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Раньше в каждой деревне был мужик, который мог кочергу в руках согнуть или пятак пальцами. И этому не особо удивлялись. А сейчас мы и физически ослабли. Не только нравственно и умственно

13/26 июля – память святой Мильдреды – «самой светлой лилии» древней Английской Церкви. С ее именем связан монастырь на острове Танет, переживший многие политические бури и войны и возобновленный в наши дни.

Спасение в Церкви – одна из главных тем богословия священномученика Илариона (Троицкого). А что писали о Церкви и спасении, о ее единстве святые отцы? Как характеризовали таинства раскольников и самочинников?

Он снял со стены икону Божией Матери, чтобы бросить ее в огонь. И вдруг из глаз Пресвятой Богородицы, как слезы, потекло миро.

24 июля Церковь празднует день святой равноапостольной княгини Ольги, чья память всегда предваряет торжества, связанные с днем ее святого внука – князя Владимира Святославича. Так же, как деяния этой святой правительницы предварили самое главное событие русской истории – Крещение Руси.

We must pray for our earthly Fatherland, which the Lord has given us. Once we received independence without bloodshed, and now we are losing our independence with great bloodshed… We must look in our hearts and think about it: what are we leaving to the next generation?

The Orthodox Church’s understanding of heterodox baptism flows from and is determined by its self-understanding of being the “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church,” which alone performs the one baptism into the death and resurrection of Christ. This is so, for the Church is known in her mysteries. In and through the mysteries the Church exists and is continually formed, her borders are set, her members identified. “Those who live their lives outside the mysterial (sacramental) life are outside the body of Christ.”

At the recent 18th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America held in Atlanta and the currently on-going 52nd Convention of the Antiochian Archdiocese being held in Boston two separate videos were shown highlighting the plight of suffering Syrian Christians, calling on all who are able to to help.

In accordance with the decision of the Synod of Bishop of the Russian Church Abroad, Archbishop Mark elevated Nun Maria to the rank of abbess, a joyful yet unexpected surprise for all present. Mother Maria was there at the founding of the convent. It was thanks to her incredible energy that they found a building, which became not only the residence for the nuns, but rooms for many visiting pilgrims.

Patriarch Neophyte: ‘We hope that this precious gift will contribute to the further strengthening of the faith and devotion of the Orthodox Bulgarian people and our God-commanded unity in Christ.’

Pristina aims to become a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) while its government is simultaneously depriving the Serbian Orthodox Church’s (SPC) monastery, the 14th century-old Visoki Decani, of its right to property, the Frankfurt-based Serbian language daily Frankfurtske Vesti said on Thursday.

On Wednesday, Rep. Diane Black, R-TN, introduced the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015. With 80 original cosponsors, the bill would immediately deny Planned Parenthood all of its federal money until Congress concludes its investigation of Planned Parenthood's practices.

Following the most recent Planned Parenthood scandal arising from two undercover videos concerning the sale of body parts of aborted babies Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co. and Xerox have asked Planned Parenthood to remove their names as corporate donors to the embattled organization.

Ultimately, physical illnesses or the death of a loved one are opportunities to reflect upon the brevity of earthly life and ponder the reality that we are sojourners in a foreign land with our real homeland being in heaven with Christ and His saints.

Од 10 места која су разматрана за постављање споменика светом равноапостолном великом кнезу Владимиру у Москви многобројни стручњаци РВИО међу којима су – историчари, архитекте, скулптори и историчари уметности, изабрали су три: Зарјадје, Боровицки и Лубјански трг.