Environment
The army takes care of the thirsty animals
The Swiss army has stepped in to transport water to thousands of thirsty farm animals across alpine meadows. Lower rainfall this year has forced farmers to call in the army…
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‘Very alarming’ conditions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, IAEA chief warns
The situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has deteriorated rapidly to the point of becoming “very alarming,” Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi…
Economy
Good news from Belgium for all chocolate lovers
The factory in Belgium, billed as the world's largest chocolate factory, said it had resumed operations after being closed for six weeks to deal with a salmonella contamination. Three of…
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.…
Health
Sleeping spiders
According to a study that examined the movements of their eyes and bodies during sleep, it is possible that these tiny spiders are not just resting, but dreaming - entering…
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
Christ and Politics: The Opposition to Authorities (2)
King Herod the Great None of the modern monarchs have any real power. In Great Britain, Elizabeth II and several other members of the royal family have formally led the…
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…
Fashion
Johnny Depp will once again be the face of Dior perfume
Johnny Depp will once again be the face of the perfume "Sauvage" of the fashion house "Dior", DPA reported. The 59-year-old actor continues to reap success after winning a defamation…