Материалы 16 февраля 2017 г.

Как-то на исповеди один человек признался: он крестился по заданию полиции – чтобы следить за христианами, но теперь уверовал и доносить не может. «А разве мы делаем то, что вредит твоей стране?» – спросил отец Николай. «Нет!» – «Ну так это и донеси начальникам!»

«Любовь есть истинное и безупречное богомудрие верных, концом которого является Благо и Истина», — учил преподобный Максим Исповедник.

Все катехизаторы и священники находятся под пристальным вниманием диавола, который, желая их победить, выпускает множество огненных стрел.

Вернувшись, он увидел у себя человека с обнаженным мечом: «Вы хотите россказнями про свое святое писание помутить наши умы и захватить Японию!» Отец Николай невозмутимо спросил: «А вам известно, что написано в Священном Писании?» «Нет. Расскажи», – последовал ответ.

В средоточии, можно сказать, на вершине, венчающей все православное богослужение – Евхаристическом каноне и в самой его сердцевине – формуле пресуществления хлеба, вина и воды в Тело и Кровь Христовы возносятся к Богу именно святые стихи пятидесятого псалма: «Сердце чисто созижди во мне, Боже» и «Не отвержи мене от лица Твоего и Духа Твоего Святаго не отыми от мене».

11 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.

За всю церковную историю сегодня православное книгоиздание переживает период расцвета. Каждый год выходят тысячи наименований литературы. Такого никогда прежде не было, даже в царской России.

Saint Gobnata was renowned for her gift of healing, and there is a story of how she kept the plague from Ballyvourney. She is also famous for her skill as a bee-keeper.

She convened a Council, at which the Iconoclasts were anathematized, and the veneration of icons was reinstated.

Saint Vsevolod ruled as prince at Pskov for only a year. He died on February 11, 1138 at the age of forty-six. All of Pskov gathered at the funeral of the beloved prince, and the chanting of the choir could scarcely be heard over the people’s wailing.

Saint Demetrius of Priluki, Wonderworker, was born into a rich merchant’s family in Pereyaslavl-Zalessk. From his youth the saint was uncommonly handsome.

The Hieromartyr Blaise (Blasius), Bishop of Sebaste, was known for his righteous and devout life. Unanimously chosen by the people, he was consecrated Bishop of Sebaste.

The human body is almost eighty percent water, Dr. Lazorik noted. Therefore, by acting on water, prayer changes the human body on a cellular level when someone reads prayers to themselves, “and when it is pronounced or heard aloud, the ordered audial vibrations further act upon the human body, causing changes in blood indicators, reducing inflammation, with a healing effect.”

It comes from the depths of hell to destroy their characters before they can grow into a healthy sense of who they are.

His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II will return to Tbilisi on February 20 from Germany where he underwent gall bladder surgery.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed concern about the methods of child rearing to which some Russian families resort.

This series of thematic events does not have a unique organizer, but in each town and city it has different independent local organizers from local pro-life organizations and institutions. Here are a few aspects motivating the theme chosen for this year:

The basis of any split is pride, Met. Gabriel emphasized, although of course anyone can return and confess and ask forgiveness at any time. “This is the only way—there can be no other, in my opinion,” he said.

The Moscow government has decided to allocate subsidies for the restoration of fifteen objects of cultural heritage in use by religious organizations.

Police have ruled out robbery as a motive, but they believe the perpetrator was known by the priest, as there are no signs of breaking and entering at the apartment.

Elder Proclu was never ordained, but the people revered him just as they would a priest. He dedicated his entire life to Orthodoxy, having retreated into his cell while still in his youth. Those who knew him speak of his gentleness and grace, often comparing him to another great Romanian elder, Justin Parvu.

Little information about the life of Saint John of Chimchimeli has been preserved, but we know that he was a great translator, philosopher, and defender of the Georgian Christian Faith.

The origins of this unusual icon, in which the Most Holy Theotokos is depicted without Christ, are unknown.

The power of God does not leave those who with the virtue of patience and gratitude to the Trinity endure all their difficult circumstances in life, whether from their external environment or even from their own nature. Humble honesty and hope in the Lord will not be put to shame.

The Holy Virgin Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina and Paula suffered in the year 308 under the emperor Maximian II Galerius (305-311).

Saint Longinus of Koryazhemsk first pursued asceticism at the monastery of Saint Paul of Obnora, and then lived at the Saints Boris and Gleb Solvychegod monastery.

He was a great ascetic of strict temperance. In place of bread he ate pigweed (or orach), and so he was called “pigweed-eater.” Every summer, he gathered pigweed and made enough bread from it to last him for a whole year.

The Holy Princess Anna of Novgorod, wife of Great Prince Yaroslav the Wise, gave her children a true Christian upbringing, marked by a strong faith in God, love of work, integrity and learning.

On October 4, 1439 Saint John (September 7) appeared to the presiding hierarch Saint Euthymius (March 11) and ordered him to serve a special panikhida in memory of those buried at the Sophia cathedral (the Russian princes and Archbishops of Novgorod, and all Orthodox Christians) on the Feast of the Hieromartyr Hierotheus, first Bishop of Athens.

Saint Baptus was a soldier who suffered martyrdom with Saints Charalampus, Bishop of Magnesia, Porphyrius, and three women in the year 202.

Saint Porphyrius was a soldier who suffered martyrdom with Saints Charalampus, Bishop of Magnesia,

The Holy Martyr Nicephorus lived in the city of Syrian Antioch. In this city lived also the presbyter Sapricius, with whom Nicephorus was very friendly, so that they were considered as brothers.

He guided the Church with great love and dedication until his repose, variously dated as 1268, 1269 and 1271. His holy relics are at Pec, the site of the ancient Serbian Patriarchate.

Saint Luke of Hellas was a native of the Greek village of Kastorion. The son of poor farmers, the saint from childhood had toiled much, working in the fields and shepherding the sheep.

Saint Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus, was a native of the city of Melitoupolis (in northwestern Asia Minor), where his father Christopher served as deacon.

Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver was, according to the testimony of the holy Evangelist Luke, a just and devout man waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. God promised him that he would not die until the promised Messiah, Christ the Lord, came into the world.

A metropolitan, a bishop, rural priests, Diveyevo nuns, a “fool-for-Christ” and her cell attendants… They suffered for Christ in different ways, but all stood firmly in their faith. And it was Diveyevo Convent that connected all of them.

Пошто је помоћ нужна – тражи је. Ти кажеш: „Тражио сам, па није дата“. Али, како се другима даје? Код Господа нема лицемерја које би га наводило на то да једном даје помоћ а другоме, без икаквог разлога, да не даје.

На празник Светог мученика Трифуна, Његово Високопреосвештенство Архиепископ михаловско – кошички Г. Георгије допутовао је у Епархију ваљевску.

На празник Света Три Јерарха Његово Преосвештенство Епископ далматински г. Фотије служио је свету архијерејску Литургију у манастиру Крки.

Да ли данас у Енглеској и Француској „препакују” или укидају Шекспира, Дидроа или Монтескијеа? Или Руси Гогоља и Тургењева!?

Сретењски манастир из Москве, студио „Руски Цар“ , Храм светог пророка Илије, месна заједница Миријево и Светосавска омладина Архиепископије београдско-карловачке Вас позивају на свечану изложбу фотографија „У сусрет Руском Цару“.

Свети Краљ Дечански је благословио ово место где ће расти винова лоза и где ће се правити најбоље вино