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Open letter regarding the endangered monuments of Hagia Sophia and the Chora Monastery

The Association of Greek Archaeologists on 22.8.2022 published an open letter to the UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay, sounding the alarm about both Hagia Sophia and the Chora Monastery, which was also recently turned into a...

The freedom of man

Salvation and, in particular, justification for the Orthodox is a free-moral state, although it can be accomplished only with the help of the grace of God. In order to be regenerated by grace, a...

Angels: Nine Ranks

According to Orthodox doctrine, God created not only the visible world, but also the invisible, spiritual world. What do we know about the world of "Powers of heaven"? From ancient Greek, the word ὁ ἄγγελος...

Notes on the Council of Florence, 1438-39

From Anonimous Byzantine Chronicle #104: The translation is based on the edition of P. Schreiner - "Short Byzantine Chronicles" (Peter Schreiner. Die byzantinischen Kleinchroniken. Teil I-III. Wien. 1977-79) - item 1 p.661-663 (Greek text) and...

The icon – an image of the prototype

Written by Yuriy Pushtaev for Foma.ru The word "icon" has a primarily sacred meaning for us today. This is what we call a pictorial representation of the Holy Trinity, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy...

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...

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...

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),...

Creation of life

Creation of life - God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, herbs...and fruitful trees, bearing fruit after their kind" (Genesis 1:11). Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures... cattle... and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Christian moral views on war and peace in the light of church tradition and current problems in the modern world

Author: Associate Professor Dr. Kostadin Nushev Biblical truths about peace and war Peace, according to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is revealed as a gift from God to man. God Himself is...

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...

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...

Archimandrite Zinon – the traveling painter

Archimandrite Zinon (Theodore) is the most famous icon painter of the Russian Orthodox Church and his works - murals, icons, miniatures are known throughout the Orthodox world. In 1992, he worked in the Trinity-Sergius...

The Basilica – the royal home of the new people of God

Written by Ventzeslav Karavalchev for dveri.bg Immediately after Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit created the Church, a rapid development of the Christian communities began - the Gospel spread, worship developed, theology was clarified, asceticism was...

Holy Relics

Author: Archimandrite Justin (Popovich) Matter is represented in the human body, no doubt, in the most enigmatic, mysterious and complex way. Brain?! What marvelous mysteries are performed between his matter and soul! No matter how...
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