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New Orthodox Church Opens in Pakistan Climacus Conference to Examine the Legacy of Byzantium Talks held in Moscow between Russian Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania on teaching religion in secular school St. Gregory the Theologian Charity establishes 5 scholarships for students from far abroad Engin Ardic Criticizes Fall of Constantinople Festivities in Turkish Newspaper Sabah

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[Orthodoxy Today]

«New Martyrs Unify Us»

Interview with Archpriest Georgy Mitrofanov, participant of the All-Diaspora Pastoral Conference in Nyack (December 8-12, 2003)

We managed to show the clergy abroad things they were unaware of: the enormous work conducted in our Church in the recent years. It is most important that we marked to them the aspects of the path of martyrdom traveled by the Church in Russia, which might have been known to them, but were not paid the due importance.

[Orthodoxy Today]

Theomachy of Leninism

Victor Aksiuchitz

The topic “Lenin and Religion” has got various treatments, but each time its analysis was too narrow. Partially because of activities of Lenin himself, who called for fighting with religion as an ideology of the ruling classes that fuddled and enslaved common people; he believed it was necessary to change social conditions, publish antireligious literature and conduct antireligious propaganda.

[Church History]

Majority of clergymen and laymen of Russian Church Abroad support rapprochement with Moscow Patriarchate

Priest Serafim Gun

Frankly speaking, I become a different man after each trip to Russia. I talked to His Holiness Patriarch, to bishops and priests, and to pious Russian people. I saw living people who feel for the Church, for their homeland. I saw genuine archpastors and pastors. I saw a Russian man who widely opened his heart to me, and I understood he is like me.

[Orthodoxy Today]

Abbess of all Russia

Interview with Mother Superior of the Piukhtitsy convent abbess Varvara

Vladyka Alexy, present patriarch, helped us not only with the household; he was our spiritual guide. He grew very attached to Piukhtitsy. It became his home cloister. I can say it was he who raised the convent. And we only fulfilled our penance running here and there. I can’t believe I have lived till almost eighty…

[Church History]

The path of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. Observations and thoughts of an old priest

Archpriest Roman Lukianov

In connection with the recent turmoil within the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, I think it would be beneficial to share certain observations and reflections. Recently there has been much talk about the path followed by the ROCA. Now it has become obvious that the «straight» path which some people refer to, has led in the end to a schism within the ROCA. This schism has been ripening over many years. In order to understand what is going on, one should look first of all at the Guideposts that actually have determined the course of the ROCA throughout its history.

[Theology]

Glossary

Reverend John W. Morris, Ph.D.

Orthodox glossary by reverend John W. Morris, Ph.D.

[Orthodoxy Today]

Go Tell It on the Mountain

John Couretas, communications manager for the Acton Institute

The European Parliament has issued a new report on "fundamental rights," which demands an end to the centuries-old ban on the entry of women to Mt. Athos, the ancient monastic community in northern Greece. Mt. Athos comes amid controversy over the draft EU constitution, which has excluded any mention of Christianity’s role in shaping European civilization.

[Theology]

Scripture, the Gospel, and Orthodoxy

John Behr

The relationship between Scripture, the Gospel and Orthodoxy is a huge topic, but is indisputably important. In fact, speaking accurately about these topics is perhaps the most important task for Christians today. As “Scripture” and “Gospel” are seemingly more obvious in their meaning, it is with “orthodox” that I will begin.

[Orthodoxy Today]

House of Mercy in Minsk, a vivid example of social service of the Church

The House of Mercy is the first multi-functional social establishment of the Orthodox Church in the CIS. Its conception includes 13 projects directed at rendering spiritual, medical, and social help and assistance to poor and needy people. His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, while visiting Belorussia in May 2002, consecrated this unique establishment. Archpriest Feodor Povny, the head of the House of Mercy, tells Pravoslavie.Ru about its work and problems.

[Orthodoxy Today]

Feminism uber Alles

Paul M. Weyrich, Chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation

The European Union, when it was formed, adopted a position against discrimination of the sexes. But it granted an exemption to Mt. Athos because of its special status as a holy place. Now, however, the European Parliament is in the process of reconsidering that exemption.

[Coming to Orthodoxy]

Metropolitan of Japan Daniel: “Divine love must reign in the heart of man”

When I was young, I enjoyed intellectual activities. But now, having the main part of my life behind me, I have come to the conclusion that knowledge is far from everything. The most important thing is the spiritual state of our souls and hearts, which leads to salvation.

[Orthodoxy Today]

Sociological aspects of Russia’s criminalization

Natalia Narochnitskaya

The problem of corruption and criminalization is becoming a topic of the national strategy and political dispute in Russia and needs fundamental analysis. Meanwhile discussion over this issue results as a rule in suggestion of better methods of discovering illegal operations, development of punitive measures and endless reorganizations of the corresponding police bodies. However their weakness testifies to the deeper causes of such a large-scale illness of the national organism. But they should be searched for in the field of consciousness, which is a subject of sociology.

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