Christianity
Modern Aton/Athos
Organization of Monastic Life The basic regulations for monastic life are contained in the Athonite Rule; more detailed details are recorded in the internal monastic rules (canonisms). The Rule provides…
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Christianity
Mount Athos
Athos [Holy Mountain; Greek: ̀Athos, ̀Agion ̀Oros], the world's largest center of Orthodox monasticism, located in Greece on the Agion Oros (Holy Mountain, Athos Peninsula). It is under the ecclesiastical…
Human Rights
Global campaign reveals how human rights ‘are the basis of our existence’
UN News asked Astrid Van Genderen Stort, OHCHR chief of external engagement and partnerships, about hers. “My everyday essentials are my family, a sense of belonging, knowledge, safety and the…
Christianity
The Book of Job and the Babylonian Song of the Suffering Righteous One (2)
By Archpriest Alexander Petrovsky The literary similarities between the Book of Job and the Babylonian Song extend even to their outward form: identical thoughts are expressed by identical turns of…
Christianity
The Wisdom of Solomon’s Teaching on Divine Wisdom or Spirit Compared to Apostolic (Part 4)
By Professor Nikolai Nikanorovich Glubokovsky Apostolic Christology gains a complete foundation in theoretical development and practical applicability, but this advantage conceals a decisive self-condemnation of a fatal nature. Its entire…
Archeology
Treasures of the Old Testament Temple. A Biblical-Historical Note /1/
Author: Professor Dmitry Ivanovich Vvedensky The waves of world history, like the waves of the sea, are fickle. They sometimes affirm the foundations of kingdoms and peoples, sometimes shake them,…
News
The Wisdom of Solomon’s Teaching on Divine Wisdom or Spirit Compared to Apostolic Spirit (Part 2)
By Professor Nikolai Nikanorovich Glubokovsky In this case, the generally accepted affinity between pneumaticity and wisdom inevitably leads to an equal judgment of the latter. What do the closest qualifications…
Christianity
On the Book of the Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach, and Its Author
Author: Archpriest Alexander Petrovich Rozhdestvensky Approximately fifteen years have passed since the first leaves of the long-lost Hebrew text of the Book of Jesus, Son of Sirach, were discovered. During…
Culture
10 reasons to choose a printed book over an e-book
It is difficult to list in just a few lines the benefits of reading books. But which ones should we choose? The increasingly accessible electronic ones or the well-known paper…
United Nations
World News in Brief: Global economy ‘on the brink’, ending slavery, Latin America jobs update
Shifts in financial markets now move global trade almost as strongly as actual economic activity, shaping prospects for developing countries in particular.“Trade is not just a chain of suppliers. It…