2012年1月7日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Russian church's patriarch calls for dialogue (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 05:48 AM PST

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill , right, congratulates Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during an Orthodox Christmas at Christ The Savior Cathedral in Moscow, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)AP - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Saturday urged the government to listen to protesters demanding free elections.


Christians flee attacks in northeast Nigeria (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 05:40 AM PST

Reuters - Hundreds of Christians have begun to flee northern Nigeria after dozens were killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants who issued an ultimatum to Christians to leave the mainly Muslim region or be killed, witnesses said Saturday.
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