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Nizhny Novgorod sect named after Putin today
The Nizhny Novgorod sect named after Putin thundered at the beginning of the president’s second term in the mid-2000s. A certain Mother Photinia announced that in a past life she…
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The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today’s World
By the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church The contribution of the Orthodox Church in realizing peace, justice, freedom, fraternity and love between peoples, and in the removal…
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An open letter in defense of Father Alexey Uminsky was sent to Patriarch Kirill
Nearly five hundred Christians have sent an open letter to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia regarding the ban on candlelight services. Alexey Uminsky, whom they identify as their…
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A nightclub owner donated holy relics to a temple in Moscow
The Russian entrepreneur and owner of several nightclubs, Mikhail Danilov, donated a part of the relics of St. Nicholas of Mirliki to the Moscow temple dedicated to the icon of…
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Farmers displaced and farmlands seized as Iran’s government intensifies Baha’i religious persecution
Farmers displaced and farmlands belonging to Baha’i families in the village of Ahmadabad in Mazandaran province, were forcibly seized this week by Iranian officials.
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Christians are wanderers and strangers, citizens of Heaven
St. Tikhon Zadonsky 26. Stranger or wanderer Whoever has left his home and Fatherland and lives on a foreign side is a stranger and a wanderer there, just as a…
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Separation from the Gentiles – the Great Exodus
By St. Irenaeus of Lyon 1. Those who reproach the fact that before their exodus, at the command of God, the people took from the Egyptians vessels of all kinds…
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About the aggression in the Church
By Fr. Alexey Uminsky About the author: The Moscow Patriarchate has imposed a ban on the ministry of Fr. Alexey Uminsky, who is no longer the head of the Church…
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Camels, Crowns, and a Cosmic GPS… 3 wise kings
Once upon a time in a land not far from our wildest imaginations there existed an annual celebration of immense magnificence involving not just one or two but three esteemed…
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About Abraham
By St. John Chrysostom Then, after the death of Terah, the Lord said to Abram: get out of your land, and from your family, and from your father’s house, and…