"The kingdom of God... peace and joy in the Holy Spirit" (Rom. 14:17)
Peace transcends all feeling and guards the hearts and minds of the saints. This is the clarity and tranquility of a peaceful...
On the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief, the EU stands in solidarity with all victims of persecution, wherever they may be.
In the course of the ages, God has revealed to the people under various names.
• In the first chapter of the Bible, the cross itself has God, which is written in the Hebrew text...
Be a peacemaker to be worthy to be called a son of God. - St. Ephraim the Syrian (25, 197).
The Savior gratified the peacemakers and announced that they would become sons of God, firstly,...
In Cox’s Bazar, she visited camps housing Rohingya refugees who, after terrible repression and human rights violations, fled Myanmar five years ago “to get some safety,” she said.
“An estimated 1.1 million Rohingyas are in...
Holiness in the Bible
Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.
Gospel of Matthew, chapter 5, verse 48
Try to have peace with everyone and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Paul's letter to...
This United Religions Initiative’s (URI) Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide to support the foundational work of forming and sustaining interfaith groups begins with methods for promoting tolerance, respect, and understanding among peoples of diverse faiths and...
Guide in the Context of Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding is a relatively new term. It was coined about a decade ago by the then-Secretary General of the United Nations Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali to refer to a set of...
Author: Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg
Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?
Let us begin with a bit of a dark picture. Nowhere in the Holy Scriptures are we told about a celebration commemorating the birth of Christ Jesus. Nothing in...
Nicaraguan police banned a procession of the Catholic Church in the capital on Saturday "for reasons of internal security," the Archdiocese of Managua announced Friday, August 12, in a statement, while the bishop of...
August 2022 has seen the 12th Scientology ordained minister in Hungary and the 8th woman this year.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, August 17, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ An article by the Catholic Herald says that “Catholicism is a driving force...
Religious movie stars - For some celebrities, this concept is not just a word
Many religions have their own mythologies, symbols and sacred stories designed to explain the meaning of life or the origin of...
The Archbishop of Athens, Hieronymus, appealed to all the clergy in the country to be close to each and every person, because without this their ministry becomes meaningless. In his speech today after the...
Written by archimandrite assoc. prof. Pavel Stefanov, Shumen University "Bishop Konstantin Preslavski" - Bulgaria
The sight of Jerusalem bathed in a dazzling spiritual light is exciting and unique. Situated among higher mountains on the banks...
From the letter of Saint Dionysius († 264), Bishop of Alexandria, about the times of persecution and the epidemic of the so-called Cyprian Plague. The disease, which struck the Roman Empire in the 3rd...
To help those wishing to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain
In recent years, there are more and more Orthodox Christians who wish to make a pilgrimage to various holy places around the world....
Author: St. Luka, archbishop of Simferopollis and Crimea
From the letters of St. Archbishop Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky to the priests of the Diocese of Simferopol and Crimea (June 6, 1952)
Be firm in your zeal for God's...
Written by Kalin Yanakiev
There is a unique paradox in the Orthodox iconography of the Mother of God - extremely difficult to articulate, though at the same time very clearly felt when we compare this...
Conflict has rocked the Alevi community, Turkey's second-largest religious community after Sunnis, though not officially recognized. The occasion was a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the Alevi temple (jemevi) "Hussein Gazi"...
By — Webnewsdesk The ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ event is being marked by Buddhist organisations and institutions across the Himalayan belt, including Ladakh with enthusiasm and high spirits. Some of the monasteries in Ladakh have been planning and working on the modalities to have large Tirangas placed at vantage locations. The Spituk monastery, which is located […]
Marriage is the union of a man and a woman established by God in Paradise (Gen. 2:18-24; Matt. 19:6). Church marriage is performed and sanctified by the sacrament of Marriage. According to the apostle...
King Herod the Great
None of the modern monarchs have any real power. In Great Britain, Elizabeth II and several other members of the royal family have formally led the state for half a century,...
How to explain to superstitious people that various signs have nothing to do with the Orthodox holiday?
The site www.pravmir.ru explains in a series of interviews of Oksana Golovko with Orthodox clergymen.
For some, the essence...
Author: Joseph, Metropolitan of the USA, Canada and Australia,
Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Bulgarian Patriarchate
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death
of Metropolitan Andrey of New York - August 9, 1972
A popular...