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The northern province of Moldova — known as Bukovina — is an ethnological and religious enclave intended to symbolize Christianity’s triumph against the paganism.
Many of the Bukovina monasteries were built by the Moldavian voivodes as a token of gratitude to God after each victory in battles against the Turks. The unique beauty of their external [...]

27/1/2010
The unexpected election of moderate Bishop Irinej Gavrilovic of Nis as the new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church does not mean the influence of more radical priests, like Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro, will subside. That’s according to Milorad Tomanic, a Belgrade-based expert on the Orthodox Church and author of a recently published book, “The [...]