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Traveling with your best friend – where in Europe are the most dog-friendly?

As part of the family, the dog deserves a vacation no less than we do. Instead of searching for the best pet-friendly hotels, plan your trip so that your friend is part of the...

Sergei Rachmaninov: “My Motherland determined my temperament and worldview”

Recognized already in pre-revolutionary Russia, Rachmaninov and in the West after emigration quickly became popular and in demand: tour, big fees, attention of the public and the press. But if you get to know...

The agreement with the Serbian Church overthrew the Montenegrin government

The Serbian Orthodox Church has proven to be an unavoidable factor in the political and social processes of the last nearly three years in the small Adriatic republic of Montenegro. It all started in...

France: Don’t buy your kids pens!

On the eve of the new school year, the French Federation of Consumers UFC-Que Choisir is urging parents not to buy pens for their children because they contain a "cocktail of harmful ingredients". The association...

Divine order and beauty of the world – revelation about the Creator  [2]

Truly vain by nature are all people who had no knowledge of God, who, out of visible perfections, could not know Jehovah, and, looking at the deeds, did not know the Creator, but revered...

The Meaning of the Arian Controversy

Author: protopresbiter Alexander Schmemann In the Arian controversy, as in a knot, many threads are gathered, many questions are joined. This is the beginning of the great theological controversies in which almost five centuries of...

Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across frontline

The UN's top aid official in the country issued an urgent appeal for access across frontline for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces, to allow humanitarians to deliver “absolutely necessary” relief items.

Soul-beneficial teachings of St. Archbishop Seraphim Sobolev [2]

51. Beware of signing contracts that bind them, especially if there are any benefits and lures on the fishing line. This can involve you in an organization that will limit and force your freedom...

Divine order and beauty of the world – revelation about the Creator

The Highest Artist-God-in everything that had to be done, using His almighty power, that is, the Son, for "through Him everything came into being, and without Him nothing came into being" (John 1, 3),...

Christianity in the Balkans from the 1st to the 4th century

The Balkan Peninsula, as a crossroads between the Middle East and Europe, as well as a center of cultural interaction between the peoples of the East and the West, is the subject of serious...

Scientists studied the combination of morning coffee with a cigarette

Many smokers start their day with just a cigarette and a cup of coffee. And this combination, as it turns out, is not accidental. Researchers have found that chemicals in coffee beans reduce nicotine...

The meaning of the icon

Written by Archim. Zinon (Theodore) The icon does not depict, it manifests. It is the manifestation of Christ's kingdom, the manifestation of the transformed, deified creature; of that transformed humanity itself, which Christ reveals to...

Write the good on stone tablets, and the insult – on a water

"And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors...if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you" (Matt. 6:14); "If you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will...

The Church and the State in the contemporary social teaching of the Orthodox Church

Author: Associate Professor Dr. Kostadin Nushev, Faculty of Theology, SU "St. Kliment Ohridski" When building its attitude towards the state in the modern world, the Orthodox Church turns to the classic Gospel truths about the...

A living goddess is worshiped in Nepal

Christians worship the icons or statues of Christ, the Virgin and the saints, and Buddhists light candles before the images of the Enlightened Ones. In Nepal, however, they still worship a living goddess –...

Vladimir Solovyov and his religious-philosophical system

Author: Protopresbyter Mihail Pomazanski  Vladimir Solovyov gave a new impetus to the development of Russian philosophical and theological thought, setting himself the task of "justifying the faith of the fathers" before the reason of his...

Soul-beneficial teachings of St. Archbishop Seraphim Sobolev

1. To be able to successfully fight against evil, you must have order in your thoughts. This is achieved by more silence, solitude and prayer. 2. Always keep in mind and remember that every word...

Braving mines and missiles to bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced population

Almost a third of those displaced by the conflict come from the region around the country’s second largest city of Kharkiv, in the east. To bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced population is dangerous work.

Ukraine: UN agencies deliver food, health and other support amid fighting

Matilda Bogner, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, called for greater efforts to spare and protect civilians.  The Mission has been in the country since 2014, when it began work documenting...

The Russian Patriarch Kirill refused to meet the Pope in Kazakhstan

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will not be able to meet Pope Francis in Kazakhstan. The reason is that he will not participate in the VII Congress of Leaders of World and...

Basilian order

Basilians (Vasilians, lat. OSBM, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni) is the common name of several Catholic monastic orders of the Byzantine rite, following the cenobitic charter, which is attributed to St. Basil the Great. All...

Pages from the history of the Russian Church in Sofia (2)

In May 1944, the Bulgarian Synod granted the Russian community firstly the church "St. Great Martyr Ekaterina" at the cemetery in Kniazhevo, and after two months - the church "St. Petka Samardzhiyska" on "Maria...

The Secret Treasures of the Copper Scroll

Written by Ventzeslav Karavalchev for dveri.bg In 1947, a Bedouin from the Taamira tribe walked around the Qumran hill, located on the western shore of the Dead Sea, looking for a lost goat from his...

Deacon Andrey Kuraev was convicted on a denunciation “for anti-Russian propaganda”

The famous missionary and theologian Deacon Andrey Kuraev was convicted on 23 August 24, 2022 in the Nikulin District Court in Moscow on a denunciation filed "by the citizen Sergey Chichin" for his anti-war...

Power – influence, deviations…

Impact on souls and hearts The Lord taught in the synagogue of Capernaum, and everyone marveled at His teaching: for He taught them as having authority, and not as scribes (Matthew 7:29). This power is...
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