waiting to see what would happen in russia people have a good life here. but many russian state only issue a time here before heading to paris or new york. most of the exiled russians like money from life because father never saw their homelands again he left his diary to you and with it a law for his native language and russian culture. of the group stage of the world cup may be over but there are still open slots for next summer's big events in brussels tonight croatia host greece in the first match of the two like playoffs for one of the vacant european places likewise switzerland travelled to northern ireland incredibly as face failed to qualify automatically for russia despite nine straight wins in the group stage they were pipped at the post by portugal. it's not that belfast isn't a nice place to land but this is not where the swiss want to be after a strong qualifying round their points total most years would easily qualify for the finals not this y

russian orthodox churches and workers and. so for the people who fled hungary there was plenty to eat it wasn't just about waiting to see what would happen in russia people have a good life here. but many russian state only a short time here before heading to paris. most of the exiled russians like money from life because father never saw their homelands again he left his diary and a lot for his native language and russian culture. the word brutalist. stands for something a lot of people love to hate brutalist it was the start of awkward texture massive buildings with huge stretches of roll call great became interested in europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. and quickly spread around the world but over the decades it fell by today as a movement to save these giants architecture museum is i think it's for us to do that with maybe even if it's from the culture desk is here to guide us through the brutality. why does it have such a i'm guessing that this is not like the best example of it but why does it have such a bad name.

there were plenty of russian restaurants russian orthodox churches and workers associations so for the people who fled hunger there was plenty to eat it wasn't just about waiting to see what would happen in russia people have a good life here. but my new russian state only a short time before heading to paris or new york. most of the exiled russians like money from north because father never saw their homelands again he left his diary to you and read it a lot for his native language and russian culture. climate talks are underway in the german city of bonn this and next week delegates from more than one hundred ninety countries are discussing how to implement a landmark paris agreement to curb global warming one country at the forefront of the fight against climate change is kenya the country already meets thirty percent of its energy needs from geothermal power which doesn't generate any carbon emissions kenyans are also adjusting their farming practices in response to changing weather patterns have a look. and list distances stretch out before us in the great rift valley in kenya and

been in st petersberg and moscow already, and today he reports from yekaterinburg, and the russian orthodox churchl, it's here. this is known as the church on the blood. murder was committed here, the victims now elevated to saints. tsar nicholas ii and his family. this church marks the spot where they and their servants were executed by the bolsheviks. they were shot and bayoneted. a bloody and brutal end to russia's last tsar. having murdered the tsar, the bolsheviks tried to bury all memory of the monarchy. they failed. it took 60 years, but eventually a discovery was made here near ekaterinburg. the remains of nicholas ii and his family. in 1988, the russian government confirmed their authenticity. nicholas ii, his wife alexandra, and their three daughters were laid to rest. later, more bones were found in the same forest, believed to be the tsar‘s two missing children. the church has not recognised the remains, but that may change. there are new investigations, using more advanced methods. the church participates in these investigations. there is a strong chance that the church will recognise

russian orthodox churches and workers associations so for the people who fled hunger there was plenty to eat it wasn't just about waiting to see what would happen in russia people have a good life here. but many russian state only a short time here before heading to paris or new york. most of the exiled russians like my father never saw their homelands again he left his director here and with it a lot for his native language and russian culture. the word brutal lesson has a fearsome sound to it and it stands for something a lot of people love to hate more listeners' a style of architecture massive buildings with huge stretches of rock concrete it came into style in europe back in the one nine hundred fifty s. and quickly spread around the world but over the decades it fell out of favor today there's a movement to save these giants and the german architecture museum is adding its voice to that movement. david levitz is here from our culture this to talk more about that hi david first of all why just listen have such a bad reputation where you said it yourself i mean it sounds it sounds

country's lutheran church under stalin protestant lutheran churches have been closed along with many belonging to the majority russian orthodox faith. an air of celebration at a normal sunday service the last one before this evangelical lutheran congregation in moscow officially gets its church back. lutherans are religious minority here in russia most in the community have german roots their ancestors came to russia centuries ago on the invitation of the czars who promised land and religious freedom but later the soviet government persecuted lutherans and seize church property including this cathedral. the community led by archbishop. has been using it again since the fall of the soviet union but so far it has remained russian government property. it's like someone started living in europe and it's not yours anymore. you turn up the whole time you have the feeling that it isn't just. at any point it could end up in government hands or rather hands. but now it's ours it feels like home again. so. in the officially atheist soviet union many churches were repurposed from nine hundred thirty seven this cathedral was used as a mo

destroyed destroyed in many ways i mean i'm thinking of the orthodox church ok lot of people don't understand how much russian survived because of the pursuit of utopia in an ideology or. culture was destroyed but. an alternative was put in place yes i mean there was we're still here ok it was a return it was a reconstruction of culture a culture. which wasn't wasn't completely part of me which actually persists in these times and i i personally i don't believe in utopias and i don't think that communism is the answer to day to the problems today but i personally don't want to live in a world where we stop fighting to create a better world that's a really good point and i want to just a quote here perhaps you'll recognize real quick because i think it's time. people no longer obsess over the accumulation with things we've limited hunger want the need for possessions we've grown out of our infancy that's the famous communist explorer and commander john carr of the starship enterprise. we need star fleet in for a flag here gentlemen were brought out of time absolutely fascinating discussion i watched the extend

destroyed destroyed in many ways i mean i'm thinking of the orthodox church ok lot of people don't understand how much russian survived because of the pursuit of utopia in an ideology or. culture was destroyed but. an alternative was put in place yes i mean that was we're still here ok it was a return it was a reconstruction of culture a culture. which wasn't completely out of me which actually persists. and i personally i don't believe in utopias and i don't think that communism is the answer today's problems today but i personally don't want to live in a world where we stop fighting to create a better world that's a really good point and i want to just a quote here perhaps you'll recognize real quick if you just think at a time people no longer obsess over the accumulation with things we've got limited hunger want the need for possessions we've grown out of our infancy that's the famous communist explorer and commander john carr of the starship enterprise. we need star fleet in gentlemen we've run out of time absolutely fascinating discussion watch the extended version of our tease you tube channel many thi

the russian occupation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen put an end to that the festival moved to georgia where the orthodox church promptly tried to have it banned. the orthodox church as one hundred fifty million members and it wields power across the former republics. condemned by the church as has been open again for the last twenty five years and they're always fully in spite of almost one hundred years of godlessness and the soviet government's attempts to destroy religion sick of it. but the search for meaning and values hasn't led only to a resurgence of religion fame and a radical feminist activist group founded in ukraine is anything but pious topless for freedom they call themselves extremists and of pledge to fight patriarchy in the sexual exploitation of women in all its forms. die is considered yes there is conservatism and there is patriarchy but at the same time our society is ready to accept and create something new something new something different from western european values. but not all the former soviet republics wanted to be different from the west some like the baltic states wanted to becom