Reserve Colonel Levent Göktash is believed to have been a member of what Ankara considers a terrorist organization FETO
Colonel Levent Göktash from the reserve of the Turkish Army was captured in Bulgaria, leading Turkish...
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)...
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.
Pope Francis meets with international film, media and music celebrities at the first “Vitae Summit” in the Vatican, and reminds artists that they should use beauty to preach the Gospel
The European Laudato Si’ Alliance (ELSiA) invites you to participate in the online meeting on the “Fit for 55” Package to implement the Green Deal. The event will take place on Thursday 8 September...
War in Ukraine, church dialogue, and humanitarian response were in sharp focus on third day of the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly. Church leaders from Ukraine together with heads of ecumenical organisations emphasised the need for reconciliation, unity, and peacebuilding.
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
Conscientious objectors: a legal battle against punitive alternative service
Hye-min Kim, a Jehovah’s Witness and an objector to military service, is the first person known to have refused “alternative service” since it was introduced in 2020. The...
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...
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...
“Go with the flow.”
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
“By letting go all gets done.”
“All things change.”
“Let it be.”
All of these familiar quotes and cherished ideas originate from a short volume...
The best voice-over in film history is Ray Liotta’s 16-minute opening to Goodfellas. Understated, earnest, almost reassuring, it entices the viewer into a world of brute force, bloodshed and butchery.
So it was a no-brainer that...
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) releases its contribution to the European Education Area on Thursday 1 September 2022, calling on the EU and its Member States to implement...
Religious leaders in Russia have expressed their condolences on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on August 30 at the age of 91. They all express their gratitude for his political role in...
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...
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...
President of CEC Rev. Christian Krieger delivered greetings at the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly, welcoming the global ecumenical community in Europe with a hope that the assembly will “empower churches to strengthen their vision of reconciliation and unity, in our fractured world today.”
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...
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...
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...
That is not a short story for the Dutch Scientologists. In 2013, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal recognized Scientology as a genuine religion and also recognized that its activities should be treated as any...
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...
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...
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...
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...