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Christians are wanderers and strangers, citizens of Heaven
St. Tikhon Zadonsky 26. Stranger or wanderer Whoever has left his home and Fatherland and lives on a foreign side is a stranger and a wanderer there, just as a…
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Separation from the Gentiles – the Great Exodus
By St. Irenaeus of Lyon 1. Those who reproach the fact that before their exodus, at the command of God, the people took from the Egyptians vessels of all kinds…
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About the aggression in the Church
By Fr. Alexey Uminsky About the author: The Moscow Patriarchate has imposed a ban on the ministry of Fr. Alexey Uminsky, who is no longer the head of the Church…
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About Abraham
By St. John Chrysostom Then, after the death of Terah, the Lord said to Abram: get out of your land, and from your family, and from your father’s house, and…
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About the words of St. Philaret of Moscow about a bad citizen of the kingdom of earth
By priest Daniil Sysoev “Finally, we were shown the famous words of St. Philaret, which supposedly portray patriotism as a Christian virtue: “Didn’t the Bible give good education to the…
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“One should not be proud of either the fatherland or ancestors…”
By St. John Chrysostom “Why are you proud of your fatherland,” He says, when I command you to be a wanderer throughout the entire universe, when you can become such…
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Ouranopolitism and the New Year
By Saint John Chrysostom “...We must move away from this, and clearly know that there is no evil except one sin, and there is no good except one virtue and…
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Ouranopolitism and patriotism
By priest Daniil Sysoev “Ouranopolitism is (from the Greek Ouranos - sky, polis - city) a doctrine that affirms the primacy of Divine laws over earthly ones, the primacy of…
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The contribution of communities and movements to the future of Europe
By Martin Hoegger Christian movements and communities have something to say about the future of Europe, and more broadly about peace in the world. In Timisoara, Romania, at the annual…
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On the road to an ethic of peace and non-violence
By Martin Hoegger One of the highlights of the Together for Europe meeting in Timişoara (Romania, 16-19 November 2023) was a workshop on peace. It gave the floor to witnesses…