Marc Bennetts

Priests are people, too

April 27, 2012 News

© RIA Novosti. Iliya Pitalev Marc Bennetts 26/04/2012 Russia’s Orthodox Church has been at the center of a storm of controversy of late – from Pussy Riot’s anti-Putin “punk prayer” in Moscow’s largest cathedral to the comical “now you see it, now you don’t” saga of Patriarch Kirill’s luxury watch. Things have gotten so heated [...]

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Stars Speak of God as Orthodox Church Prepares to Defend Faith

April 19, 2012 Featured News

18/04/2012 Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti With Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church facing a wave of criticism from what it has called supporters of “radical liberal values,” a Christian publisher presented on Wednesday a book on the religious beliefs of stars of show business and film. “The Church has always been persecuted,” actor and presenter Boris Korchevnikov, [...]

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Pussy Riot Hit Back at Church Criticism

March 28, 2012 News

MOSCOW Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti 27/3/2012 Pussy Riot, the all-female group whose members could face jail time over a “punk prayer” in Moscow’s largest cathedral, have said the country’s powerful Orthodox Church was used as a “weapon” in President-elect Vladimir Putin’s election campaign. “We were deeply saddened that you allowed the Church to become a [...]

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