Материалы 8 февраля 2017 г.

Как телу естественно сохранять единство, так и для христианина естественно стремиться к единству с главою Церкви — Христом и со всеми христианами, объединенными во Христе в единое тело.

Таким духом дышит большая часть людей. Они не слишком самолюбивы, но повод уклониться от самопожертвования найдут всегда.

«Сделай свой дом небом! ... Где муж, и жена, и дети в согласии и любви соединены узами добродетели – там посреди Христос».

Небольшая тайная община учеников старца Виталия (Сидоренко) в советское время существовала в городах Шахтерск и Снежное Донецкой области. Его ученицы схимонахиня Павла и схимонахиня Евдокия, тщательно скрывая свои подвиги, прославились высокой духовной жизнью.

Когда совершаешь первую Литургию в месте, где ее не совершали никогда, реально ощущаешь присутствие Духа Святого. Ощущаешь, как совершается преображение земли и всего, что на ней. И каждый молящийся в храме – важный участник Литургии.

15-я лекция «Внешняя молитва» в рамках Православных просветительских курсов «ПРАВОСЛАВИЕ», проводимых Сретенским монастырем и Сретенской духовной семинарией, была прочитана иеромонахом Афанасием (Дерюгиным).

В малой ектении есть слова: «сами себе, друг друга и весь живот наш Христу Богу предадим». Слова эти в службах повторяются чаще многих других. Что слышно в них?

В рамках проходящей в Краснодаре православной книжной выставки «Радость Слова» один из самых известных священнослужителей страны, протоиерей Валериан Кречетов провел встречу с верующими и журналистами.

4 февраля 2017 года в передаче «Церковь и мир», выходящей на телеканале «Россия-24» по субботам и воскресеньям, председатель Отдела внешних церковных связей Московского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы ведущей телеканала Екатерины Грачевой.

Об итогах столетия, Промысле Божием и новом вызове России рассуждает первый лауреат Патриаршей литературной премии писатель Владимир Николаевич Крупин.

Казалось, теперь только жить бы да радоваться, но огорчало Иру некоторое обстоятельство: на другом конце города осталась дорогая сердцу старенькая церквушка, посещать которую так часто, как требовала душа, возможности не было.

The Archdiocese of Athens of the Greek Orthodox Church recently held an intensive seminar, introducing its clergy to the world of digital technology.

A delegation of Russian State Duma deputies has given humanitarian aid to a Syrian orphanage, according to a press release from Deputy Sergei Gavrilov. The orphanage is located at the Saidnaya Mother of God Monastery, founded in the mid-sixth century by Emperor St. Justinian.

Following up on a conversation between His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury during the patriarch’s visit to Lambeth Palace in November 2015, the Forum on Modern Slavery was held February 6-7 in Constantinople.

Egyptian Christians were granted a little more freedom and equality over the weekend as the country’s High Constitutional Court ruled that Christian civil servants should be entitled to paid leave to go on pilgrimage, just as Muslims receive to go on Hajj.

An ancient miraculous icon of St. John the Baptist was stolen from the cliff monastery of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in Lyadova, Ukraine, 225 miles southwest of Kiev.

Saint Peter of Galatia left home at the age of seven, then spent the rest of his life in ascetical labors as a monk.

The Martyr Tryphon was born in Phrygia, one of the districts of Asia Minor, in the village of Lampsacus. From his early years the Lord granted him the power to cast out demons and to heal various maladies.

Archbishop Irineos of Crete was transferred to the hospital yesterday after a fainting spell. Thankfully, as Romfea reports, the archbishop is feeling well and in good health.

The attempts of the current Ukrainian authorities to create a single Local Ukrainian Orthodox Church do not find support from the overall population which believes that the “rhetoric of hatred” towards the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate can become “a factor of destabilization in the social-political situation.”

A majestic new church has been appearing over the past few months in the courtyard of the Metropolis of Tamasos and Orinis in the Nicosia district of Cyprus.

A new CBS poll reveals that more than two-thirds of Democrats believe that Islam is no more violent than other religions around the world. Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of Republicans grasp and are willing to admit the violent nature of Islam, especially as compared to other religions.

Seventy-five years ago, our homeland was engulfed by a wave of mass repressions, implemented by the government against its own citizens. Thousands of Orthodox people—men and women, laity, monastics and clergy—fell victim in this tragic period, suffering for faith in Christ. Many of the victims of the repressions of that time are now glorified by the Church in the Assembly of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. Their podvig has particular significance for preserving the Orthodox faith in Russia, and for its spiritual rebirth. What moral lesson should we, living today, extract from this chapter of Church history? In what way are we called to imitate the New Martyrs?

The Holy Martyr Tryphaina came from the city of Cyzicus. She tried to convert the pagans to Christ, and was arrested for this.

Saint Nikita, Bishop of Novgorod, in his youth entered the Kiev Caves monastery and soon wished to become a hermit.

Saint John, a pious Christian soldier, lived in Edessa during the persecution by Diocletian. When the persecution started, he went to Jerusalem and there he heard about Saint Cyrus.

Saint Cyrus was a noted physician in the city of Alexandria, where he had been born and raised.

How monks and monastery workers bake bread, fish, work in the vegetable garden, prepare charcoal and other things necessary for serving the Divine Liturgy, look after the monastery livestock and apiary.

Saint Peter, King of Bulgaria, was the son of the militant Bulgarian prince Simeon.

Народни музеј Ужице и Сретењски манастир из Москве позивају на свечану изложбу фотографија „У сусрет Руском Цару“.