| Fifty Thousand Participate in Procession To Commemorate the Royal Martyrs/Православие.Ru Fifty Thousand Participate in Procession To Commemorate the Royal Martyrs Ekaterinburg, June 19, 2010, Interfax A cross procession from the site where the last Russian emperor " s family was murdered to the place where their bodies were destroyed took place in the Sverdlovsk Region on the night of July 17. Fifty thousand people participated in the procession, reports the press service of the Ekaterinburg Diocese. The faithful walked twenty kilometers from the Church-on-the-Blood to the monastery [dedicated to the Royal Martyrs] in Ganina Yama. The procession dedicated to the assassinated Royal Family marked the ninety-second year since their execution. Such processions have taken place regularly since 1992, when a cross was elevated in the Ganina Yama area. The Church-on-the-Blood was built in 2003 at the site of the destroyed Ipatyev House, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family was murdered. Interfax - Religion Edited by Pravoslavie.ru 20 июля 2010 г. ... Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Miracles of the Royal Martyrs Archpriest Alexander Shargunov Miracles of the Royal Martyrs Archpriest Alexander Shargunov From that time on we often appealed to the holy Tsar Nicholas, and help came immediately under extraordinary circumstances. Since Tsar Nicholas Aleksandrovich was not only our Sovereign, but also head of a large family, we began to pray to him whenever we had family conflicts and disagreements. Peace was restored to our family very quickly. O holy Royal martyrs, pray to God for us! Holy Royal Martyrs Commemorated in Yekaterinburg on their Feast-Day Holy Royal Martyrs Commemorated in Yekaterinburg on their Feast-Day The tradition of commemorating the martyred Royal Family began long before their canonization as Royal Martyrs. In 1992, Archbishop Melchisedek (Lebedev) of Sverdlovsk and Kurgan first gave a blessing to celebrate a service here and hold a procession of the Cross to the site of the destruction of their holy relics at Ganina Yama (“Ganya’s Pit”). A procession of the cross from Russia reaches Donetsk A procession of the cross from Russia reaches Donetsk According to the event’s organizers, the procession of the cross was held with the blessing of Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin). A small portion of the Precious Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of Christ is embedded in a specially made cross, while portions of relics of several dozens of saints are inside a reliquary made in the form of an ancient cross. 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 |
| Revealing secret lives of saints in Russia " s Orthodox literature/Православие.Ru Revealing secret lives of saints in Russia " s Orthodox literature Archimandrite Tikhon Shevkunov, abbot of the small, yet very active Sretensky Monastery. Source: ITAR-TASS. Alisa Orlova One of the most popular books among Russian readers right now could be considered a modern version of The Lives of the Saints, Everyday Saints , a book about the lives of monks and priests written by a monk is sitting on the Russian bestseller lists and selling out its print runs. In September 2011, the Olma Media Group debuted a new book at the Moscow Book Fair. The book was Everday Saints by Archimandrite Tikhon Shevkunov, abbot of the small, yet very active Sretensky Monastery, and it tells miraculous – albeit true – stories from the lives of contemporary Orthodox monks and priests. Olma already bet big on the book, giving it a 60,000 copy first print run – five to ten times higher than a standard first printing. Nevertheless, few saw the real miracle coming – the book has made it on to the list of bestsellers in Moscow bookstores and has remained there for many months; there have already been four editions and the total number of copies exceeds 800,000. Online bookseller Ozon.ru has nominated Everyday Saints for the Runet award and it is leading the popular vote for the prestigious«Bolshaya Kniga» (Big Book) Prize. Archimandrite Tikhon’s book has been translated into Serbian, Greek and French, it is being translated into English and talks are underway to have the book translated into German, Italian and French. The book has become a way for ordinary Russians to learn about religious life. The stories do not seem like the typical relgious literature written for neophytes, which combine a Soviet-style didactic tone with tried-and-true parables from the Bible; these are abundant in any Russian church shop. The stories are also unlike the other kind of religious literature common in Russia – more philisophical texts that require some preparation and knowledge of the faith to appreciate. Everyday Saints is a book accessible to all readers. |
