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Sectarianism in Orthodoxy and Orthodoxy in Sectarianism
Author: John (Shakhovsky), archbishop of San Francisco It is wrong to think that all Orthodox are not in reality sectarians, just as it is wrong to think that all sectarians…
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Companions on the Road to Damascus
Author: John (Shakhovsky), archbishop of San Francisco Humanity knows its great figures and remembers the great criminals in its history. The lives of both are equally instructive and instructive. The…
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The wondrous
Author: John (Shakhovsky), archbishop of San Francisco 1 The wonderful lies on the grounds of everything and the last boundaries of all things. It is contained in creation and constitutes…
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The Will of the Late Albanian Archbishop Anastasius
Author: Ivan Dimitrov Very often people prepare a will, with which they express their last will on certain issues - ideological, spiritual, material. This is also done by many of…
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The urgency of Christian unity
By Martin Hoegger* At the opening of the Focolare Movement's congress (Castel Gandolfo, Rome, 26 March 2025), a question was raised: why should we still be concerned about Christian unity…
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HRC 58 : Indo-Mediterranean: Minorities are under threat from Syria to Bangladesh
The Russia-Ukraine conflict and Israel’s war on the terrorist group Hamas and various other extremist groups have distracted the attention from conflicts in the Indo-Mediterranean. In Afghanistan the Taliban has…
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Philosophy of Orthodox Pastoral Care (3)
Author: Archbishop John (Shakhovskoy) Good Shepherding These are, first of all, "ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation" (Heb. 1:14). The Lord makes "his angels…
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The Basic Principles of the Old Testament Priesthood and Prophecy (2)
Author: Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Vereya 2. PROPHECY Old Testament prophecy was the greatest phenomenon of the Old Testament religion, the main nerve of the religious life of the…
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Philosophy of Orthodox Pastoral Care (2)
Author: Archbishop John (Shakhovskoy) Evil Shepherdship If the scribes and Pharisees sat on Moses' seat, surrounded by the wall of the Law (Matt. 23:2), then how much more could they…
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On the Right of Church Excommunication, or Anathematization
Author: Holy Martyr Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) No action of the Church authorities has generated or generates so much misunderstanding, murmuring and discontent in Christian society, and has not been and is…