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Верующие просят о помощи святителя Луку, прикладываются к частице его святых мощей или к чудотворной иконе — и получают исцеления.

Противоречивы ли вера и свобода? Одинакова ли свобода монаха и мирянина? Как сочетать личную свободу и жертвенное служение людям? Ограничивает ли свободу ответственность?

Однажды разбойники напали на прп. Нила, потребовали отдать им свое сокровище. Тот сказал: «Всё мое сокровище – в углу келии». В углу висела икона Богородицы. Разбойники вошли в келию и внезапно ослепли.

Кризис педагогики и кризис самовоспитания взрослых взаимосвязаны. Сознательная и целенаправленная работа над собой – редкость для нашего времени.

Тот, кто имеет страх Божий, свободен от любого другого страха. Ибо раб Божий — свободен от власти дьявола, греха и смерти.

Большую часть актов Собора составляют авторитетные тексты, которые оглашались на его заседаниях. Еретические суждения выслушивались, но ответом им служили свидетельства, почерпнутые из творений отцов.

На днях в России произошло знаковое событие. В Общецерковной аспирантуре и докторантуре им. Кирилла и Мефодия была защищена диссертация по новой, утвержденной Минобрнауки и признанной ВАК специальности «теология».

Как было бы хорошо, если бы не было у нас бестолковых дней, если бы каждый день приносил духовный плод, делая нас богаче; если бы каждый вечер нам было что вспомнить и за что поблагодарить…

A church becomes the place where we receive a blessing and the hospital where we recover. What else do we need in this life? Can we say that something is missing in our lives, or that we have not received enough? Our salary is low, our house is too small, our health is poor… What do we need? We have everything we need!

On April 22, Demetrius Nikolopoulos, 16, fell off the roof of an indoor swimming pool in the Greek city of Xanthi and was in coma for eight days. Doctors of the central hospital of the city of Kavala (where the injured youth was immediately taken) assumed that the young man was at the point of death and were pessimistic about his prospects for recovery.

Holy Martyr Hermias suffered for Christ in the city of Comana during the persecution under the emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161).

The Holy Apostle Hermas was a bishop in Philippopolis, Thrace.

The Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Constantinople lived during the eighth century. She was born in answer to the fervent prayers of her parents.

Blessed John, Fool-for-Christ, Ustiug Wonderworker, was born in the village of Pukhovo, near Old Ustiug, of pious parents Sava and Maria. From his youth he distinguished himself by a strict life of fasting.

Saint Theodosia of Tyre lived during the third and fourth centuries. Once, during a persecution against Christians, which had already lasted for five years, the seventeen-year-old Theodosia went up to condemned Christian prisoners in the Praetorium in Caesarea, Palestine.

The Orthodox Church has been taking an active and increasing interest in the person and works of Martin Luther lately, according to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

Saint Ignatius was Bishop of Rostov, and shepherded his flock for twenty-six years.

Saint Nicetas, Bishop of Chalcedon, lived during the second half of the eighth century. For his God-pleasing life he was consecrated as Bishop of Chalcedon.

Saint Therapon of White Lake, Wonderworker of Luzhetsk, in the world Theodore, was born in the year 1337 at Volokolamsk into the noble Poskochin family. From his childhood, he was raised in faith and piety, which he displayed throughout his life as a holy ascetic.

The Holy Confessor John the Russian was born in Little Russia around 1690, and was raised in piety and love for the Church of God. Upon attaining the age of maturity he was called to military service, and he served as a simple soldier in the army of Peter I and took part in the Russo-Turkish War. During the Prutsk Campaign of 1711 he and other soldiers were captured by the Tatars, who handed him over to the commander of the Turkish cavalry.

The Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Sardis suffered for Christ during the third century (the city of Sardis was in Lydia, Asia Minor).

Saint Augustine was from Italy, and a disciple of Saint Felix, Bishop of Messana. Saint Gregory Dialogus chose him to lead a mission of forty monks to evangelize the people of Britain. They arrived at Ebbsfleet in Kent in 597.

Светотројични храм има важно место у животу Краљева, што је историјом осведочено. У време утемељења овог града, када су наши мудри преци и суграђани пожелели да од турске вароши направе Краљев град, добили су на дар од свог кнеза - Духовски храм.

Како је лепо и красно кад браћа живе заједно (Пс 132:1) - ове речи цара Давида осетили смо у пуном смислу и на овом духоносном догађају кад су наши православни првојерарси у Великој Британији служили и узносили молитве на више језика али у једном Духу и једној светој вери православној, утисци су сабраних верника.