| Archive The 60th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church representation celebrated in Damascus 19 November 2018 year 10:33 On November 18, 2018, festive events to mark the 60 th anniversary of the Damascus Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church were held in the Syrian capital city. The Divine Liturgy at the Representation’s church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer was celebrated by His Holiness John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. He was assisted by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), Metropolitans George of Homs, Basil of Akkar, Nicholas of Hama; Niphon of Philippople, representative of the Patriarch of Antioch to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia; Athanasius of Latakia; as well as several bishops and clergy of the Patriarchate of Antioch. Among the concelebrants were also the rector of the ROC Damascus Representation Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev), and the representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), and the DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations Hieromonk Stephan (Igumnov). Present at the service were also Cardinal Marion Zenari, nuncio of the Holy See in Syria; members of the delegation of the Interreligious Working Group of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations, and Russian diplomats. In his homily after the liturgy, His Beatitude John X pointed to the significant role played by the ROC Damascus Representation, which, just as the Moscow Representation of the Church of Antioch, serves as an important connecting link between the two Churches. The DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion, in his address, said: ‘Your Holiness, Your Eminences and Graces, dear Fathers, Brothers and Sisters! Let me greet you, Your Beatitude, and your whole God-saved flock on behalf of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. His Holiness Kirill visited Syria and Lebanon at the moment when military actions began in the Syrian land. During the whole time as these hostilities continued and terrorists outraged in the Syrian land, the Russian Orthodox Church lifted up ardent prayers for the restoration of peace and harmony in Syria. Immediately after his return from Syria, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill appealed to President Vladimir Putin to make the protection of persecuted Christians in Syria and other countries in the Middle East one of the main vectors of Russia’s foreign policy. We can see that Russia has made a decisive contribution to the defeat of terrorists in the blessed Syrian land, and today we thank God for the fact that these Satan’s servants are driven away and the country has begun to be restored, although there is still much to be done. |
| Medical Center Consecrated in Honor of St. Eugene Botkin in Nizhny Novgorod Photo: kapellan.ru A new mulit-functional medical center named in honor of St. Eugene Botkin, the personal physician of the Romanov Royal Martyrs who was martyred together with them in the Ipatiev House, was consecrated and opened in Nizhny Novgorod over the weekend, reports the official website of the Russian Orthodox Church. The medical center, created by specialists of the Russian Ministry of Defense, is part of the city’s military hospital, reports the Chaplains’ Bulletin . The rite of consecration was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan George of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas and attended by Archpriest Alexander Malafeev, Head of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese’s Department for Interaction with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, and other clergy of the diocese, as well as the Deputy Defense Ministery Timur Ivanov, and other public officials and medical staff. Following the sacred rite, Metropolitan George presented the head of the hospital with an icon of the holy Martyr St. Eugene, which will be placed at one of the nurse’s stations for the prayerful veneration of the faithful. The center in Nizhny Novgorod is the first of 16 such facilities being built throughout Russia by the Ministry of Defense. They will be equipped with the most modern equipment. St. Eugene was canonized as Righteous Eugene the Passion-Bearer by the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church at their February 2-3, 2016 session. His glorification was celebrated on February 7, the day of the feast of the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russian Church, in the Ekaterinburg Church on the Blood, built on the site of the Ipatiev House, where St. Eugene was martyred along with the Royal Family. St. Eugene was also canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia along with the Royal Martyrs in 1981. The Royal Family was canonized by the Moscow Patriarchate in 2000, though St. Eugene was not canonized at that time. |
