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[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia

On Bright Monday in 1611, the Russian militia approached Moscow and began the seige of the Kremlin, which continued for several months. Besieged within the Kremlin, the Poles often sent messengers to the Patriarch with the demand that he order the Russian militia to leave the city, threatening him with execution if he refused. The saint firmly replied, "What are your threats to me? I fear only God. If all our enemies leave Moscow, I shall bless the Russian militia to withdraw from Moscow; but if you remain here, I shall bless all to stand against you and to die for the Orthodox Faith."

[Education]

An On-Line Church Slavonic Study Tool: the Orthodox Electronic Publishing Society

As the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the “Days of Slavic Culture”, which yearly begins on the feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius (May 11/24), Pravoslavie.ru/OrthoChristian.com would like to note a useful website created as an aide to anyone interested in learning more about the Church Slavonic language. This language has liturgically united Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, and other Slavic Orthodox peoples for many centuries. Many modern converts to Orthodoxy also attend churches that use this liturgical language.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Sermon on the Ascension of the Lord

Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)

In this world, outward triumph means nothing—most important is inward triumph. Outward triumph will be given to Christ’s Church at the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our example of spiritual, inner victory is the life of our Savior. Outwardly He was defeated, crucified like an evil-doer and thief. But He accomplished the main thing for which He came into the world—His triumph over death; and any other triumph is meaningless in comparison.

[Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Homily on the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord

St. Innocent (Borisov), Archbishop of Cherson and Taurida

Shall we ever behold this glory of our Lord? We shall behold it, for in His last, great prayer, the Lord prayed about this to His Father: I will, He prayed, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me (Jn. 17:24). The angels appeared to the Apostles after the Lord’s Ascension, witnessing that the Lord will come to all of us on the last day in the same appearance as the Apostles beheld Him ascending into Heaven (cf. Act. 1:2).

[Education]

Archbishop Antony of Borispol: A priest should know the works of great authors and poets.

Olga Bogdanova, Archbishop Antony (Pakanich)

We are living in very complex times, when people are losing their moral points of reference. Those values and ideals that were inculcated in us through quality literature and poetry are now being replaced with the fetishes of the entertainment industry. Nowadays it is simply horrifying to see how the country that gave the world Pushkin, Gogol, and Dostoevsky is turning into a society of glamour rags and pop.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Life of St Nicholas the Wonderworker

Alexei Cominos ascended the throne of the Byzantine Empire in 1081, in which year Asia Minor suffered various attacks and threats of barbarian invasion. St Nicholas' relics at this time remained in his city of Myra. However, a priest in the Italian city of Bari soon beheld a vision in which Nicholas appeared and informed him that he did not wish to remain in a city as barren as the defeated Myra. He instructed the priest to remove his body from the city. After informing the residents of Bari of his vision, three ships were sent to Myra to retrieve the saint's relics.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

" For Judgment I am Come into this World..."

Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)

The Church, telling us today about this miracle of the Savior, at the same time chants in the person of each of us: “Blind with my spiritual eyes, I come to you, O Christ, like one born blind.” Not long ago we prayed to our Lord intensively: “Grant that I may see my own sins.” If we ask to see, to be able to see our sins it means we cannot see them as well as is needed. This is because our “spiritual eyes” are blind.

[Theology]

Can the Gospel of the Blind Man be Used to Support Belief in Reincarnation?

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov)

The idea of reincarnation completely contradicts biblical teaching. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation (Heb. 9:27–28). The emphasis in this citation is on the words that in both the Old and New Testaments are at the theological core of the teaching on human life and death: to die but once.

[Orthodoxy Today]

“It’s Tougher in the Monastery than It Is in Prison”

Natalia Popova

“Now things have sort of come into place,” he says. “I am trying to leave more gradually; I ask Fr. Barsanuphius’s blessing to go to town for a change of scenery. I used to get overtaken by a strong urge, and a couple of times I just ran out and hitchhiked to Moscow. When I returned I got into an argument with batiushka, but he forgave me and let me come back. I didn’t last long in Moscow. It’s too early for me to go there yet.”

[Orthodoxy Around the World]

Epistle of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monastics and the Faithful Flock of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Fifth Anniversary of the Signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

By Divine Mercy, the situation in our country changed fundamentally. Orthodox Christians took this as a gift from above. The Russian Orthodox Church obtained full freedom, including in the area of church-state relations. Division was painful for the entire Church, a sorrow for the whole people. This is no exaggeration; one needs only remember the attention paid by society as our reconciliation began.

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Orthodox Calendar 2012.

St. Epiphanius, bishop of Cyprus (403), and St. Germanus, patriarch of Constantinople (740) (Heb. 7:26-8:2; Matt. 5:14-19). Martyr Pancratius of Rome (304)...

Thoughts for Each Day of the Year according to the Daily Church Readings

St. Theophan the Recluse Tuesday.
[Rom. 1:1–7, 13–17; Matt. 4:25–5:13]

Media Monitoring

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Turkey’s leader discusses a promise not yet fulfilled

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Fr. Lawrence Farley. The Ascension and the Glorification of Man

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Muslim Persecution of Christians: April 2012

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Met. Philaret (Voznesensky). St. Nicholas the Merciful and Recent Miracles in China Commemorated May 9/27, December 6/19

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John Sanidopoulos. Notorious Criminal Wants To Become Monk on Mount Athos

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The Party’s Over

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Michael Austin. Lessons from Byzantium

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Alexei Ilyich Osipov, Hieromonk Adrian (Pashin). “The Way of a Pilgrim” and Bishop Ignatius (Brianchaninov’s) Teaching on Prayer

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St. George Ribbon recalls Russian heroism

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Paschal joy in Shanghai

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