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The Byzantine Empire had an extensive network of social institutions supported by the state, the church, or private individuals. Already in the decisions of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea (4th century), the obligation...
Pope Francis took control of the Order of Malta
He abolished its previous governing bodies and appointed an interim Sovereign Council
After years of controversy, Pope Francis took control of the Order of Malta today, removing its previous governing bodies and appointing an interim...
By Fr. Alexander Men
When we pass from the Gospel to the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles, we are obliged to stop our attention to the second person of the New Testament. As...
World Council of Churches: Climate, ecology, and theology: all connected!
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In 1998, the Orthodox Church, followed by several churches, set aside 1. September as a day dedicated to creation.
With the symbol of water, without which there would be neither physical nor spiritual life (eg. baptism)...
German president takes Russia to task for ‘war of aggression’ at global church gathering
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Germany's President, Frank Steinmeier, has taken aim at Russia as he stressed that the leadership of the Orthodox Church of Russia justifies and supports 'war of aggression' of his country's political leadership in Ukraine.
Leonid Sevastianov: The Pope is about the Gospel, not about politics
Chairman of the World Union of Old Believers Leonid Sevastianov recently said that Pope Francis intends to visit Moscow - and then Kyiv. We invited Leonid Sevastianov to comment in more detail
The Volokolamsk Metropolitan Antony (Sevryuk) reacts to the speech of the German president
Volokolamsk Metropolitan Antony (Sevryuk), who in his capacity as chairman of the Department for External Church Relations represents the Russian Orthodox Church at the WCC Assembly in Karlsruhe, reacted to the speech of German...
St. John Chrysostom on laughter and jokes
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From "Discourses on the Epistle to the Ephesians", XVII:
And fornication and all impurity or selfishness should not even be mentioned among you, as befits saints, nor shameful and empty words and jokes that do...
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Fr. Alexander Men
Christianity is a challenge to many philosophical and religious systems. But at the same time, it meets the demands of most of them. And the strongest thing in Christian spirituality is not...
World Council of Churches World Assembly: What to expect?
What are the expectations of the World Council of Churches and local authorities for the General Assembly in Karlsruhe which opens today, 31 August, and runs until 8 September? Here are the answers of...
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By St. John of Damascus
Therefore, it should be known that man, being dual ¬ composed of soul and body, also possesses dual sensations and accordingly ¬ their virtues; with five being the soul and...
God not being responsible for evil [2]
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Author: St. Basil the Great (330-378)
But still evil exists and it is obvious how much it is spread throughout the world. Therefore, they say: "Whence is it, if it is not without beginning and...
Bible, Philippoi or Philippopolis, Nicopolis Epirus or Nicopolis ad Nestum
In the science of the Bible, including New Testament research, assumptions and hypotheses are often expressed, and great efforts are made to defend opinions that differ from traditionally accepted facts about biblical personalities or...
The Pope comments on the murder of Daria Dugina, calling her an “innocent victim”
During his regular general audience on August 24, Pope Francis condemned the car bomb murder of Daria Dugina. She was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a Russian philosopher and associate of Putin with extreme...
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By St. John Chrysostom
Priests are the men entrusted with spiritual birth and regeneration through Baptism. Through them we clothe ourselves in Christ and are buried together with the Son of God in order to...
God not being responsible for evil
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St. Basil the Great (330-378)
Much wisdom is shown to us through the holy psalmist king David by the Spirit working in him. Sometimes the prophet, describing his own sufferings and the courage with which...
Interpretation of the First Psalm of David
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Author: Alexander Belyakov
Blessed is the man who does not go into the assembly of the wicked, does not stand in the way of sinners, and does not sit in the assembly of reprobates,
but in...
From the teaching of Saint Basil the Great about the Holy Spirit
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Saint Basil's book "On the Holy Spirit", written for Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium, is of exceptional importance for Orthodox theology. In this book, St. Basil polemicized with the heretics who rejected the personal nature...
An American museum returned to Greece a precious exhibit stolen by the WWI Bulgarian army
Washington, USA 30 Aug 2022, 03:53 Author: BLITZ
It was seized from a Greek monastery during the First World War
The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., which is working to restore trust by returning...
Onomatodoxy (the Russian heresy of “Imyaslavie“)
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Name worship (Gr. Onomatodoxia) - a teaching that asserts that God's name is God Himself, condemned by a Synodal Definition from the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). It arose in 1907 as a movement among...
What do the Christian cross and stavropegial monasteries have in common?
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The Cross is the main symbol of Christianity. And what they have in common is that both there and there, the ancient Greek word ὁ σταυρός (stavros) is used in the name - cross.
And...
Open letter regarding the endangered monuments of Hagia Sophia and the Chora Monastery
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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...
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...
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...
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