oh oh bartholomew the first the leader of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's being described as potentially one of the biggest rifts in christianity in recent times. with his signature on saturday he officially split most of ukraine's orthodox churches from centuries of russian jurisdiction. flow horrific emotive on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of the pippen e the document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches as most of watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial law

i know and welcome to the program the problem the eastern orthodox church has over two hundred fifty million members around the world that spiritual leader is based in istanbul but for follow us in ukraine there is a new found independence churches that have officially cut ties with their russian branch accusing it of what they called propaganda the decision has angered russian leaders will bring in our guests in a moment but first mohamed. discussion from moscow. oh oh bartholomew the first the leader of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's being described as potentially one of the biggest rifts in christianity in recent times. with his signature on saturday he officially split most of ukraine's orthodox churches from centuries of russian jurisdiction. flow forfeit your motive on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of a pick any the document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches as most of watching from the side

well let's take a closer look at the eastern orthodox church now it's one of the oldest religious institutions and second largest after the roman catholic church it has more than two hundred fifty million members around the world most of whom live in eastern europe greece the caucasus and parts of the middle east and africa orthodox churches a self-governed but the patriarch of constantinople based as the ball is that spiritual leader. well let's bring in our guests now joining us from kiev as valentini yaku schick professor of political science at the national university of kiev academy in london is there then professor of sociology of religion and department head of theology and religious studies at king's college london and joining us and scott from moscow is alexander bridges senior foreign policy at gazeta dot argue that's a russian newspaper a very warm welcome to all of you let me start with mr bush there and london are we seeing the biggest schism in christianity in the hundreds if not the cells and he is. it's obviously not the biggest schism in christan it's a more although i would b

for almost four thousand of you the first the leader of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's being described as potentially one of the biggest rifts in christianity in recent times. with his signature on saturday he officially split most of ukraine's orthodox churches from centuries of russian jurisdiction. flow boresight emotive on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of the pippen the the document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches is nobody watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian. president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine

oh bartholomew the first the leader of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's being described as potentially one of the biggest rifts in christianity in recent times. with his signature on saturday he officially split most of ukraine's orthodox churches from centuries of russian jurisdiction. float off and what would have on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of a pick any document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches as most of watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial la

and the occupied west bank both the latin and eastern orthodox pogroms held their christmas midnight masses of the church a place of worship is over a grotto where christians believe jesus was born the and on sunday egypt's president of the fatah has sisi open the country's largest church in largest mosque on the eve of coptic christmas celebrations it's being seen as a gesture of tolerance in the majority muslim country which has suffered a string of attacks on christians the fattah one lean mosque in cairo can accommodate over fifteen thousand worshippers. a saudi teenager has barricaded herself in a hotel room in thailand to avoid deportation saying she fears for her life or half was detained while in transit on her way to australia as she wants to claim asylum on line she expressed fear of being killed the she was sent back to saudi arabia this is not the first time saudi women have been detained for deportation one trying to request asylum and she posted this message on her twitter account i'm not leaving my own until i see you an edge. island. a cuban soldier who became a right

celebrating christmas at the church of the nativity in bethlehem in the occupied west bank platinum eastern orthodox pilgrims hold their christmas midnight mass at that church place of worship is said to be built over a crowd where christians believe jesus was born. and so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera much more news to come and cited story as that next. deadlock in the u.s. says the president threatens years of government shutdown a few doesn't get money for its border war but is the face off about the war or the presidency and how's it changing american politics this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sammy's a than that wall was a regular slogan from u.s. president donald trump jury and after his campaign now he's demanding over five billion dollars from democratic controlled house of representatives to keep his promise the democrats have refused to give in which is led to a partial government shutdown that began on december the twenty second it's affecting their eight hundred thousand government employees the president has threatened to prolong the shutdown for mon

celebrating christmas at the church of the nativity in bethlehem in the occupied west bank both latin and eastern orthodox pilgrims hold their christmas midnight masses at the church the place of worship is over a grotto where christians believe jesus was born. demonstrations maad christmas celebrations by christians in palestine some people boycotted the visit of the orthodox patriarch of jerusalem to bethlehem protesters are angry that he's been selling church land how a force it was at the protests in iraq and piled west bank. this is a familiar pilgrimage for the orthodox patriarch of jerusalem he comes here to bethlehem every year for the orthodox christmas to mark christ's birth at the church of the holy. and usually he would come here on foot proceeded by marching bands or scouts he would be met by officials from the bethlehem and surrounding governments. manger square would usually be thronged with people to welcome him but this year it's very different there is a group within the orthodox community who want this visit boycotted on political grounds because of his policy of selling church

millions of orthodox christians are celebrating the christmas holiday the eastern orthodox faith follows the old julian calendar which puts the birth of jesus christ on january the sufferings celebrations are taking place in bethlehem in the occupied west bank the city celebrates christmas three times a year for different denominations. the cranes new orthodox church has been blessed by the global orthodox leaders based in turkey ukraine's church was officially granted independence from the russian orthodox church on saturday the decree was handed over during sunday's service in istanbul this move has angered moscow brazil's new government has deployed troops to the northern city of to counter a spike in violent crime nearly eighty robberies gun attacks on fires have been reported this week across the states of sierra reports suggest drugs gangs were responding to tough new measures in the prisons of former military bunker in hong kong the played a crucial role in world war two has been given a new lease of life instead of bullets and bombs it's now home to some of the world's best wines

i don't welcome to the program and i'm the eastern orthodox church has over two hundred fifty million members around.