| Russian Airports Officially Renamed in Honor of Tsar Nicholas, St. Olga, Others Aleksander Markin/flickr.com A number of Russian airports have been officially renamed in honor of famous historical Russian figures, including Royal Martyr Tsar Nicholas II and St. Olga the Equal-to-the-Apostles and others, reports Foma . The new names were assigned according to the results of the Great Names of Russia contest held in the fall, and in accordance with the Presidential decree of November 28, “On the Conferment of the names of persons having special merits before the Fatherland to certain geographical objects.” 44 airports were officially renamed by a Presidential decree published on May 31. In particular, Murmansk international airport is now named in honor of the Royal Passion-bearer Nicholas II, and the Pskov airport in honor of the holy Princess Olga. Tsar Nicholas defeated the Soviet polar explorer Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin with 49% of the votes (71,652). State Duma Deputy Natalia Poklonskaya, known as a great venerator of the Royal Martyrs, noted that there are plans to allocate (3.5 billion rubles) for the reconstruction of the airport, and the new name in honor of Tsar Nicholas will help speed up that process. Other notable winners include Alexander Pushkin (Sheremetevo Airport in Moscow), Emperor Peter I (Voronezh), and Empress Catherine II (Krasnodar). Translated by Orthochristian.com Code for blog Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir. If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life " s purpose, family and society. Also by this author Today " s Articles Most viewed articles Functionality is temporarily unavailable. Most popular authors Functionality is temporarily unavailable. © 2008-2024 Pravmir.com |
| He had a comparatively peaceful reign for almost 10 years, and during this period considerably advanced the unification of Norway. Olaf " s work of unification assumed concrete form as territorial dominion over a kingdom which extended from Gautelven in the south up to Finnmark in the north, from the Vesterhav islands in the west to the forests toward the realm of the Swedes in the east. Olaf was the first high king who secured real control over the inland areas of Trondelag and Opplandene. Moreover, he gained a foothold for the Norwegian national kingdom on the Orkney Islands and Hjaltland. Olaf also laid the foundation for nationwide local government and introduced a certain division of labour among the royal housecarls. He installed sheriffs recruited from the nobility and the landed gentry throughout the country and tried by means of his year-men to keep control of the political activities of the sheriffs. According to Snorre a division of labour seems to have occurred in the King " s household into actual housecarls (military functions), guests (police functions), house chaplains, and churls (duties within the palace). Moreover, several titles of the masters of the King " s court are known from this time: standard-bearer, King " s Marshal, House Bishop. With the aid of his English missionaries he succeeded in making Norway Christian. At the meeting of the Ting (Parliament) at Moster, Bomlo in Sunnhordland (1024), Norway acquired a nationwide ecclesiastical organisation with churches and priests, a Christian legal system and a first organisation of the Church " s finances. Gwyn Jones writes: «The Christian law formulated at Moster was of prime authority; it was read out at the different Things, and there are confirmatory references to it in the oldest Gulathing Law.» The king established peace and security for his people, remaking old laws and insisting on their execution, unaffected by bribes or threats. He built many churches, including one dedicated to St. Clement at the capital, Nidaros (Trondheim). All other faiths except Christianity were outlawed. |
| Archive Пн Russian Parliament members visit the Damascus Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church 26 December 2021 year 11:18 On December 24, 2021, members the Russian Federation State Duma group for relations with the Syrian Parliament visited the Damascus Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church. Among the guests were Sh. V. Karaool, vice-chairman of the State Duma; S. V. Sablin, coordinator of the group; S.A. Gavrilov, A.A. Yushchenko and N.S. Valuyev, as well as members of the governments of Moscow, Vladimir and Kaluga regions; and activists of the Russian National Veterans’ Organization “Boyevoye Bratstvo” (Combat Brothers). The representative Russian delegation is making a tour of Syria, carrying out a series of humanitarian actions timed to the feast of the Nativity of Christ according to the New Julian Calendar. In the domestic Chapel of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, members of the delegation took part in the thanksgiving celebrated by Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and then made a tout of the Damask Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church. After the thanksgiving, a reception took place at the Representation for the guests from Russia. Present were also staff members of the Russian embassy in Syria led by counsellor minister E. M. Kurbanov; N. B. Sukhov, director of the Russian House in Damascus; Archdeacon Hilarion (Beshara), secretary to the Patriarch of Antioch; and representatives of the Syrian Parliament, Russian and Syrian journalists. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 21 апреля 2024 г. (8 апреля ст.ст.) воскресенье Неделя 5-я Великого поста. Глас 5-й. Прп. Марии Египетской (переходящее празднование в 5-ю Неделю Великого поста). Апп. Иродиона, Агава, Асинкрита, Руфа, Флегонта, Ерма и иже с ними (I). Свт. Нифонта, еп. Новгородского (1156). Прп. Руфа, затворника Печерского, в Дальних пещерах (XIV). Мч. Павсилипа (117–138). Свт. Келестина, папы Римского (432). Сщмч. Сергия Родаковского пресвитера (1933). Литургия св. Василия Великого. Утр. – Ев. 2-е, Мк., 70 зач., XVI, 1–8 . Лит. – Евр., 321 зач. (от полу), IX, 11–14 . Мк., 47 зач., X, 32–45 . Прп.: Гал., 208 зач., III, 23–29 . Лк., 33 зач., VII, 36–50 . 7 April 2024 year Share with friends |
