Christianity
On Priesthood
By St. John Chrysostom Priests are the men entrusted with spiritual birth and regeneration through Baptism. Through them we clothe ourselves in Christ and are buried together with the Son…
Christianity
God not being responsible for evil
St. Basil the Great (330-378) Much wisdom is shown to us through the holy psalmist king David by the Spirit working in him. Sometimes the prophet, describing his own sufferings…
Christianity
Interpretation of the First Psalm of David
Author: Alexander Belyakov Blessed is the man who does not go into the assembly of the wicked, does not stand in the way of sinners, and does not sit in…
Christianity
From the teaching of Saint Basil the Great about the Holy Spirit
Saint Basil's book "On the Holy Spirit", written for Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium, is of exceptional importance for Orthodox theology. In this book, St. Basil polemicized with the heretics who…
Christianity
Onomatodoxy (the Russian heresy of “Imyaslavie“)
Name worship (Gr. Onomatodoxia) - a teaching that asserts that God's name is God Himself, condemned by a Synodal Definition from the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). It arose in 1907…
UNODC staff climbing aboard a ship to begin inspections. © UNODC
News
Inspectors from UNODC provide critical support for over one million tonnes of grain shipments from Ukraine in August
The Black Sea Grain Initiative was implemented by the Istanbul-based Joint Coordination Centre and led by the UN Office on Humanitarian Affairs
Christianity
What do the Christian cross and stavropegial monasteries have in common?
The Cross is the main symbol of Christianity. And what they have in common is that both there and there, the ancient Greek word ὁ σταυρός (stavros) is used in…
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Archeology
Code [Collection of Laws] of Lipit-Ishtar
Legal code from about 1870 B.C. written in the Sumerian language. It predates the long-known Hamurabi law code, now in the Louvre, by more than a century, and for its…
Christianity
Open letter regarding the endangered monuments of Hagia Sophia and the Chora Monastery
The Association of Greek Archaeologists on 22.8.2022 published an open letter to the UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay, sounding the alarm about both Hagia Sophia and the Chora Monastery, which was also…
Christianity
The icon – an image of the prototype
Written by Yuriy Pushtaev for Foma.ru The word "icon" has a primarily sacred meaning for us today. This is what we call a pictorial representation of the Holy Trinity, the…