Christianity
Church and church organization (2)
During the first period of its existence, the Church consisted of numerous communities, completely separate and independent, having no canonical connections with each other - in our use of the…
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A unique fresco is preserved in the Bulgarian Zemen Monastery
The unknown predecessor of Leonardo da Vinci from our lands saw the biblical plot "The Last Supper" in a different way, which makes the temple extremely valuable for world culture…
Christianity
The Tragic Theodicy
By Boris Vysheslavtsev In his ethical activity and judgments, man has no right to take the viewpoint of Providence. He has no right to judge sub specie aeternitatis [from the…
Christianity
Church and church organization
The proposed article was originally printed in the Church Gazette (issues 15, 17 and 19) - an edition of our diocese, as a review of the book of Fr. M.…
Christianity
The mention of non-Orthodox at funeral services
By St. Athanasius (Sakharov) [From the letters of St. Athanasius (Sakharov), Bishop of Kovrovsky (1887-1962) to Nun Varvara (Adamson)] Regarding mentioning your deceased parents. Above all, I think that children…
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Unique monasteries in Romania painted with frescoes on the outside
The frescoes have remained almost unaffected by time and atmospheric conditions In Romania, several monasteries hundreds of years old, as well as their main churches, are painted on the outside…
Christianity
A society that has abandoned charity in the name of prosperity has been abandoned by God
We are publishing an article by the Russian priest Prot. Pavel Adelheim (1938-2013) from "Live Journal" from 2010. With great pain, the priest missionary and confessor, who paid with his…
Christianity
The Latvian Parliament will vote on the independence of the Latvian Orthodox Church
The President of Latvia Egils Levits submitted to the parliament a draft law on changing the status of the Latvian Orthodox Church, reports the official website of the Latvian presidency.…
Christianity
A mass for peace was held in a 1100-years old Armenian church
An 1,100-year-old Armenian church in Turkey's eastern Van province hosted its tenth special Mass since it opened in 2010 after a 95-year hiatus, reported Mesut Varol and Emre Ilikan from Anadolu…
Charities
Social housing in Byzantium
The Byzantine Empire had an extensive network of social institutions supported by the state, the church, or private individuals. Already in the decisions of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea…