Europe

Seven young adults and I were sent by Faiths Without Borders, a URI multiregional Cooperation Circle, to Italy near Rome.

Karimah Stauch, Regional Coordinator for URI Europe, and Angelina Vladikova, URI Europe Cooperation Circle Liaison, will attend an important conference in Zagreb, Croatia – “Do Religions Have a Significance for Europe?”

The one who beams never walks in the dark

Sending you photos, stories, and best regards "from warm Siberia."

“Wherever we go, whatever we do, we all are on Peace Road…”

On Sept 26th, International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we have prayed by reading out the prayers of both Bishop Swing and Pope Francis at the end of the Seminar on Science and Spirituality, at Bibliothe, Rome.

The 21st of September, which we know as the Day of Peace, is celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church as the Birthday of the Virgin Maria. We in Russia have double celebrations on this day.

With the world's eyes fixed on the refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East, URI Cooperation Circle from Germany to Bulgaria to Bosnia and Herzegovina are building "safe places" and "giving hospitality" to refugees. With the recent influx of refugees, Cooperation Circles across Europe are mobilizing to welcome refugees, providing for basic needs and more.

I am pleased to share details of an environmental action event, the Planet Festival, at which I made the keynote speech.