Posted on 06/01/2005 3:40:55 PM PDT by jb6
MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - The Orthodox Encyclopedia church research center (CRC) and the Roman Catholic Church are shooting a documentary series, The Pilgrimage to the Eternal City, about the first Christian martyrs, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia said on Tuesday.
"This is a joint Orthodox-Catholic project. It will be shown in Europe," the patriarch said at a session of the monitoring, trustee, and public councils of the CRC.
Directors and actors Krzysztof Zanussi, Vladimir Khotinenko, Nikita Mikhalkov, Vladimir Mashkov, and Yury Solomin are all taking part in making the series.
Speaker of the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) Boris Gryzlov said at the session that the Orthodox Encyclopedia intended to shoot a documentary series, The Planet of Orthodoxy, about the life of Orthodox communities all over the world.
Mikhail Shvydkoi, the head of the Russian Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, said that other films would be made based on the Orthodox Encyclopedia.
They should make a movie on the fall of Constantinople and the slaughter that ensued. I'm sure that would never get shown over here.
You're lucky, you get to see the movie, they'll never show it here in the Land of the Free and ACLU.
Yes, I thik such a movie would be a great and crucial move on the path leading to reconciliation between both Churches. (sarcasm)
Outside maybe the smaller "family" type stations, but then most don't know anything about any foreign films. As for CBS, NBC, etc? Hah, if it doesn't have tits, arse, sex, swearing, witches, "good" muslims, homosexuals, or antiChristian don't count on it. Our TV is pretty low and dumb now, especially with all the damn reality shows.
You won't see the two churches together in your lifetime. The Orthodox church is still suspicious of the Roman church and will not enter into any joint venture.
I think he's referring to when the Turks took it not the 4th Crusade (which never was).
Oooops, if so - sorry - my misunderstanding.
Fox News is very conservative, Fox TV on the other hand leads in a lot of raunch and sleeze. What a world, ehh?
So it's not the same?
Or the same people in charge?
Anybody know if the actors and directors listed are competent?
Oooops, if so - sorry - my misunderstanding.
Same parent company but two totally seperate channels.
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They had better be careful. The last time that I know of, when some church group wanted to make a movie, they ended up with "Plan 9 From Outer Space", which had nothing to do with religion and was nominated the biggest turkey of all time.
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