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Dostoevsky and His Theology

James Townsend

Alfred Einstein stated: "Dostoevsky gives me more than any other thinker." Nicholas Berdyaev was professor of philosophy at the University of Moscow until he was expelled by the Communist regime in 1922. Berdyaev testified that Dostoevsky "stirred and lifted up my soul more than any other writer or philosopher has done…when I turned to Jesus Christ for the first time.
[Orthodoxy Today]

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Orthodox Convert 1821–1881 (January 28/February 9)

On February 9, 1881, Feodor Dostoevsky parted this world as his family read to him the Gospel parable of the prodigal son. This article from Orthodox America from the 100th anniversary year of Doestoevsky's death commemorates the great writer, and shows his significance to the Orthodox Church.
[Coming to Orthodoxy]

The Orthodox approach to Thailand

But in the midst of a city famous for all the wrong reasons is an unusual sight - the All Saints Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), a building with three golden domes and beautifully painted frescos inside.
[Coming to Orthodoxy]

Island of Salvation

Alexander Segen

“People ask me, ‘How often should we go to church? Can we go once a week, or even once a month?’ I answer them, ‘You can stop going altogether. Just like that! Don’t go at all. Live your life without the Church, die, and you’ll go to hell. Then you’ll find yourself there, next to Hitler. You’ll be forever next to him. But just think about it: eternally! In hell. With Hitler.’”
[Sretensky Monastery]

“Even While They Teach, Men Learn” Interview with Hieromonk Job (Gumerov)

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov), Vladimir Kuzmin

Fr Job, we sometimes publish your answers to “Questions to a Priest” posted on pravoslavie.ru. You manage to find simple and persuasive answers to difficult and ticklish questions which are within the grasp of people who don’t delve very deeply into religious matters. How are you able to find just the right words, what literature do you refer to, what experiences do you draw from?
[Coming to Orthodoxy]

The Diocese of Mexico: Forty Years of Ministry and Mission

The origin of what today is the Diocese of Mexico of the Orthodox Church in America were planted in the early 20th century, curiously through the Mexican National Catholic Church, distinct from the nation’s Roman Catholic Church. It was during the Revolution that antagonisms against the Roman Catholic Church were aroused by its historic association with the Spanish colonialists.
[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Lullaby to Christ

Nun Euphemia (Paschenko)

When the man stopped playing, she walked up to the gathering and said that she wanted to sing, "Because today is the Nativity of Christ." Without waiting for an answer, she began to sing a little song in her trembling, aged, but pure voice.
[Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

When and How Should We Celebrate the New Year?

Fr. Alexander Shargunov

A Christian lives in two dimensions—time and eternity. May God grant us in this new year to be worthy citizens of our Fatherland, both earthly and heavenly. No matter what trials await us on earth, if we are faithful to the Lord, He will once again prepare heavenly consolations for each of us on the feast of the Nativity of Christ.
[Coming to Orthodoxy]

Documentary on Hogar Rafael, "Miracle In Zone One"

From its founding more than 150 years ago, through its seizure by the government of Guatemala and its return to a descendant of the founder, Orthodox Christian nun Madre Inés Ayau García, in the 1990s, the story of “The Hogar” and its impact on the life of children and adults involves one miracle after another.
[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Did the Mother of God Enter the Temple? Confession of a Doubter

Deacon Giorgi Maximov

Only standing upon the above-mentioned axioms is it possible, without noticing the entire absurdity of such a combination, to consider ourselves believing Christians and yet suppose that we know better what the Virgin Mary did and didn't do than the Christians of the second century, than Sts. Herman and Tarasius of Constantinople, St. Gregory Palamas, and others who wrote about these events as facts; and finally, better than the Church herself, which instituted this feast.

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