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Church as social security
Helping the sick and the poor is a liturgical act, but there should be no imbalances. In the Orthodox Church, great emphasis is placed on mysticism, on spirituality. A person's...
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Metropolitan of Belgium: What is happening in Ukraine fills us with deep sorrow
Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium expressed his sorrow and support for the millions of innocent Ukrainian citizens who are experiencing this terrible war. “What is happening in Ukraine fills us with...
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The President of the CEC to Patriarch Kiril: Your silence disappoints and frightens
The President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), Dr. Christian Krieger, called on Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to raise his voice clearly against Russian aggression in...
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Fr. Mitrofanov: I do not see an optimistic perspective for us
Why is the voice of the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia not heard a week after the beginning of the constant strikes of the Russian armed forces...
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International Orthodox Charity raises funds to support Ukraine
The International Agency for Humanitarian Aid and Development (IOCC) at the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States is organizing a donation campaign in response to the needs...
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Five Ukrainian dioceses have officially stopped mentioning Russian Patriarch Kirill
On March 1, five Ukrainian dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in eastern Ukraine officially refused to mention Moscow Patriarch Kirill during a service. The decisions are published...
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Father Georgi Edelstein: We will not repeat the crimes of those who welcomed Hitler in 1939
The famous Russian Orthodox priest and participant in the dissident movement in the USSR Prot. Georgi Edelstein (b. 1932) issued an appeal to his compatriots. He is a clergyman of...
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Ecumenical Councils and Conciliarism
St. Vikenty Lerinsky tries to define this infallibility of the church consciousness as follows: We maintain what has been believed everywhere, always and by all - this is what is...
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Forbidden to appoint godparents in Sicily
Is film “The Godfather” to blame for everything? In the Italian city of Catania, the Catholic diocese has decided to ban the appointment of godparents for three years. This is...
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About the icon-painting canon
The iconographic canon is a set of rules and norms that regulate the writing of icons. It basically contains a concept of image and symbol and fixes those features of...