Bulgarian PM Supports Religious Education in Schools

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has expressed his support for mandatory religious education in Bulgaria's schools at the recent consecration of the Church of St. Procopius of Varna by Metropolitan Kiril (Yordanov) of Varna of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. During his remarks in Varna the Bulgarian prime minister singled out atheism as the single greatest threat to the Bulgarian nation. More here.

Architect of New Parisian Cathedral an Atheist

The architect of the new Russian Orthodox cathedral in Paris, Manuel Nunez-Yanovsky, has confessed to be an atheist, but a "mystic" one who is "closer to Orthodoxy than Catholicism" culturally. Although born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nunez-Yanovsky has spent most of his life in France and Spain. More here.

"Atheism and Orthodoxy in Modern Russia"

An excellent article on atheism and Orthodoxy in modern Russia by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk of the Russian Orthodox Church can be found here.