Islam
Predestination in Islamic Perspective
The meaning of the presence of prayers - requests in the prayer practice of such a fatalistic religion as Islam, seems completely incomprehensible. According to Islamic doctrine, the afterlife of...
Year: 2022
Christianity
The mention of non-Orthodox at funeral services
By St. Athanasius (Sakharov) [From the letters of St. Athanasius (Sakharov), Bishop of Kovrovsky (1887-1962) to Nun Varvara (Adamson)] Regarding mentioning your deceased parents. Above all, I think that children...
Europe
Joint press release following the 8th Association Council meeting between the EU and Ukraine
On 5 September 2022, the European Union and Ukraine held the 8th meeting of the EU and Ukraine Association Council in Brussels.
Books
“Book Alley” in Sofia begins with Record Number of Publishers
A record number of publishing houses - 122, are participating in the “Book Alley” opening today in Sofia.
Editor's choice
Night of Religions returns to full live presence in Barcelona
On 17 and 18 September, the seventh edition of the Barcelona Night of Religions (Nit de les Religions) will take place. In this seventh edition, under the subtitle "Faiths and…
Events
UN congratulates couple who married with ‘equality agreement’
A couple in the western province of Izmir has set the stage for a new trend in Turkey by signing a "gender equality agreement" before getting married, saying there can...
Christianity
Unique monasteries in Romania painted with frescoes on the outside
The frescoes have remained almost unaffected by time and atmospheric conditions In Romania, several monasteries hundreds of years old, as well as their main churches, are painted on the outside...
Education
Correspondents in the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878 on the Balkan Peninsula (2)
The number of Russian correspondents of the Balkan Theater increased over time. As of July 5, 1877, their composition was as follows [14]: Table 1. Periodical / Correspondent "Birzhevye Vedomosti"...
Archeology
Archaeologists have discovered a “female vampire” with a sickle around her neck and a padlock on her leg in Poland
Archaeologists have discovered a grave of a "female vampire" from the 17th century in Poland. An iron sickle lay around the neck of the deceased, and a padlock was on...
Economy
The Large Hadron Collider is preparing to shut down if there is no power
The European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) is developing plans to shut down particle accelerators during peak hours on the electricity grid. This means that the Large Hadron Collider could...