see this beautiful site that's the church of the christ of savior cathedral right behind us and inside christians from all around russia are celebrating russian orthodox easter or pasco as they call it here and the midnight the midnight mass is already underway it's being led by patriarch kirill of the russian orthodox church and many high profile people are in attendance like prime minister dmitri medvedev and it's really an important occasion for christians all over the world but especially in russia because orthodoxy is the predominant religion here and traditionally this mass is held in old slavonic church language but parts are done in different languages from all over the world as orthodox people do come from countries like greece egypt and other ex soviet republics now earlier we spoke to people preparing to attend the mass within the cathedral and they talked to us about what the what the celebration and the holiday means. to them. and usually. on this is happy holiday a holiday that's not branded as honduras have yes so that the heiress has good. teachers the bride just a fool the christian holidays a family hornady and it's a good holiday an

well the sharing in france is shock the russian orthodox church called the fire a tragedy for the whole christian world need is a new miss countries have also expressed their condolences to the finest nation as apology professor charles wheelan and a historian michael has and then gave us their views on the damage and the fire fighting operation. said it certainly has that potential for value pulled together to help rebuild and i think the rebuilding will also help you know the people of france and give them something. to rally around i think you've got to me. to stay with the original architecture but certainly as you build it back you can be built so this doesn't happen again. with materials that are less flammable and things like that you know but i think you have to stick with the original framework and then how it looked even if you've never been there you you you you feel the loss and you know maybe it's off your bucket list now i'm completely completely shocked because this is not just one church but it is after a dozen the vatican and the second most important symbol of christia

started with ease to greetings couldn't those who are celebrating these days together with the russian orthodox church mentioning that although in a jail she managed to make kind of a cool each. a special russian easter cake and she was very happy about it but the questions the first one was the most over this one one why at all maria pleaded guilty. instead of insisting on her being innocent and as you remember last friday she was sentenced to eighteen months in jail for failing to register as a foreign agent whatever that means as she said and we also heard that from the re is a lawyer of course acting as an agent on behalf of a foreign government ease of validation of the u.s. laura but as the lawyer says the law doesn't make it clear exactly what kind of actions what kind of acts could be considered as a violation in this case so it doesn't clarify anything and this is why this case has been very unclear. so but he she was sentenced to eighteen months in jail office she had pleaded guilty in december and she explained today that he was a common sense choice between two evils let's take a listen. i

the world a sharing in france to shock the russian orthodox church call the fire a tragedy for the whole christian world leaders of numerous countries have also expressed their condolences to the french nation anthropology professor charles you and nine eleven first responder philip chance gave us their views on the damage and the fire fighting operation. it certainly has that potential for pull together to help rebuild and i think the rebuilding will also help you know the people of france and give them something. to rally around but certainly as you build it back you can be built so this doesn't happen again. with materials that are less flammable and things like that even if you've never been there you you you you feel the loss and you know maybe it's off your bucket list no i don't know the system that they had in place but i do know that a building that has eight hundred plus years old the timbers a dry and once they catch fire it spreads rapidly but that they're trying to preserve not only destruction but the priceless all works that are within the building i'd say they did a treme

is that by the head of the russian orthodox church karylle a key part of the ceremony is the arrival of the holy fire which worshipers say because i've been. inside a church in jerusalem. is believed to have been located as for sunday's festive dishes in addition to easter eggs the end of lent by eating a type of cake called quidditch and a cheese cake type dessert called pasta with streaming the entire service life is commentary that's. live to christ the savior cathedral in central moscow correspondent quarter in front of the donald it's gone while i am here in moscow it's been a very busy time for worshippers can you describe what's happening around. yeah absolutely for those of our viewers who weren't here with us before to see this beautiful christ the savior cathedral it's right behind me over there and christians from around russia even around the world have been celebrating russian orthodox easter as they call it pasta back there and in other cathedrals around the country now the midnight mass just wrapped up and now the part of the service that's called the holy liturgy is u

the world is sharing in france's shock the russian orthodox church call the fire a tragedy for the whole christian world leaders of numerous countries have also expressed their condolences to the french nation. so horrible towards the massive fire at the not tradin cathedral in paris perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put out my stack quickly i'm following the not to them for minute by minute not too long the parry belongs to all humanity what a spectacle what horror i share the emotion of the french nation which is ours as well my thoughts are with the people of france tonight and with the emergency services who are fighting the terrible blizzard nortons on phaedra. anthropology professor charles liu and nine eleven first responder philip charles gave us their views on the damage and the firefighting operation. it certainly is a potential for pull together to help rebuild and i think the rebuilding also helps you know the people of france and give them something. to rally around i think you've got. to stay with the original architecture but certainly as you build it back you

