Interview with priest Georgiy Chistyakov
A conversation about spiritual mentorship with Father Georgi Chistyakov (August 4, 1953 - June 22, 2007) — priest, philologist, historian, human rights defender. He is considered a follower of Prot....
Written by Protodeacon Andrey Kuraev
When we compare the first century of Christian history even with the fourth, we cannot help but note the magnitude of the spiritual catastrophe of the Christian project as such.
The...
Author: Epiphanius Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine
The idea of the "Russian World" is a heresy, and Moscow Patriarch Kirill has adopted a pagan and anti-Orthodox imperialist and nationalist ideology, which is why he...
In a statement on July 3, Metropolitan John of Belgorod became the first Russian hierarch to say that Ukraine is at war and called for the bloodshed there to stop and "swords to be...
Orthodoxy and Statehood - Policy Report of the Head of the Holy International Synaxis of the True Orthodox Churches, the Head of True-Orthodox Church in Russia, His Holiness Metropolitan Seraphim
It is well known that...
An unprecedented protest by the Orthodox bishops in the USA against the decision of Archbishop Elpidophorus (Ecumenical Patriarchate) led to the suspension of the episcopal ordination of archimandrite Alexander (Bèlya) of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
The 8-storey hotel will be located in the Paphos area, on beach plots owned by the Archdiocese
The Church of Cyprus will invest 100 million euros in a luxury 5-star hotel on the beach on...
On July 7, American Archbishop Elpidophorus (Ecumenical Patriarchate) baptized the children of the homosexual gay couple of Norwegian fashion designer Peter Dundas and his Greek partner Evangelis Bousis at the Church of St. Theotokos...
Patristics as Orthodox self-identity
Whether by coincidence or as a trend, in recent times Orthodox patristic studies have shown an increased interest in the nature of patristics - as such, as well as in the...
You are the crown of virginity, You are the Virgin Mother! And who among the people is able to adequately praise the all-singing Mary? O miracle! She is both the Mother and the Virgin!...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated a festive evening on June 9 at the Patriarchal Monastery "Living Source" for the feast of St. Apostle Bartholomew (June 11), when the patriarch also celebrates his name day. The...
It is noteworthy that Metropolitan. Hilarion (Alfeev) was released without "expressing gratitude for the work done", which in the bureaucratic language of the Moscow Patriarchate means that the change of position is penalty.
On May 30 in the Svyatogorsk Lavra "St. Assumption of the Virgin "killed two monks and a nun. The bombs fell on the third and fourth monastic corps, the UOC reported. The victims are...
The 300th anniversary of the birth of Paisii Hilendarski was included in the List of significant anniversaries of UNESCO for the period 2022-2023. This happened at the suggestion of the National Commission of Bulgaria...
Author: Sergey Chapnin
War changes many things, first of all - the consciousness of the people, but also the habitual course of time. What takes years and even decades in peacetime takes months or even...
Author: Sergey Bortnik
Sergey Bortnik, a professor at the Kyiv Theological Academy and an employee of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's Department of External Relations, spoke about the motives of the Kyiv council to declare independence...
The first Ukrainian diocese in the Russian-occupied areas left the UOC and came directly under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. This is the Diocese of Rivne and Sverdlovsk in the southern part of...
The brother asked the old man, "What good deed should I do and live with him?" Abba replied, "Are not all works equal? Elijah loved silence — and God was with him; David was...
On December 29, the Moscow Patriarchate announced a surprising decision - for the first time in its history, it formed a patriarchal exarchate in Africa. Formally, this is done through the admission of "one...
In the light of God's Revelation
This publication is a continuation and an attempt to look back at the issues raised about ten years ago in a report entitled "Globalization of the World and the...
Author: Fr. Vasily Zenkovsky
As an example of how Orthodox anthropology differs from that of Western denominations, the different attitudes towards the native language in different denominations can serve us. Linguistic equality has been established...
Salvatore Cordilleone's decision comes after information leaked about a draft opinion of the US Supreme Court
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will no longer be able to take communion because she supports the right to...
Author: Bishop Sylvester of Belgorod
For an episode in church history
In the context of the controversy over the way in which the Church has received persons ordained in schismatic communities, references to various historical precedents...
On May 7, Russian head of the Worldwide Union of Old Believers (Old believers are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church as they were before...
Archbishop Stefan and Patriarch Porphyry, together with bishops of the Macedonian Orthodox Church - the Ohrid Archbishopric and the Serbian Orthodox Church, celebrated a liturgy of reconciliation today at the St. Sava Church in...