Christianity
The Gentiles declare the apostles gods
By prof. A.P. Lopukhin Acts of the Apostles, chapter 14. The preaching of Paul and Barnabas in Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe (1 – 7). The healing of the crippled man…
Christianity
The imprisonment of the apostle Peter
By prof. A. P. Lopukhin Acts of the Apostles, chapter 12. 1 – 18. Herod persecutes the Church: the killing of James, the imprisonment of Peter and his miraculous release.…
Christianity
Apostle Peter and the centurion Cornelius
By prof. A.P. Lopukhin Acts of the Apostles, chapter 10. The centurion Cornelius, the appearance of the angel, his ambassadorship to Peter (1-8). Peter's vision and his meeting with the…
Culture
The Jewish Question and the Bulgarian Cinematography
By Biserka Gramatikova The year is 1943 and Bulgaria has just told Hitler that he will not receive the Bulgarian Jews. The untold but true tale of how nearly 50,000…
Human Rights
Community policing and crime prevention in Nigeria
By Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, Centre for Faith and Community Development, Nigeria (eivorgba@gmail.com) 1. INTRODUCTION Crime prevention – whether at the societal, community or individual level – is a much sought-after…
Christianity
The first deacons of the Church
By prof. A. P. Lopukhin Acts of the Apostles, chapter 6. 1 - 6. The first Christian deacons. 7 – 15. St. Archdeacon Stephen. Acts 6:1. In those days, when…
Africa
The Impact of Political Leadership on Economic Development in Nigeria
By Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, PhD. Executive Director, Centre for Faith and Community Development (CFCD) INTRODUCTION The traditional concept of leadership is based on the notion that leaders are selected to…
Education
URIE Interfaith Youth Camp “Seeding the Peace” – A journey of multicultural friendships and interfaith dialogue
By United Religions International Europe The "Seeding the Peace" URIE Interfaith youth camp, held in The Hague, Netherlands, brought together 20 young participants and six youth facilitators from across Europe…
Christianity
The Tavorian Light and the Transfiguration of the Mind (2)
By Prince Evgeny Nikolaevich Trubetskoy 4 The stamp of the truly religious spirit and, in particular, of the folk-Russian religious genius Fr. Florensky sees "not in the cutting off, but…
Christianity
The Tavorian Light and the Transfiguration of the Mind
By Prince Evgeny Nikolaevich Trubetskoy On the occasion of the book by candle. P. A. Florensky "Pillar and Support of Truth" (Moscow: "Put", 1914) 1 In the Gospel there is…