Eastern Orthodox Church

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associated press U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton leaves St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Pristina, Kosovo, after meeting Wednesday with ethnic Serbs, who want independence or incorporation into an expanded Serbia. The U.S. and EU say that is not possible.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Egyptian senior clerics pray at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo during the funeral Mass for Pope Shenouda III, who headed the Coptic Orthodox Church for 40 years.

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** FILE ** In this April 18, 2009, file photo, Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, leads a midnight service to celebrate Christ's resurrection, at the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

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Italian police officers with a sniffing dog inspect a Nativity scene outside a Coptic Orthodox church during the Christmas Mass in Rome on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Christian Copts in Europe are under police protection following Internet threats against their European places of worship, even as some prepare special services in honor of the 21 Copts killed in a weekend massacre at a church in their Egyptian homeland. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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An Interior Ministry officer rings bells at an Orthodox church before a service in the village of Okolitsa, 30 kilometers ( 19 miles) east of capital Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Belarusian Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas by the Julian calendar on Jan. 7.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)