Christianity
Church marriage in an Orthodox perspective
Marriage is the union of a man and a woman established by God in Paradise (Gen. 2:18-24; Matt. 19:6). Church marriage is performed and sanctified by the sacrament of Marriage.…
Education
Proverbs referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies (2)
FAIRIES Where the scythe cuts and the sock rives,No more fairies and bee-hives. Laugh like a pixy (i.e., fairy). Waters locked! waters locked! (A favourite cry of fairies.) Borram! borram!…
Christianity
“Today is a holiday, you can’t wash it!” How to talk to superstitious people?
How to explain to superstitious people that various signs have nothing to do with the Orthodox holiday? The site www.pravmir.ru explains in a series of interviews of Oksana Golovko with…
Christianity
Politics – outside the Church
Author: Joseph, Metropolitan of the USA, Canada and Australia, Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Bulgarian Patriarchate On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of Metropolitan Andrey of…
News
UNODC celebrates International Youth Day by working for and with youth
© UNODC Vienna (Austria), 12 August 2022 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is proud to recognize International Youth Day by celebrating the theme, “Intergenerational solidarity:…
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Europe
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Safety at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement in Support of the IAEA’s Efforts to Promote Nuclear Safety and Security at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
Christianity
Economy in the Conditions of Globalization (Orthodox ethical view)
Globalization - the involvement of the peoples and states of the Earth in common economic, cultural, information, political processes - has become the main distinguishing feature of the new era.…
Christianity
Pope Francis met with Russian Metropolitan Antony
On August 5, in the Vatican, Pope Francis met with Volokolamsk Metropolitan Antony, Chairman of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate. This is the first personal meeting…
Education
Proverbs referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies
CHAPTER XIII Of Fairies, Witches, Gypsies,My nourrice sang to me ,Sua Gypsies, Fairies, Witches,I alsua synge to thee." ("Denham Tract.") DR. KRAUSS has in his work, "Sreca, Gluck und Schicksal im…
Christianity
The church and social problems
By Prof. George Mantzaridis, Prof. Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Christians have a general awareness of the need for the Church's participation in examining and solving social problems. This…