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Alevis in the Republic of Turkey
Alevis are accepted by modern Shia scholarship, although there has long been controversy over this issue. From the beginning of their existence until today, the Alevis have been called by…
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Predestination in Islamic Perspective
The meaning of the presence of prayers - requests in the prayer practice of such a fatalistic religion as Islam, seems completely incomprehensible. According to Islamic doctrine, the afterlife of…
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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Night of Religions returns to full live presence in Barcelona
On 17 and 18 September, the seventh edition of the Barcelona Night of Religions (Nit de les Religions) will take place. In this seventh edition, under the subtitle "Faiths and…
Christianity
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…
International
Orthodox prayer has nothing in common with the Muslim prayer except for …
Coming to the topic of Muslim prayer, an Orthodox person enters an area, many components of which will lead him into serious bewilderment. Despite the common name of this aspect…
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.…
News
Russia Accused of Antisemitism and Exploiting the Suffering of Jews for its Own Agenda in Ukraine
U.S. State Department Accuses Russia of Antisemitism and Exploiting the Suffering of Jews for its Own Agenda in Ukraine
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Pope beatifies John Paul I: May he obtain for us the ‘smile of the soul’
Pope Francis presided over the beatification Mass of Pope John Paul I, recalling how his smile communicated the goodness of the Lord.