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on January 8, 2016 in World News

Russian patriarch says Christians are oppressed in well-off Europe

Well-to-do Europe has turned into a place where Christians are oppressed, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill said in a Christmas TV interview. “Christianity is being pushed out of the public space. In many countries, the word ‘Christmas’ isn’t used now,” the top cleric said, speaking to Rossiya 1 on January 7 – Orthodox Christmas day. Read more Christmas Eve for millions of Orthodox Christians across the globe “The plight of Christians in Syria, Iraq, and many other countries, has been driven to extremes. Christians are currently the most oppressed religious community in the world, and not… View Article

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