The Ecumenical Jury at the 69th Berlinale film festival on has awarded the prize for the best film in the International Competition to a Macedonian film, it called, "a modern-day parable."
Religious leaders from all the major faiths have signed a declaration that to resolve conflicts and ensure stability, they agree to establish dialogue with politicians, international organizations and civil society.
Just days after the massacre of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue by gunman shouting hatred for Jews, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for solidarity against anti-Semitism, while addressing an inter-faith tribute in New York.
The 600-year-old Sretensky monastery in Moscow's center was not so long ago a place of imprisonment and execution of those persecuted for their political or religious beliefs during repressive Soviet times.
