‘Russian Rebels Ban Christian Worship In East Ukraine’
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
KIEV/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in a critical part of war-torn eastern Ukraine...
Tajikistan Detains Christians For Evangelism Amid Wider Crackdown
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
DUSHANBE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Concerns remained Friday, August 24, about the plight of devoted Christians in Tajikistan amid fresh reports that the country's feared security police detained ten Christians for their involvement in evangelism.
BREAKING: Islamic State Claims Deadly Church Shooting In Russia’s Dagestan Region
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on churchgoers in Russia's predominantly Muslim Dagestan region that killed at least five people and injured five more. Video footage showed people panicking as gunfire reverberated around a Russian Orthodox church in the Dagestan city of Kizlyar. BosNewsLife’s Latest Twitter Feeds: Russia Plane Crash Kills 71, Christians Attacked
BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Here is a look at the latest Twitter Newsfeeds produced by BosNewsLife News Agency on Sunday 21:20 CET:
Tajikistan Raiding Church, Fines Pastor
By BosNewsLife News Center
DUSHANBE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in Tajikistan have fined a pastor after secret police raided a church service as part of a government-led campaign against Christians and other religious groups in the former Soviet nation, representatives told BosNewsLife.
‘Russia Prosecuting Evangelical Christians’
By BosNewsLife News CenterMOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The majority of those charged under "draconian religion laws" introduced in Russia in July last year have been devoted Christians, a new report claims.
Hungary Blacklists Dutch Journalist Stefan J. Bos, Founder BosNewsLife
BosNewsLife News Center
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Central and Eastern Europe's first Christian news agency BosNewsLife has condemned Hungary's right-wing government for "blacklisting" eight journalists, including its founder Stefan J. Bos, who also reports for other media.
NEWS WATCH: Moscow Warns of Escalation after US Closes Consulate, Missions
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Moscow is considering its response to what some Russian politicians have called a "diplomatic war" with the United States. The developments came after the U.S. ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and two trade missions in retaliation to what Washington called "unwarranted" Russian action.
Thousands at Beautification of Lithuania’s Catholic martyr Matulionis
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent
VILNIUS/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of people have gathered in Lithuania's capital Vilnius to attend the official beautification ceremony of Archbishop Teofilius Matulionis, whom became a symbol of persecution endured by Christians when the country was still part of the Soviet Union.
‘Saint Nicholas’ Bones In Russia After 1,000 years
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- For the first time in nearly 1,000 years bone fragments of Saint Nicholas, one of the Russian Orthodox Church's most revered figures, have been moved from an Italian church to Russia where huge crowds of Orthodox faithful were expected to visit the relics. The historic move follows talks between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill.