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Metropolitan Anthony: “The Way of the Cross”

28 April 2007

This knowledge is a knowledge of communion. I have said more than once that the word 'god' originates in a root that means the one before whom one falls down, one prostrates in adoration. ...

Dostoyevsky: The Giant of Russian Literature

16 April 2007

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The year 2006 marked several dates related to Fyodor Dostoyevsky, such as the 125th anniversary of his death, the 160th birthday of his wife Anna, the 145th anniversary of his novel ‘The Insulted and ...

Christ the Conqueror of Hell

10 April 2007

Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev

The Byzantine and old Russian icons of the Resurrection of Christ never depict the resurrection itself, i.e., Christ coming out of the grave. They rather depict ‘the descent of Christ into Hades’, ...

Optina Elders

06 March 2007

(Reidman) Schema-Archimandrite Avraam

Elder Makary's face was scarred by smallpox, he stuttered and was always poorly dressed, but he was distinguished by a very refined personality. He was born to a landed gentry family, loved ...

Father and Son: A Story of Two Saints

05 March 2007

Thousands mourned the death in 1923 of the popular, clairvoyant lay-elder of Moscow, Archpriest Alexey Mechev. But the Lord did not leave his spiritual children orphaned. Many had already discovered ...

Visions Before the Storm: The New Martyrs

25 February 2007

from Holy New Martyrs Church website (Norwich, Connecticut)

The starets looked around and replied, This is the blood of true Christians!' The starets then pointed to some clouds, and I saw mass of burning white lamps. They began to fall to the ground one ...

The blood of martyrs is the life-giving seed of Christianity!

19 February 2007

“The 20th century – the century of 1000 years since the baptism of Russia – also became the century marked by the most severe and cruel persecutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. Churches and ...

On Glorification of the Saints. A talk with archpriest Georgiy Mitrofanov

13 February 2007

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Glorification of saints is a very difficult issue. History of the Church is, first of all, the history of sainthood, and the twentieth century in this regard is one of the saddest periods of our ...

Optina Martyrs

10 June 2006

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In the year 1993 the whole Orthodox world was shocked by a tragic event, which had happened in Optina Hermitage: three inhabitants of the monastery were brutely murdered on Easter night. Their names ...

Father Arseny: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father

09 June 2006

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What happened? Nobody could understand, but suddenly the gentle and weak Father Arseny straightened himself up and slammed Ivan on the arm so hard that the knife fell from his hand. Then he pushed ...

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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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