| The Holy Relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov are Brought to Oxford London, June 15, Interfax – Relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov miracle worker arrived to St. Nicholas Church in Oxford. Earlier, they were brought to London from the famous Russian monastery of Diveyevo, the Sourozh Diocese of Moscow Patriarchate reports. Upon arrival to the church in Oxford, a prayer was served in front of relics with a large confluence of Orthodox believers in the city. During the visit, the delegation attended the grave of Archimandrite Nikolay (Gibbs), an English teacher of the Passion-Bearer Tsesarevich Alexy. In the evening, Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky from the Dormition Cathedral in London, presented the translation into English of the book by the holy martyr Archimandrite Seraphim (Chichagov) Chronicle of the Seraphimo-Diveyevsky Monastery. Code for blog Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir. If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life " s purpose, family and society. Also by this author Today " s Articles Most viewed articles Functionality is temporarily unavailable. Most popular authors Functionality is temporarily unavailable. © 2008-2024 Pravmir.com |
| 2015: a missionary year in review Source: Orthodox Missionary Fraternity January 22, 2016 January 2015 The feasts of the twelve days were celebrated throughout the world. On January 11, the Blessing of the Waters ceremony was conducted at the pier of Hong Kong. In Sierra Leone, the celebrations were restrained because of prohibitions enacted for the prevention of Ebola contamination, while the Orthodox Mission continued distributing food and protective materials. In Cambodia, most of the faithful gathered at their parishes and celebrated alone, since there are not enough priests for the five parishes operating in the country. In Sangmelima, Cameroon, the Orthodox believers celebrated for the first time at St. Charalambos Church , constructed with funds from our Fraternity. February 2015 At Saweni, Fiji were inaugurated the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, the Saint Tabitha orphanage already hosting orphans from the region, as well as a safe-home for unprotected women. In Guatemala, more efforts were put into the integration and pastoral care of 350,000 Guatemalans of the Maya tribe, who recently joined the Orthodox Church. Missionaries from the United States succor this project. On February 16, Bishop Panteleimon of Brazzaville paid a pastoral visit to Gabon, where he met with the small Orthodox community and accomplished the official recognition of the Orthodox Church by the Republic of Gabon. In Tanzania was completed the construction of another clinic named after the Holy Apostles in Malangali, Iringa, with funds by our Fraternity. March 2015 During Great Lent Fr. Chrysostomos Manalu visited the Orthodox community of Nias island in Sumatra, Indonesia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and baptized 28 people. April 2015 The first Orthodox church in the Tonga Islands was founded in Nuku’alofa in honor of the Great Martyr St. George the Trophy-Bearer. In Ddegeya, Uganda, the construction of Saints Constantine and Helen church , funded by our Fraternity, was completed. |
| Do we not really prefer the worthless and quickly fleeting goods of this world to those of eternity? Do we really place traversing the path He pointed out to us as the goal of our lives? Do we really always remember Christ’s words: I am the way, the truth, and the life [John 14:6]? For the holy martyr and Trophy-Bearer George, He was truly the Path and the Life; he neither followed any other path, nor did he wish to know of any other. He was not frightened by threats or fears, boldly following the way of Christ. Therefore, we bow down before all the martyrs, and especially such great ones as George the Trophy-Bearer, commending them by our ardent love. They strengthen our faith and love by their miracles, for the majority of them work miracles. You will know from your pastors about the miracle performed three times by the Great-Martyr George, freeing from bondage the youth who were languishing and suffering in captivity. You will remember how, as they were thinking about their native home and the Great-Martyr’s feast day while they were supposed to be serving food or wine to their masters, George the Trophy-Bearer suddenly carried them away on a white horse, transporting them in an instant to the home of their parents, who were then celebrating the memory of the Great-Martyr. Do not such miracles serve as a great and powerful fortification of your faith in that which the Lord Jesus Christ said? After all, He said that those who believed in Him could perform not only such miracles as did He, but even greater ones. The martyrs accomplished great deeds, confirming the truth of these words of Christ. Let us then be ashamed of our cowardice in the face of the slightest fear presented to us by our imaginations. Let us love the Lord Jesus Christ and His martyrs with all our hearts, and especially the Holy Great-Martyr George the Trophy-Bearer, whose memory we celebrate today. Amen. Originally delivered on April 23/May 6, 1954. Translated from the Russian . Code for blog |
