Court Sentences Abuja Bishop to 20 Years in Prison for Raping 12-Year-Old Daughter of Congregant

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has sentenced a prominent Abuja-based clergyman, Bishop Kenneth Duke, to 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine for r3ping a 12-year-old girl.    The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) disclosed this in a statement titled ‘An FCT High Court sentenced a 52-year-old bishop…

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Metropolitan Anthony (UOC-USA) Released from Hospital

South Bound Brook, New Jersey, January 23, 2025 Photo: uocofusa.org      Metropolitan Anthony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Diaspora (Patriarchate of Constantinople), 77, has been discharged after a few days in the hospital. The UOC-USA reported on Metropolitan Anthony of UOC-USA hospitalized againHe was previously hospitalized last January and again in…

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Orthodox Christians Appeal to Estonian Parliament Regarding Potential Church Ban

Tallinn, January 23, 2025 Photo: pnp.ru      The Riigikogu, Estonia’s Parliament, will consider a collective petition from the Estonian Orthodox Church regarding proposed legislation that would lead to a ban on the Church. An appeal from parishioners was published online in early December, proposing to stop the consideration of amendments to the Church and Congregations…

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Albanian Church Holds Prayers for Ailing Archbishop on His Feast Day (+VIDEO)

Albania, January 23, 2025 Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr      The Orthodox Church of Albania united in prayer for its hospitalized primate His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania yesterday, as it celebrated the feast of his patron, St. Anastasios the Persian. The Archbishop has been hospitalized, first in Tirana, then in Athens, since Archbishop…

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Jigawa Reports N5 Billion Loss Due to “End Bad Governance” Protests

The Jigawa State Government has revealed that properties worth N5 billion were destroyed during the nationwide “End Bad Governance” protests in August 2024.  Chairman of the fact-finding committee on the protest, Barrister Bello Fanini, disclosed this while presenting the committee’s report to Governor Umar Namadi at the Council Chambers of the Government House in Dutse…

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