MOSCOW, March 8. /TASS/. The Shrovetide also known as the Maslenitsa or the Pancake Week, the last week before the Great Lent in the Russian Orthodox Church, kicks off on March 8.

Orumiyeh, Jan 31, IRNA – Assyrian Christians of Orumiyeh, northwestern Iran, celebrated the 42nd anniversary of Imam Khomeini's return to Iran (February 1, 1979).

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Turkey’s foreign minister said Wednesday that not only Muslims but also Christians are “very disturbed” by the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

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Tehran, Dec 31, IRNA - Vice-Speaker of Majlis Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Hassan Abutorabi-Fard congratulated the Christians in Iran and all over the world on the advent of the year 2015 .

Baghdad, Aug 17, IRNA – An Iraqi parliamentarian said Christians in Iran are quite free in conducting their religious rituals.

Tehran, Dec 24, IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani in a message congratulated all world Christians and his Armenian countrymen on the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ and the onset of the new Chri