millions of all the docs christians are celebrating the christmas holiday eastern orthodox faith follows the old julian calendar which pushed puts the birth of jesus christ on generally seven celebrations are taking place in bethlehem in the occupied west bank the city celebrates christmas three times a year for different denominations. ukraine's new orthodox church has been blessed during mass by global orthodox leaders based in turkey ukraine's church was officially granted independence from the russian orthodox church on saturday the decree was handed over during sunday's service in istanbul the move has angered moscow for months reports. for the simple sweep of a plan ukraine's orthodox churches gain their independence or autocephaly a move likely to infuriate russian religious leaders and deepening of a global split in the church days before the ceremony in istanbul the leader of the author talks church worldwide denied he'd been given bribes to authorize the separation however he admitted to a group of children he had been given chocolates by ukrainian president petro poroshenko. p

police officer has died while trying to diffuse a bomb near a church in cairo called to the eastern suburb of nasr city when the suspicious package was found on a rooftop to other police were injured and that last. orthodox church of ukraine has officially split from its religious leadership and russia ecumenical patriarch in istanbul who is they worldwide head of the church as sign a document granting independence right marks a deepening religious divide stemming from political hostilities between the neighboring countries and reports. ukraine's orthodox churches gained their independence for. a move likely to infuriate two russian religious leaders. global split in the church days before the ceremony in istanbul the leader of the church. has been given to all for this operation he admitted to a group of children being given chocolates. by ukrainian president petro poroshenko . president poroshenko also has a chocolate factory even if the russian church is accusing me of being bribed with money to do this autocephaly in reality i didn't receive money because i got a lot of the sweets and

we are seeing in eastern bill over the next couple of days, the ukrainian 0rthodox couple of days, the ukrainian orthodox church being given international recognition as being separate from russia. international recognition as being separate from russialj international recognition as being separate from russia. i will let you go inside and walmart. —— and warm up. the headlines on bbc news... male suspect arrested after the stabbing on the train yesterday. multiple victims in california, a shooting at a bowling alley. and reducing demand and the health service with help to quit smoking. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. fa cup third—round weekend. 32 ties played across the next couple of days. under way last night, played across the next couple of days. underway last night, league played across the next couple of days. under way last night, league 2 tranmere eden 7—0 by high—flying —— beaten 7—0 by high—flying tottenham. fans were up for this one. they haven't won the fa cup for some time... three goals in nine minutes saw sp

there was an eastern orthodox bible, a koran, and other religious books. all atheists were given copies of the constitution. the pew research center says this congress is slightly more religiously different than the last and includes the first two muslim women, four more jewish members, and one more unitarian universalist -- excuse me. it's getting a little late. the number of christians has dropped about 3%. eight more members decline to state an affiliation. regardless of belief, we americans now put our faith in this 116th congress to work together and find solutions, and just like with every elected official we'll be keeping them honest. that's the job. the news continues. so let's turn things over now to don lemon and "cnn tonight." don? >>> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. what a day. breaking news. just moments ago on day 13 of the shutdown the house passed a package of bills that would end the should the shutdown but without money for the president's wall. president trump tonight promising a veto, though. while speaker pelosi makes it really c

director mulvaney has been a friend and advocate for middle eastern christians for years. meeting with the mennonite patriarch in 2014, meeting the syria orthodox patriarch in 2015, and working with them to pass the resolution to recognize the genocide in libya and syria. [applause] >> mick and his wife pam are the proud parents of triplets, james, caroline and finnegan, and two great danes guinness and harper. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to mr. mick mulvaney. [applause] >> thank you very much. people always ask me about the dogs named guinness and harper and ask me what i do for fun. i want to thank mr. hage for the introduction. i want to thank you for inviting me. thank you to all the religious leaders and excellence that are here. thank you for inviting me and giving me this opportunity to speak this evening. i will begin by saying this. i really wasn't supposed to be here today. we had been asked by the heads of protocol at the white house not to do any official events today given the solemnity having to do with the funeral. we were supposed to ca

meeting the syria orthodox patriarch in 2015 and working with members of congress to pass resolutions to recognize the genocide christians in iraq and syria. [applaus [applause] >> mick and his wife pam are the proud parents of triplets, james, caroline and finnigan and also garrett and harper. please give a warm welcome to mick mulvaney. [applause] >> thank you very much. people always ask me about the dogs named beggwynn nis and harr and that's what i do for fun. your excellencies, colleagues from the house of representatives, and more importantly, many of my friends. thank you for inviting me and beginning this evening. i will begin by saying this, i wasn't supposed to be here today. we had been asked by the heads of protocol at the white house not to do any official events today given the solemnity, the-- having to do with the funeral, we were supposed to cancel all of our official events and i talked to the white house and said, look, i'm speaking to this group on wednesday evening. they said please cancel. i said it's in defense of christians and i think it would be something th

his study includes eastern orthodox theology. he is creating anthropology and violent ethics. we are going to go in alphabetical order. professor? welcome. >> thank you and everybody else who helped put this together and for inviting me to participate, and thank you to each one of you who have shown up for this important conversation. as has been discussed, in my work i focus on the relationship between christianity and the american white nationalism, a relationship that has always been troubled. beginning in the 1960s, the most significant arcticlators of white activists who critiqued christianity is fundamentally all white and therefore dangerous. and a founding member of the john burke society. the fact that christianity had its roots in judeaism had poisoned the racial consciences. it also came into play a significant role in the 1970s to the present, promising to offer white nationalists a more authentic aryan spirituality as opposed to a jewish christianity. those are in quotes, by the way. there were debates in the following decades, both between advocates of religious