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The Orthodox Church in Russia has urged women to refrain from abortions and instead give their children to church institutions.

"Give birth to the child and hand it over to us, the Church, and we will do everything we can to raise it and get it on its feet," the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, said Patriarch Kirill, said in a video address.

BELGRADE - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will come on Friday on a three-day visit to Serbia, where he will consecrate the newly erected monument to Tsar Nicholas II Romanov and talk with the country's top religious and state officials.

BELGRADE - Belgrade University awarded the honorary title of doctor of science to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Belgrade University Senate released at its session on Wednesday.