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King Solomon
David declared Solomon king, and not Adonijah, his son from Haggith, who was older than Solomon and who, without his father’s knowledge, was declared king by the priest Ebiathar and…
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Commentary on Psalm 90:11
St. Athanasius the Great as He will give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways As He will give His angels charge over you. This…
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Commentary on Psalm 90:1
St. Athanasius the Great Praise of the Song of David Contents: In the eighty-ninth psalm, having depicted the conversion of the Jewish people, as was natural, he introduces in this…
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RUSSIA, 4 to 7 years of detention against 10 Jehovah’s Witnesses requested by the prosecution
On August 6, 2025, during a debate in the Komsomolsky District Court of the Khabarovsk Territory, the prosecutor requested punishment of 10 Jehovah's Witnesses. Believers Mikhail Dorofeev, Nikolai Kovadnev and…
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FECRIS’s Façade: The Quiet Persistence of Kremlin Ties
In the muted corridors of European policy and the austere meeting rooms where NGOs polish their reputations, the European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Cults and Sects—better…
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Concerns grow in Switzerland over Muslim Brotherhood ‘entryism’
Switzerland and Germany are the latest European countries to see politicians voicing concerns about the influence and reach of the Muslim Brotherhood. Recent weeks have seen prominent Swiss politican Jacqueline de Quattro demand a France-style investigation into the…
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“Distribute your loaves at the grave of the righteous, but do not give to sinners” [Commentary on Tobit 4:17]
By Blessed Augustine of Hippo Distribute your loaves at the grave of the righteous, but do not give to sinners After all, believers know how to perform the commemoration of…
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Life beyond the Grave and Eternal Sufferings
By Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky) We are used to imagine the lot of sinners beyond the grave, following the parables about the Rich and Lazarus. Those condemned will be in vain…
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Greece recognizes Sinai Monastery as legal entity
The Greek parliament last week passed a bill that officially grants legal status in Greece to the Sinai Monastery of St. Catherine, which is located in Egypt. The decision was…
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Patriarch Bartholomew called for a common sacred worldview and a global alliance of conscience
At the center is the Sacred itself – the supreme reality, which is expressed in various ways – as God, Allah, Brahman or Radiant Emptiness, the patriarch said! On July…