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The Holy Synod reacted to the UN’s decision to designate June 21 as International Day of Yoga in 2014. The Holy Synod’s statement says that the practice of yoga has “no place in the lives of Christians” since it is a fundamental aspect of Hinduism and as such is not considered a “form of exercise” but of worship!

The Holy Synod, the Greek Orthodox Church?s governing body, on Tuesday denounced yoga, saying it is ?incompatible? with the Christian faith.

BELGRADE - The Serbian-Chinese Culture Week will be held in Belgrade from April 13 to 19.

The opening day will be marked by two art exhibitions - photographs of the Spring Festival in China, and drawings by Tomislav Petrovic representing professions and crafts in China and Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said Thursday that Serbia deported the Falun Gong activists who tried to stage a protest during the visit by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and the summit in Belgrade.

Falun Gong activists deported

BELGRADE -- Serbia's interior minister says the Falun Gong activists who attempted to hold a protest during the visit of China's prime minister have been deported.

Dejan Markovic, an activist of Falun Gong, told Radio Free Europe that 11 members of the movement were expelled from Serbia on Wednesday after police arrested them on December 14.

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Seven Bulgarian citizens were arrested on Monday evening in Belgrade, said Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry, quoted by the BNT public broadcaster.

They are followers of the Chinese Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) spiritual movement and were intending to protest against the violations of human rights in China.

It appears the so-called “opening” of the government has come to a very critical stage, if not a dead-end. Could it lead anywhere else?

While sexual assault is often considered an action committed by the predator directly forcing themselves on the victim, the chilling allegations against Turkey-based Azeri “yoga guru” Professor Akif Manaf have a twist.