Christianity
For Christians in times of epidemic
From the letter of Saint Dionysius († 264), Bishop of Alexandria, about the times of persecution and the epidemic of the so-called Cyprian Plague. The disease, which struck the Roman…
Christianity
A brief guide to the Athonian monasteries
To help those wishing to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain In recent years, there are more and more Orthodox Christians who wish to make a pilgrimage to various…
Christianity
About godparents and baptism
Author: St. Luka, archbishop of Simferopollis and Crimea From the letters of St. Archbishop Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky to the priests of the Diocese of Simferopol and Crimea (June 6, 1952) Be…
Christianity
The Orthodox Icon of the Virgin (theological-aesthetic study)
Written by Kalin Yanakiev There is a unique paradox in the Orthodox iconography of the Mother of God - extremely difficult to articulate, though at the same time very clearly…
International
Erdogan’s visit to an Alevi temple angered the large Sunni community
Conflict has rocked the Alevi community, Turkey's second-largest religious community after Sunnis, though not officially recognized. The occasion was a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the Alevi…
Defense
For the first time in history: Erdoğan appointed a woman brigadier general to command the gendarmerie
For the first time in the history of the Turkish armed forces, a woman - a brigadier general - was appointed to the main command of the gendarmerie on August…
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…