| In reply, St. George only laughed at this pledge; he, of course, rejected even the first place in glory and honor after the Roman Emperor, for his fidelity to Christ was firmer than adamant and His love for Him was boundless. You have heard more than once from your pastors about the terrible torments the holy Trophy-Bearer George underwent for Christ. I will not enlarge on them. You yourselves will remember well how he was tortured for days on end with his legs fixed in stocks, with an enormous stone placed on his chest that nearly crushed him; you will remember how he was broken on the wheel, being tied to an enormous wheel under which a plank with nails and blades was placed, which cut and tore his holy body; how iron boots with sharp nails inside were placed on him, and how he was driven to run through the streets of the city in these boots; how he was thrown into a pit filled with quicklime, filled from the top with lime. He was supposed to have been burned in the lime; but when, three days later, Diocletian ordered a report on how St. George had been burned, the messengers returned to report to him that George was unharmed. When the Great-Martyr was brought alive before Diocletian, the latter could not believe his eyes. The Great-Martyr George’s exploit was a difficult one. The good favor of the Lord Jesus Christ towards him for this great exploit was shown by how He Himself came to him in prison, encouraging and blessing him for the completion of his martyrdom. George the Trophy-Bearer feared nothing. But do we, weak and worthless Christians, face in like manner that which, in whatever small and distant a measure, threatens us with some difficulty? Did it not happen quite recently that there were hundreds of thousands of people among us that easily renounced faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, declaring in questionnaires that they were unbelievers, fearing something that did not in any way threaten them? They were not threatened in any way; they were required only to write in the questionnaire whether they believed or did not believe. And this was enough for them to commit the terribly grave sin of denying the Lord Jesus Christ, forgetting His dread words: But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father Which is in heaven (Matthew 10:33). |
| —Sometimes we are taken aback by the prefix “New”. It would seem that saints are saints throughout all times, and now we have something new. How should we relate to this “something new”? —As to a great joy, an eternally new and fresh Christian happiness. I will explain. Of course this has its own specific character. The podvig of the New Martyrs was carried out very recently, and these saints are essentially our own contemporaries. Our association with them, our reception of their lives, their service to the Church is not the same as for those saints of deep antiquity, the martyrs of the first centuries, like Great Martyr George " > St. George the Trophy-Bearer , Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon The Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon was born in the city of Nicomedia into the family of the illustrious pagan Eustorgius, and he was named Pantoleon. His mother St Euboula (March 30) was a Christian. She wanted to raise her son in the Christian Faith, but she died when the future martyr was just a young child. His father sent Pantoleon to a pagan school, after which the young man studied medicine at Nicomedia under the renowned physician Euphrosynus. " > St. Panteliemon , Great Martyr Demetrios of Thessalonka Saint Demetrios, the Great Martyr and Myhrr-Gusher, was born in Thessalonica in 260 A.D. His parents were illustrious people and along with the transitory glory which Demetrios had from his family, he was adorned with imperishable virtues: with prudence, sweetness, humility, justice, and with every noble comeliness of the soul. " > St. Demitrios of Thessalonica , and other great pleasers of God. There are already many magnificent churches built in their names, beautiful icons of them have been painted, and full services have been written to them. There are millennia of traditions connected with our veneration of them. We are now at the very beginning of a very important path of discovery of this spiritual treasure, which has a unique power. And it must be said that the hierarchy of our Church continually reminds us that we need to pay particular attention to the task of achieving a meaningful veneration of the New Martyrs. |
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