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The Paradoxes of Russian Cultural Development

The Paradoxes of Russian Cultural Development - Maximalism - Culture is related to the sense of measure - to the sense of one's own limit. Even the ancient Greeks, the creators of one of the...

Church and church organization (2)

During the first period of its existence, the Church consisted of numerous communities, completely separate and independent, having no canonical connections with each other - in our use of the word. While at the...

Patriarch Kirill remains silent after Gorbachev’s passing

When the last President of the Soviet Union passed away a few days ago, Kirill remained silent, offering no condolences, and issuing no statement. That does not seem to be a mistake.

A unique fresco is preserved in the Bulgarian Zemen Monastery

The unknown predecessor of Leonardo da Vinci from our lands saw the biblical plot "The Last Supper" in a different way, which makes the temple extremely valuable for world culture The only fresco of its...

Six more Jehovah’s Witnesses firmly sentenced to prison in Russia in August

The persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is going on unabated. In the last eight months, 26 of them have been sentenced for merely practicing their religion in private and put behind bars. Here is the...

The first eco-mosque in the region will be opened in the Croatian town of Sisak

All people with an open mind, heart and soul are welcome to the new mosque and Islamic center in Sisak, regardless of their religion, Sisak chief imam Alem Crankic told Hina news agency on...

Hajj in Islamic Perspective

Another rite, like prayer and fasting, which is one of the five mandatory pillars of Islam and supports its doctrinal dome, is the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj). The Koran says about it this way:...

The Tragic Theodicy

By Boris Vysheslavtsev In his ethical activity and judgments, man has no right to take the viewpoint of Providence. He has no right to judge sub specie aeternitatis , appropriating God's point of view as...

What is a Fatwa? A Scholar of Religion Strips the Word of its Stereotypes

When the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued an Islamic edict against Salman Rushdie on February 14, 1989, an Arabic word, fatwa, the cleric used to call on Muslims to execute the author reverberated across the world.

Orthodox Church of Ukraine applies for membership in CEC

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine has made an official application to become a CEC member church. Archbishop Yevstratiy of Chernihiv and Nizhyn presented the membership application to CEC President Rev. Christian Krieger at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Karlsruhe. Peace and reconciliation in Ukraine is among the priority work for CEC. Learn more

Church and church organization

The proposed article was originally printed in the Church Gazette (issues 15, 17 and 19) - an edition of our diocese, as a review of the book of Fr. M. Polsky The canonical position...

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 various names. In colloquial...

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 a person is predetermined...

The mention of non-Orthodox at funeral services

By St. Athanasius (Sakharov) Regarding mentioning your deceased parents. Above all, I think that children are always obliged to pray for their parents, whatever they may have been during their lifetime - monsters, blasphemers and...

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 Beliefs in Dialogue"

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 of the temples. Considering the...

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 life for his faithfulness...

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 of religious prescriptions, the...

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. Currently, the Latvian Orthodox Church...

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

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.

A mass for peace was held in a 1100-years old Armenian church

An 1,100-year-old Armenian church in Turkey's eastern Van province hosted its tenth special Mass since it opened in 2010 after a 95-year hiatus, reported Mesut Varol and Emre Ilikan from Anadolu Agency. Sahak Mashalyan, head of...

Ablution in Islamic Perspective

Ablution is an integral part of Islamic rituals. Even prayer, which is one of the pillars of Islam, is considered invalid unless it is preceded by a ritual bath (K.5:6). That is, the quality...

Social housing in Byzantium

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...
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