| For him, there wasn’t the slightest separation between the service of a sovereign and the fulfillment of his personal Christian duty. To the end of time, and especially in the latter times, the Church will be tempted by the devil, as Christ was in Gethsemane and on Golgotha: “Come down from the Cross!” “Depart just a little from the demands of man’s greatness, about which Your Gospels speak, become more accessible to all, and we will believe in You. There are situations when it is necessary to do this. Come down from the Cross, and the Church’s affairs will go better.” The main spiritual significance of today’s events—the conclusion drawn from centuries infected by the spirit of Machiavelli and especially the twentieth century—are the ever more successful efforts of the enemy directed at making our “salt lose its flavor”. Just as before the [Bolshevik] Revolution, so also now, the greatest danger consists in “outward appearances”. Many believe in God, in His Providence, many strive to restore an Orthodox monarchy, but in their hearts they rely on earthly power: on “horses and chariots” (Ps. 18:8). They say, let the cross be as a beautiful symbol… Meanwhile we will set up our own earthly kingdom, according to our earthly understanding. But the martyric blood of the holy Tsar rebukes the apostates now, just as it did then. Archpriest Alexander Shargunov Translation by OrthoChristian.com Pravoslavie.ru 17 июля 2014 г. (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) was Pope from August 11, 1492 to his death on August 18, 1503. Called “most successful” by some of his papal successors, he was notorious for a rapacious desire for power and a huge progeny born to numerous mistresses. The words of Tsar Nicholas II concerning the government officials around him. Смотри также Комментарии Carol Dietrich 13 февраля 2016, 21:00 Do you know if Tsar Nicholas II had read Machiaveli " s The Prince or whether he was familiar with Machiavelli " s writings? Might his ministers or advisors been familiar with Machiavelli " s political theory? Thank you. Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Torch-bearers of the Triune Godhead Jesse Dominick Torch-bearers of the Triune Godhead A Homily for the Synaxis of the Three Holy Hierarchs Jesse Dominick From these fathers we learn that the content of theology, the entirety of the Christian spiritual life, is the Mystery of the Cross, which shapes the ethos of repentance—our prayerful striving to become like Christ in all things—in the Orthodox Church. The Three Holy Hierarchs – Teachers, Intercessors and Protectors of Orthodoxy Patriarch Daniel of Romania The Three Holy Hierarchs – Teachers, Intercessors and Protectors of Orthodoxy Patriarch Daniel of Romania We pray to our Savior Jesus Christ, the Three Holy Hierarchs and to St. Demetrius the New, protector of Bucharest, to illumine you, to strengthen you and to grant you healing and health of soul and body, so that you can follow the example of the saints and to become worthy of the grace and light, the peace and joy of the Most Holy Trinity. Amen. Sermon on the Feast of the Three Hierarchs Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) Sermon on the Feast of the Three Hierarchs Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) There is much in common among the three hierarchs and great ecumenical teachers whom we commemorate today: Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom. All three lived in a time when the Christian Church, after almost three centuries of persecution, received freedom and was flourishing throughout the Byzantine ‘oikoumene’. All the three were involved in contesting contemporary heresies. All the three combined serving the Church in episcopal rank with literary activity, and it is precisely their literary legacy which secured for them the paramount place that they occupy in Christian Tradition. All the three were victims of ecclesiastical intrigues. Their posthumous glory, however, exceeded any expectations their contemporaries might have had, and their significance for the entire Christian Church in East and West cannot be overestimated. Комментарии © 1999-2016 Православие.Ru |
| A photo gallery of the Vigil and Divine Liturgy can be viewed on the monastery " s website . 15 августа 2015 г. Квитанция Реквизиты для юридических лиц Реквизиты для переводов из-за границы Оплата с банковской карты Visa, MasterCard и Maestro Оплата наличными через кассы и терминалы Пожертвование через Сбербанк Онл@йн Яндекс.Деньги Альфа-клик MasterPass Интернет-банк Промсвязьбанка скрыть способы оплаты Квитанция Реквизиты для юридических лиц Реквизиты для переводов из-за границы Оплата с банковской карты Visa, MasterCard и Maestro Оплата наличными через кассы и терминалы Пожертвование через Сбербанк Онл@йн Яндекс.Деньги Альфа-клик MasterPass Интернет-банк Промсвязьбанка скрыть способы оплаты Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также “Amidst This Wonderful Nature, Even a Long Road Seemed to be Short” Founders Day of St. Tikhon’s Monastery, October 2014 “Amidst This Wonderful Nature, Even a Long Road Seemed to be Short” Founders Day of St. Tikhon’s Monastery, October 2014 Like St. Tikhon at the founding of this Holy Monastery, we too live in turbulent times. But this place, this sacred place where Saints have walked, has been an image of stability and a rock of faith, just as its founders were. St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia The saint lived in very simple circumstances: he slept on straw, covered by a sheepskin coat. His humility was so great that he paid no attention to the workers who laughed at him as he walked about the monastery, pretending that he did not hear it. He often said, “Forgiveness is better than revenge.” Procession of the cross in honor of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk begins Procession of the cross in honor of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk begins Several hundreds of residents from Lipetsk, a town in central-south Russia, have set out as part of the cross procession in honor of Holy Hierarch Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk, Wonder-Worker of All Russia. Комментарии Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: |
| Most Christians, including Protestants, claim to believe the Nicene Creed, and the Nicene Creed is unambiguous on this point, and its statement that Christ " Kingdom shall have no end " is taken straight from Scripture. Some early fathers, who did not have the benefit of the instruction of the Second Ecumenical Council, have some excuse for being mistaken on this point; but now we have no such excuse. The problem with premillennialism is that it tended to feed into other heresies, such as Montanism, which believed that Montanus was the Holy Spirit incarnate, and which believed that the Kingdom of God was soon to come to be established in Phrygia. We have seen similar heresies with millenialist eschatology in more recent times, with the Jehovah " s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists , Mormonism , the Jim Jones Cult, and Branch Davidians. Given the excesses this view has tended to produce, the Church felt it necessary to clearly define the matter. Fr. John Whiteford " s News, Comments, & Reflections Fr. John Whiteford 8 октября 2015 г. Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также On " Scientific " Theologians Constantine Cavarnos On " Scientific " Theologians Constantine Cavarnos Kontoglou spoke of certain ‘scientific” (epistemones) theologians, men who had studied theology in Europe and brought to the Greek universities a rather cerebral and so- called “liberal” mode of theologizing. Theocletos Pharmakidis (1784-1862), he noted, was the first Greek theologian of this type. Of recent ones, he cited Demetrios Balanos. Such theologians, he said, regard traditional Orthodox theology, which comes from the roots of Christianity and from the Greek Fathers, as “ossified,” and they come as “renewers” of it. On Glossologia Elder Cleopa of Romania On Glossologia Elder Cleopa of Romania Glossologia, or “speaking in tongues,” as a gift of the Holy Spirit, is the ability to speak a foreign language without having to be taught it or knowing it beforehand. On the Sign of the Cross Fr. John Whiteford On the Sign of the Cross Fr. John Whiteford What is the significance of the sign of the Cross? Why is it performed when it is? When is it preformed besides after a prayer? Fr. John Whiteford answers these questions on his blog. Комментарии © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
| The Day of the Baptism of Russia Celebrated in the Capital of the Ukraine Kiev, July 29, 2014 On July 27-28, 2014, festive events dedicated to the Day of the Baptism of Russia and the feast-day of Holy Prince Vladimir (Volodimir), Equal-to-the-Apostles, took place in Kiev, reports the Ukrainian Orthodox Church website. On July 27, in Vladimirskaya Gorka Park (“Vladimir’s Hill Park”) of Kiev, at the foot of the monument to the Baptizer of Rus’ Holy Prince Vladimir, the Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan See of Kiev Metropolitan Onufry of Chernovtsy and Bukovina performed a thanksgiving prayer service (moleben) with hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and clergy of the Diocese of Kiev concelebrating. Prayers for peace in the Ukraine were offered up at the service. At the end of the service Metropolitan Onufry addressed the faithful with his archpastoral speech and greeted everybody on the occasion of the feast-day of Holy Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles. In the evening, the Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan See of Kiev headed the Feast-day Vigil at the Dormition Cathedral of the Holy Dormition Kiev Caves Lavra. On July 28, on the square in front of the Dormition Cathedral of the Kiev Caves Lavra the Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan See of KievMetropolitan Onufry of Chernovtsy and Bukovina celebrated a Divine Liturgy. The abbot of the Kiev Caves Lavra Metropolitan Paul of Vyshgorod & Chernobyl, the chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary, the gathered bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as well as the clergy of the Kiev Diocese concelebrated with His Eminence Metropolitan Onufry. At the service prayers to the Lord for peace in the Ukraine and for the repose of the soul of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev were offered up. After the service the clergy and the laity held a Procession of the Cross to the grave of the newly-departed First Hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the bell tower of the Church of the Nativity of Holy Theotokos, where a litia for his repose was served. The day before, the Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan See of Kiev headed a festal Vigil service at the Dormition Cathedral of the Lavra. 30 июля 2014 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Restoration of Holy Sepulchre completed Moscow, March 21, 2017 Photo: The Times of Israel The restoration work on the edicule over the Lord’s tomb has been completed according to the previously announced schedule. Earlier, His Holiness Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem stated that the tomb would open to pilgrims sometime between March 22 and 25. The iron cage built around the Holy Sepulchre in 1947 by British authorities has been removed, as the walls of the edicule have been reinforced to be self-sustaining, reports The Times of Israel . The black soot on the stone façade from years of pilgrims’ candles was also cleaned as part of the first restoration work in 200 years. “If this intervention hadn’t happened now, there is a very great risk that there could have been a collapse,” Bonnie Burnham of the World Monuments Fund, which gave the initial million for the million project, said Monday. “This is a complete transformation of the monument.” King Abdullah II of Jordan and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also donated about 150,000 euros each. The shrine, standing in the middle of the ancient church, was in bad condition after years of water, humidity, and candle smoke. The National Technical University of Athens’ restoration team removed the stone slabs from the edicule’s façade, and cleaned and replaced them, reinforcing the walls with tubes of grout and titanium bolts. Restorers also cut a small window through the edicule’s marble walls for pilgrims to see into the tomb itself, where Christ was laid after His Crucifixion and death on Holy Friday. While historians believed the original remnants of the tomb had been destroyed over the centuries, with the original church being destroyed in 1099 by order of the Fatimid caliph of Egypt, researchers in fact found a limestone slab with a cross carved into it that dated to the fourth century, to the time when Sts. Constantine and Helen had the original Holy Sepulchre Church built. Further restorations are planned to consolidate the underground drainage and sewage pipes and to stabilize the shrine’s foundation. The restoration team’s worksite is being dismantled in preparation for a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the end of the restorations to be led by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic confession. 21 марта 2017 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Russian Palestine is a marvelous spiritual and historical phenomenon, headed by the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem founded in 1847. Through the care, energy, and labors of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian government in the latter half of the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, a whole cluster of holy sites connected with significant events in sacred history where acquired for Russian pilgrims, many churches, pilgrimage guesthouses, and metochia were built, and several monasteries were founded. Russian Palestine represents vast enlightenment, scholarly research, and charitable activity. Its golden age could be considered those thirty years (1865–1894) when the head of the Russian spiritual mission was Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin). Despite its perennial lack of money, many hardships and obstacles, he was able to acquire a large amount of land, the value of which cannot be measured in the material terms: a parcel in Hebron with the Oak of Mamre, under which the patriarch Abraham received the three mysterious Visitors; a parcel on the Mount of Olives, not far from the site of the Lord’s ascension; land in the settlement of Ein-Karem—the place where the Most Holy Theotokos and righteous Elizabeth met; parcels in biblical Jericho and in Haifa (Joppa) with the tomb of righteous Tabitha, who was resurrected by the holy apostle Peter, and others. Thanks to the scholarly work of Archimandrite Antonin in ecclesiastical archeology, near the church of the Lord’s Sepulcher was discovered the threshold to the Judgment gates, through which our Savior’s way of the cross passed, and an ancient necropolis in Haifa. The Russian presence in the Holy Land became possible also thanks to the charity of Orthodox Russian people—from 1886 on, every year on the feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, Palm Sunday, donations for the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem were collected in every diocese and church in Russia. Russian Palestine was created and supported by the whole world, however it suffered great losses, and became forgotten and desolate after the Bolshevik revolution. That in our days the monasteries, metochia, and pilgrimage guesthouses of the Russian Mission in the Holy Land are again able to receive the thousands of pilgrims who come every year is the result of peoples’ enormous labor, faith, hope, and sacrificial love. 23 октября 2017 г. скрыть способы оплаты скрыть способы оплаты Комментарии Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Solemnities in Sevastopol. Remembering Those Who Departed/Православие.Ru Solemnities in Sevastopol. Remembering Those Who Departed This month, November 2010, marks ninety years since the departure of the Russian army and emigration from the Crimea. 126 ships received the army, the officers " family, and a part of the civilian population of the Crimean ports—Sevastopol, Yalta, Theodosy, and Kerch. In all, 150,000 people departed from this shore to points around the globe. In memory of the tragic events in the history of twentieth century Russia, in Sevastopol on November 14, 2010 a special event took place, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Russian emigre departure, organized jointly by the cultural council of the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Armed Forces Ministry of the Russian Federation. The main event was a pannikhida, served on the Grafsky pier of Sevastopol, after which a wreath was cast upon the sea in memory of those people who were forced to leave their homeland. At the blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and His Beatitude Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and All the Ukraine, the pannikhida on the Grafsky pier was served by Metropolitan Lazar of Simferopol and the Crimea. Participating in the service were representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, the Patriarchal cultural council, and the Sretensky Monastery Choir. 17 ноября 2010 г. ... Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также A Lenten plea for peace A Lenten plea for peace Last week, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the country " s largest religious structure, responded to the country " s dramatic political change by appointing a new acting leader. Holy Light to be delivered to combat ships of the Black Sea Fleet Holy Light to be delivered to combat ships of the Black Sea Fleet The tradition of delivering of Holy Fire to Crimea and Sevastopol by BSF representative has existed since 2008 and is carried out with support of St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation. A procession of the cross to go from Sevastopol to Smolensk A procession of the cross to go from Sevastopol to Smolensk The faithful will visit more than 70 settlements of the Crimea, Kuban, the Rostov, Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, and Smolensk regions. Комментарии Войдите через FaceBook ВКонтакте Яндекс Mail.Ru Google или введите свои данные: © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru При перепечатке ссылка на Православие.Ru обязательна Контактная информация Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Also in connection with the events in Rakka, where extremists desecrated two town Churches, Patriarch Gregory III Laham addressed the flock with a special speech: " Syria has never experienced this kind of vandalism and inter-religious conflict,” he stressed. “The Syrians never do such things. These are simply provocations by foreign groups who are threatening us, the Christians of this country " . Orthodox Priest Father George Boulous reported to news agencies that " Christians of Rakka have become victims of inter-religious war and were forced to flee " . The priest has also called the events in the town " a battle for the sake of money and power " . It should be noted that clashes between various " opposition " Muslim groups are taking place in Rakka. Several days ago it became known that the Italian Jesuit Priest Paolo Dall " Oglio had been kidnapped in the town. Pravoslavie.ru 5 октября 2013 г. ... Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Islamists in Syria attack ancient Christian town of Saidnaya Islamists in Syria attack ancient Christian town of Saidnaya Islamists are continuing to attack Christian settlements in Syria. After seizure of Ma " loula the jihadist groups made an attempt to take control over Saidnaya, which is situated to the north of the Syrian capital as well. Radicals in Sadad: they have crossed the Rubicon Radicals in Sadad: they have crossed the Rubicon No matter where Al-Qaida goes, it leaves a long, bloody trail of destruction and murder. The Syrian town of Sadad is no exception on the “service list” of organizations, which includes terrorist brutalities. The ancient Christian holy sites humbly accepted this cross also—the now common cross of the entire Middle East… We will tell it like it is: The picture before us (and recorded by our camera) was simple horrifying; by its scale and drama it is incomparable to any single tragedy in the Syrian chronicles of recent years. Miracle of Holy Theotokos in the Christian town of Saidnaya Miracle of Holy Theotokos in the Christian town of Saidnaya The Miraculous incident took place last month when a rebel group fired rockets at one of the monasteries. Комментарии Войдите через FaceBook ВКонтакте Яндекс Mail.Ru Google или введите свои данные: © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
| Симо Брдар, Славко Брдар Ликвидации проводились и острыми предметами: ножами, кинжалами, саблями, топорами, плотничными топорами и специально приспособленными большими ножами и лезвиями. Узников морили голодом и жаждой. Надрезали кожу и посыпали солью. Прижигали им раскаленным железом гениталии. Сажали крысу на живот, затем накрывали ее крышкой и грели лампой, пока крыса не прогрызала кожу и не проникала в живот узника. English Edition [Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ] After praying fervently that night, St. Katherine fell asleep and dreamt that she was standing before the Virgin and Child. The Child’s face was turned away from her. When His mother asked Him to look at the beautiful girl, He said He wouldn’t until she changed her pagan ways and returned to the holy monk for guidance. Eagerly St. Katherine did so. The monk taught her about the One True God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, and the Saviour of Mankind. St. Katherine soon believed in Jesus Christ with all her heart and was baptized. [Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ] Indeed, spiritual progress can only be made through the Cross, through sacrifice. Wherever there is no sacrifice, there the Church becomes a mere institution, a ritual, an empty form. But where there is sacrifice, martyrdom, the Cross, there is spiritual life. [News] A schedule of events dedicated to the celebration of the ninetieth anniversary of the Russian Church Abroad has been presented. [News] Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti condemned Saturday the recent announcement of a reward for killing the jailed Christian woman on death row for blasphemy. [News] A 17-year-old girl in Somalia who converted to Christianity from Islam was shot to death last week in an apparent “honor killing,” area sources said. [News] A majority of Americans prefer stores using “Merry Christmas” as its holiday greeting, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey. [News] Islamic countries Monday (November 22) won United Nations backing for an anti-blasphemy measure Canada and other Western critics say risks being used to limit freedom of speech. |
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