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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.…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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Houses of Worship: Saint Peter’s Basilica
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest and oldest Christian denomination in the world, with some 221,700 parishes, 467,000 clergy, and 1.3 billion members.
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Faith-Based Answers to Substance Abuse and Addiction
Rehabilitation from the tyranny of drugs has a spiritual as well as a physical component, and many faiths, instead of turning their backs on the problem, tackle it head-on within…
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Economy in the Conditions of Globalization (Orthodox ethical view)
Globalization - the involvement of the peoples and states of the Earth in common economic, cultural, information, political processes - has become the main distinguishing feature of the new era.…
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Pope Francis met with Russian Metropolitan Antony
On August 5, in the Vatican, Pope Francis met with Volokolamsk Metropolitan Antony, Chairman of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate. This is the first personal meeting…
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Think Well – the Spiritual Dimensions of Wellness and the Love of Faith
"For life is more than food, and the body than clothing" Gospel according to Luke chapter 12, verse 23 "Wellness" is an active process through which people understand and choose…
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Christ and Politics: The Opposition to Authorities
Christianity exerts a political influence over a considerable part of humanity, affecting in a special way more than a quarter of the population of the earth. The history of the…