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main service is held at moscow's christ the savior cathedral it was led by the head of the russian orthodox church patriarch kirill a key part of the ceremony is the arrival of the holy fire which worshipers say occurs every easter saturday inside a church in jerusalem where this is tomb is believed to have been located as for sunday's festive dishes in addition to easter eggs russians were marking the end of lent by eating. cake called cool each cheesecake type dessert called pasta correspondent on a quarter outside force. well that's christ the savior cathedral right behind me and inside as well as in other cathedrals all across russia russian orthodox worshippers are celebrating the holiday of russian orthodox easter and russian and midnight masses have been going on the one behind me just wrapped up and it's a really important occasion for all orthodox worshippers. all over the world but especially in russia because russian orthodoxy is the predominant religion here now and traditionally these masses are held in old slavonic but parts of the masses are also whole held in different languages fr

around the globe are sharing in france's shock i think is the overriding emotion tonight the russian orthodox church has called the fire a tragedy for the christian world leaders of numerous countries have expressed their condolences as well to the french nation. on the very these horrible images of not to draw on for a plane for the symbol of france and of all european culture all thoughts are with all french friends. not true dharm inflames emotion of the whole nation thought for all catholic and french people like our compassionate same sad tonight to see this part of us burn so horrible towards the massive fire at the not today in cathedral in paris perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out must act quickly and following the not tradition for a minute by minute not today on the perry belongs to all humanity what a spectacle what horror i share the emotion of the french nation which is ours as well our lady of paris is our lady of all of europe we are all with paris today the incident to notre dame is a catastrophe for france as well as for us being in europe frames that emotion ei

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the greek orthodox patriarch ofjerusalem lights a few candles with the holy fire, and passes them onto glad worshipers inside the church. in a moscow monastery, russianrch calendar. later, they will usher in easter with a solemn they will usher in easter with a solemn ceremony. they will usher in easter with a solemn ceremony. but before that, they have their easter sweet bread and decorated eggs blessed and sprinkled with holy water. but the most important prayers are still to come. in the early hours of easter sunday when celebrations begin, church bells ring and fireworks and crackers go off to mark christ's resurrection and the defeat of sin and death. david campanelli, bbc news. authorities in cyprus are continuing to search two lakes for victims of a man who's thought to be the country's first serial killer. it follows the confession of a greek cypriot army officer to the murder of seven women and girls. vigils have been held in memory of the victims as isabella allen reports. forensic investigators use robotic cameras to search toxic lakes south of nexium. they are searching for bodies after a man confessed to killing seven women and girls. tr

orthodox church published its opinion. i quote, " leningrad is an ideological construct, "imposed upon the name of saint peter, "in whose honour the city was named." a russianthe steps of the cathedral, of st peter and st paul, closed by the communists. church leaders here want the city to bear the name of st peter. translation: do you know what our guiding light was? the words of peter the great himself — the impossible does happen. this was a surprising result, a slim but safe majority, voted yes to the referendum question whether leningrad should become st petersburg once more. translation: it was an indescribable feeling of great romantic illusions and hopes, that this was the first step up a great ladder. many of our hopes did not come to pass. ludmilla narusova. for ourfinalfilm, we head to the vatican city. in a surprise announcement in 1959, popejohn xxiii called all the world's bishops and cardinals to rome to discuss modernising the church. the debates which became known as vatican ii went on throughout the 19605 and led to major changes any practice and outlook of millions of catholics. rome, where this week there opens the vatican council, the l

he does very very well with the russian speakers and then splits the ukrainian speakers with mr poroshenko ok alan tenner make me. creating a schismatic orthodox church i guess that didn't go too down too well with the electorate because at the end of the day if you look at the disenfranchised three million russians living in ukrainians living in russia that weren't allowed the franchise he got in you take into account the turnout he got about nine percent of vote has flew full and very flat because he has set himself up as the strong national leader leading ukraine in this conflict with russia and it's quite clear looking at how ukrainians voted that they don't want more war that they don't like the economic crisis that ukraine is still enough in the country still facing an industrial recession wages still fully they don't like the corruption and those all the issues that really concern them nor all these national issues that poroshenko for the election on and it seems to me that you're perfectly right to say that selenski doesn't have any very clear policy positions so the way to understand this election is not soo much as of the fall of the lenski

orthodox christians in europe, africa and the middle east mark the holiest day in the church year sunday. why? because they use a different calendar. andy beatt reports. easter, orthodox style. russianchristian calendar. joining believers celebrating the resurrection ofjesus christ in moscow's magnificent main cathedral, russia's president, vladimir putin. perhaps his second easter celebration. the orthodox church tied to the ancientjulian calendar whose longer years put it several days behind other churches and countries around the world. central to the tradition, candles lit by the holy fire. a spark carried in a very modern way to orthodox communities everywhere. this special flight touching down in romania. others conveying the flame across europe and america. for the holy fire's origin, though, look to the birthplace of christian faith. jerusalem's church of the holy sepulchre. built, say believers, on the site jesus was killed and buried. once a year at exactly the same time, sunbeams are said to ignite a lamp in what's hailed an easter miracle. a single flame soon spread by the devout to torches and candles injerusalem, bethlehem and beyond. a shining symbol, they say, of res

european union without visas manage to get independence to the cranium orthodox church from moscow but he kept on going on with this anti russian rhetoric promises to bring crimea back let's take a listen to some of that. we were greenback crimea we were three men and women who found themselves in the illegal turn of the tree we will bring ukrainian marines to. get them for one second. but it really seems given the results that we're getting the numbers that we're getting that people weren't really buying it so loosely people want to win the change this wish of the younger people veteran. pm beulah to michelle she was the voting she was in the top three of this what forty people develop my own bitterly disappointed vote for her well first of all for a long time she was the symbol of ukrainian opposition she was definitely expected to challenge president bush and co for years while he was incumbent president and then three months ago selenski came out and said i'm running and i guess most of the votes were taken from you the image and again we can predict out all what's going to happen in that case this is ukraine as i've said w

orthodox church went after jehovah's witnesses, and the soviet authorities back to the orthodox church. as a result, in 2017, jehovah's witnesses were once again banned. let's pause for a moment. the russianstitution guarantees freedom of religion, so how do you ban 170,000 people? it starts with this, the literature they have is extremist, because it says you have to obey the bible, and some of the things in the bible the government does not agree with. does that sound familiar? does the finnish mystery come to mind? what happened in the united states is the same thing happening in russia today. those who would distribute the literature were declared extremist. by the way, when i say extremist, on that list is al qaeda. so the russian authorities equate being one of jehovah's witnesses, to being a member of al qaeda. if you gather to read this literature, then you are also extremist. so what is happening today? let me show you. clip] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [dog barking] >> jehovah's witnesses were persecuted in the fascist era, but quite curiously, they were not persecuted for being extremists, they were persecuted for being pacifists and not wanting to cooperate in the fascist regime in the military r

union without visas managed to give independence to the cranium orthodox church from moscow but he kept on going on with this anti russian rhetoric promises to bring crimea back let's take a listen to some of that. we were bringing back crimea we will bring those men and women who found themselves in the illegal turn of the tree we will bring ukrainian marines to we do not get them for one second. but it really seems given the results that we're getting the numbers that we're getting that people weren't really. she was the she was in the top three of this what forty people develop my own bitterly disappointed vote for her well first of all for a long time she was the symbol of ukrainian opposition she was definitely expected to challenge parts work or shango for years while he was incumbent president and then three months ago selenski came out and said i'm running and again we can't predict at all what's going to happen in that case this is ukraine as i've said where politics can really turn wild. party thing california have really thought body count video of the police shooting of american rapper willie mccoy it apparen

churches. when priests demanded freedom of religion, they were sentenced to death. tween 1917 and 1935, 130,000 russian orthodox priests were arrested, 95,000 of which were executed by firing squad. radicals in america today don't have the political power to execute religious people and destroy their houses of worship. yet they openly declare their desire to obliterate religion. in their own minds their intentions are noble. they want to save the human race from the social injustice and oppression that religion allegedly inflicts on humanity. quote, religion must die in order for mankind to live, unquote, proclaimed left wing commentator and comedian bill "religulous." both title and script were attempts to stigmatize religious people as the dangerous morons who he is views could not been seriously -- whose views could not be taken seriously. he travels to religious places, reviewing -- interviewing believers and making them appear foolish. how did he gain interviews with his victims? he lied to them saying he was making a film called "a spiritual journal request." according to maher, the irony of religion is b

even the world are celebrating russian orthodox easter what they call here is pasco now the midnight mass has already begun under way and patriarch correll of the church is leading the service with high profile people such as prime minister dmitri medvedev also in attendance now traditionally this mass is held in many different languages as although it's very you know as orthodox christians are many from russia but also from countries like greece and egypt and ex soviet countries now earlier we were informed of the arrival of what's called the holy fire now basically orthodox tradition holds that fire spontaneously appears in jerusalem every orthodox easter where jesus christ was resurrected on the stone slab where he was resurrected and that fire is then brought via candles on planes to different orthodox countries around the world and we've gotten word that it's already arrived here in moscow now it's believed that the fire doesn't burn people and that worshipers around the world go to this cathedral to go to cathedrals all over the world to get a piece of the fire now around midnight we're going to see the cross procession around the cathedral and

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