Материалы 28 марта 2018 г.

«Главное – старайтесь никогда не забывать о Боге. Что бы вы ни делали, где бы ни были, а в мыслях, в сердце своем всегда держите мысль о Боге – и вы всегда будете с Богом» – из наставлений архимандрита Модеста (Потапова).

Юный советский человек должен был усвоить образ Другого – врага, с которым необходимо бороться в силу его инаковости: он не похож на нас, а потому опасен. И таким врагом становится верующий. Эти установки востребованы и сегодня.

Через Своих служителей – таких, как отец Иоанн – Господь взращивает семена православной веры даже там, где, казалось, для них совершенно нет благодатной почвы.

В современном информационном мире о чужом горе мы слышим сразу и в подробностях. Это может быть горе человека незнакомого, о котором случайно узнал из новостей, либо горе того, кого знаешь лично, но не настолько, чтобы у вас был настоящий эмоциональный контакт. И нам подчас хочется что-то сделать, но мы абсолютно не знаем что.

Thousands of residents of Kemerovo are appealing to Provincial Governor Aman Tuleev with a request to erect a chapel or to open a park on the site of the burnt-out Winter Cherry shopping mall, where dozens, and possibly hundreds, lost their lives in a blaze on Sunday.

A joint reading of the Psalter by the Orthodox youth of Vinnytstia, in west-central Ukraine, for peace in their much-troubled land was held last Thursday.

A new edition in an ongoing series of translations of the Gospel of Luke into Northern and Far Eastern Russian indigenous languages has been released, this time in the Chukchi language.

President Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning in Russia today, Tuesday, March 28, in honor of the victims who perished in a shopping mall fire in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday.

The Holy Martyrs Trophimus and Thallus, brothers and presbyters of Syria, served in Carian Laodicea.

The Hieromartyr Julian of Anazarbus suffered for Christ in Antioch, Syria under the emperor Maximian Galerius (305-311).

The Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Rome, served for ten years as the archpastor of Rome.

Saint Sophronius the Hermit of the Caves was an ascetic of the Far Caves (the Theodosiev Caves), during the thirteenth century.

The Holy Martyr Papas lived in the city of Laranda (Asia Minor) during the reign of Maximian (305-311).

The Holy Martyr Nicander suffered in Egypt under the emperor Diocletian (284-305).

Saint Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampsacus, lived in Asia Minor on the coastal region of the Dardanelles peninsula, and was known for his virtuous and ascetic life.

The Holy Martyr Christina of Persia was scourged to death for confessing her faith in Christ, during the fourth century.

The Righteous Phineas, grandson of the High Priest Aaron (also commemorated today) and son of the High Priest Eleazar, was also a priest and zealous in his service.

The Holy Martyr Epimachus of Alexandria was a native of Egypt.

Saint Limnus was martyred during the persecution in the reign of Decius (249-251), along with Saints Pionius and Macedonia, Sabina, and Asclepiades.

However, despite the high dignity and significance of this virtue, there is very little Christian humility in us. The spirit of open or concealed pride and vainglory possesses us, so that nearly every one of us thinks very much and highly of himself and very little and lowly of others.

Prayers for the repose of the victims of Sunday’s mall fire in the Siberian city of Kemerovo were offered today in all parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

Saint Macedonia was martyred during the persecution in the reign of Decius (249-251), along with Saints Pionius and Limnus, Sabina, and Asclepiades.

The Hieromartyrs Pionius and Limnus, the Holy Martyrs Sabina, Macedonia, and Asclepiades suffered during the persecution of Christians in the reign of Decius (249-251).

Манастири Старца Јефрема су се појавили у многим регионима САД-а и Канаде. Први међу њима је манастир Светог Антонија Великог у Аризони. Од тада се старац често назива „Аризонски“.