🇫🇮 Finnish MP Facing Jail After Tweeting Bible Verse Says Case a Test of Religious Freedom

— "A former government minister facing jail after tweeting a Bible verse said that her trial next week will be a test of religious freedom.

Päivi Räsänen, a physician and mother of five, explained that she had a “calm mind” ahead of the criminal trial beginning on Jan. 24.

“I trust that we still live in a democracy, and we have our constitution and international agreements that guarantee our freedom of speech and religion,” said Räsänen, Finland’s interior minister from 2011 to 2015."

🔗 National Catholic Register | Read Full Article...
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🇷🇺 Russian Orthodox Patriarch is not a Bitcoiner, church clarifies

— "Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus', the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, has not urged his flock to invest in Bitcoin, despite videos claiming otherwise.

A clip recently emerged claiming that Kirill had urged the faithful to invest in cryptocurrencies. While the video does include genuine comments from the patriarch regarding the benefits of robotics for the economy, and a mention of Bitcoin (BTC), the comments were heavily edited, with the narrator further claiming that the leader would bless potential crypto investors in a special service at a Moscow church."

🔗 Coin Telegraph | Read Full Article...
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*Dying of laughter* 😂😂

In Russian, a cross in the sky on feast of Holy Theophany

NEWS ROUND-UP (JANUARY 19)

Main Stories
🇧🇾 National Assembly head thanks Belarusian Church for active role in discussing Constitution draft
🇫🇮 Finnish MP Facing Jail After Tweeting Bible Verse Says Case a Test of Religious Freedom
🇷🇺 Russian Orthodox Church creates prayer for gamers
🇯🇴 Rainbow appears at the site of the Baptism of the Saviour at Theophany
🇷🇺 Russian Orthodox Patriarch is not a Bitcoiner, church clarifies

Other News
🇷🇺 Orthodox Christians plunge into icy waters for Epiphany celebration
🇷🇺 Patriarch Kirill: Part of the Orthodox Churches may fall into schism
🇪🇬 Patriarchate of Alexandria to brief all Orthodox Churches over what it calls ‘intrusion’ by ROC onto its jurisdiction
🇫🇷 French president calls for ‘right to abortion’ to be added to EU charter
🇵🇸 Christian Population in Israel Shows Scarce Growth, Falling behind Muslims and Jews
🇺🇦 “Patriarch” Filaret demands to restore the UOC-KP through the court
🇬🇪 Georgian Orthodox Church celebrates Epiphany today
🇺🇸 New Poll: 52% of Millennials Want Abortions Banned After Unborn Baby’s Heart Starts Beating
🇹🇷 Metropolitan Amphilochius of Adrianople resigns
🇲🇪 U.S. upset with the "SOC impact on independent institutions of Montenegro"

— What does everyone think of the news round-up format?

Jason Miller appears to have actually said he will ban religious nationalism on Gettr.
https://youtu.be/jyYG3zag4GY

There's no way GETTR is coming back from this lmao

🇷🇸 Serbian churches vandalized in Montenegro, Bosnia

— "Serbian Orthodox churches in places like Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro are not infrequently attacked and vandalized, and unfortunately, two more such attacks have occurred this week.

In Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, vandals desecrated the Church of the Ascension of the Lord, spray painting a derogatory curse word on the wall, reports the Metropolis of Montenegro."

🔗 OrthoChristian | Read Full Article...
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Controlled opposition rushing in to defend GETTR 😂😂

GETTR is over party 🎉🎉

"Admin, stop posting cringe!"

> okay, okay 😳😤

🇷🇺 Metropolitan Vladimir, retired hierarch of St. Petersburg, reposes in the Lord

— "His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir (Kotlyarov), the ruling hierarch of the St. Petersburg Diocese from 1995 to 2014, then rector emeritus of the Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in St. Petersburg, reposed in the Lord yesterday on the feast of Theophany.

He departed to the Lord at the age of 92 following a long illness, reports the Russian Orthodox Church.

In his condolences, Patriarch Kirill emphasized that Met. Vladimir, “lived a life full of many cares and labors, which he carried out to establish the enduring spiritual and moral values of the Gospel in the consciousness of his flock.”

🔗 OrthoChristian | Read Full Article...
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🇦🇹 BREAKING: Austrian parliament votes to impose mandatory vaccines on all adults

— "The Austrian parliament has passed the highly controversial universal vaccine mandate for all adults which was first announced in November 2021.

In what was essentially a procedural vote, 137 Austrian MPs voted in favor of the mandate, while 33 voted against it.

About a dozen MPs said they were sick and unable to be in parliament for the vote. At least some of them likely were afraid to cast a no vote in opposition to the party line."

🔗 LifeSiteNews | Read Full Article...
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NEWS ROUND-UP (JANUARY 20)

Main Stories
🇦🇹 Austrian parliament votes to impose mandatory vaccines on all adults
🇷🇸 Serbian churches vandalized in Montenegro, Bosnia
🇷🇺 Metropolitan Vladimir, retired hierarch of St. Petersburg, reposes in the Lord

Other News
🇵🇸 Jerusalem Patriarch met with the President of Palestine
🇺🇦 Kiev: 10-ft. cross falls from dome of St. Sophia’s Cathedral
🇯🇴 Georgian cultural centre to open on plot presented by Jordan’s royals to country
🇪🇬 Patriarch Theodore complains to Sinai Monastery Abbot about Russian Church
🇺🇦 OCU fails to evict canonical priest from parish house
🇪🇬 Patriarch Theodoros acknowledges he has hurt Church unity, according to Alexandrian hierarch

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We will be back to channel posting in a few days frens. I have a question which I need some help with, and I might ask a few more questions later on during this time off.

What are some good free apps/programs you recommend for creating subtitles like those shown in the video below?

https://youtu.be/LtAexVHRVBA

(Thinking of doing translations of non-English Orthodox videos)