Contemporary Issues

To be Christian Means to Belong to the Church

22 May 2007

According to the words of Saint Cyprian, to be a Christian means to belong to the visible Church and to submit to the hierarchy which God has placed in it. The Church is the realization of Christ’s ...

We are in the anxious expectation of the moment when church unity be reestablished

16 May 2007

The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) has held its final meeting before the Act of Canonical Communion will be in Moscow on May 17. What were the meeting’s results?

Russian Orthodox Church prays for Boris Yeltsin’s soul

27 April 2007

Interfax

‘He committed sins as we all do. But I don’t thinks that now is the best time to recall them. Now is the time to pray that God may have mercy and salvation for his soul. We believe that the Almighty ...

Getting rid of the hunger problem by decreasing the number of the people who eat.

10 April 2007

Priest Maxim Oboukhov

When I speak about the abortion problem, I always remember an old Soviet slogan which you could see in every Soviet city: "The work of Lenin is alive". This work is really alive: the first ...

On the Teeter-Totter of Science and Faith

26 March 2007

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Religion is often valued by authors like Einstein to the degree it is useful to society. For Einstein, organized religion meant one group of people made rules the rest of the people must follow, and ...

Can a Modern Man Believe?

02 January 2007

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

Church of England says right to life for newborns not absolute – Russian Orthodox Church speaks against active euthanasia of seriously disabled newborn babies

15 November 2006

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The Church of England believes doctors should be given the right to kill some seriously disabled newborn babies in exceptional circumstances

Translation of the remains of Empress Maria Fyodorovna is for the Russian people an act of repentance in a sense

23 September 2006

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On the eve of the translation of the remains of Empress Maria Fyodorovna Romanova from Denmark to Russia, Interfax-Religion correspondent Vasily Pisarevsky has obtained an interview from Priest-monk ...

Towards the Church Unity: The Synod of Bishops Makes a Decision on the “Act on Canonical Communion”

07 September 2006

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Within the boundaries of Russia, persecution took the form of the absolute destruction of faith in Christ. Much was destroyed, many suffered. But the Lord did not permit the disappearance of the ...

I had an abortion

29 August 2006

Bishop Alexander (Mileant)

When I was 24 I was unbelievably dependent on my mother. There is probably no reason to talk about the prehistory of our family. I will limit myself to say that practically all my life my mother was ...

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News

30 September

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Contracted the Coronavirus

4th Plenary Session between ROC and Coptic Church Held

29 September

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Calls for Prayer for Those Facing Hurricanes Ian and Fiona

28 September

Patriarch Kirill: The Church Prays for the Fraternal Strife to End as Soon as Possible

Besides intellectual instruction, young people also need prayer, Patriarch Daniel says as new academic year begins

27 September

The Synodal Residence in New York hosts the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Voluntary Blood Donation Takes Place in Churches in Serbia

26 September

The work of the Church in society is quiet, but full of hope and love, says the Director of Lumina Publications

25 September

Epistle of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

23 September

“The models par excellence are the great hesychast saints,” says Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Oradea

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