| Regrettably, these are not individual incidents but a steady tendency. It should be noted that the discrimination against Christians vary from country to country. Thus, in Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Nigeria and a number of other countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, our brothers and sisters in faith are subjected to persecution and violence based on intolerance and extremism, while in Europe, which has been Christian from the time immemorial, they are driven away from public life and deprived of the right to criticize amoral things under the pretext of tolerance. The Department for External Relations sees the defence of the rights of Christians as a central direction of its work. Our representatives address this problem during meetings and conferences, underscoring its importance in their contacts with international organizations. On May 30, 2011, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church issued a Statement concerning the growing manifestations of Christianophobia in the world in which the Church clearly formulated her position and called upon the world community to develop ‘a comprehensive and effective mechanism of the protection of Christians and Christian communities’. With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, an international conference on Freedom of Faith: the Problem of Discrimination against Christians was held from November 30 to December 1, 2011, in Moscow to become the first issue activity to be held by the Russian Orthodox Church on this matter. On February 8, 2012, during the meeting of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with leaders of traditional confessions in Russia, I asked him to make the defence of Christians in the countries where they are subjected to persecution one of the major vectors in Russia’s foreign policy. ‘Have no doubt that it will be so’, the prime minister replied. I believe the political support and economic aid to these countries can be given only if they observe the rights and freedoms of Christians. I hope that our efforts will be supported by other states and the followers of all the traditional religions and will lead to concrete measures aimed to improve the situation of Christians. mospat.ru Другие публикации на портале: © 2007-2024 Портал Богослов.Ru. Издатель: БОГОСЛОВ.RU Адрес издателя: 141300 Московская область, город Сергиев Посад, территория Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. Все права защищены. Свидетельство о регистрации СМИ Эл ФС77-46659 от 22.09.2011 При копировании материалов с сайта ссылка обязательна в формате: Источник: Портал Богослов.Ru . Мнение редакции может не совпадать с мнением авторов публикаций. Редакция открыта к сотрудничеству и готова обсудить предложения. |
| Religious Factor in International Relations. The Metropolitan Hilarion " s lecture at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations/Православие.Ru Religious Factor in International Relations. The Metropolitan Hilarion " s lecture at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations SOURCE: Interfax Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) Being in the walls of the country " s leading diplomatic institute, I would like to share with you my thoughts about the place and role of the religious idea in Russian society, international relations and global processes. A hot, though not always sufficiently profound discussion, is being held on this subject. In our country, the debate is normally about the forms in which the Russian Orthodox Church, to which most of our compatriots belong one way or another, should be present in the life of the people. This discussion is also held in the educational sphere. The Church is criticized for allegedly seeking to impose the knowledge of religion on the younger generation beginning from school to university. In this dispute, there is a great deal of arguments which I will not cite now. But you as international workers to be are aware that religion plays an essential role not only on the national level but also in relations between states. Without the knowledge of this role it is impossible to speak of a valid education in the field of international relations. I dare suggest that even in the period of the toughest efforts made in ideologizing the education system in the Soviet time, the Institute of International Relations was the university whose faculty considered the religious factor in international relations not to be an object of application of Soviet ideological cliches but rather a subject to be seriously studied. Neither along practical or theoretical lines is it possible to speak of the development of inter-state relations in most of the regions in the world without the understanding and assessment of the role of religious ideas in forming the world outlook of peoples living in those regions. |
| Russian theatre cancels Jesus Christ Superstar after ‘blasphemy’ accusations A Siberian theatre triggered a storm today by cancelling a staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Jesus Christ Superstar after a pro-Kremlin nationalist group condemned it as blasphemy. The touring production by Saint Petersburg’s Rock Opera theatre was due to open November 1 in the Musical Theatre of the city of Omsk, but the organisers cancelled it this week following protests by conservative activists. In a report from Omsk, Regnum news agency wrote today that the scandal “has prompted a major public reaction”. It quoted art critic Vadim Klimov as saying: “Today you cannot say that Russia is a secular state.” An obscure group called Family, Love, Fatherland had appealed to regional authorities to stop the staging and applied to hold a demonstration, accusing the long-running musical of “non-stop blasphemy” and “mockery of faith”. The closure comes as relatively small numbers of nationalist activists with Orthodox beliefs are voicing their views more and more stridently, supported by some officials. Amnesty International called the cancellation of the show “the latest example of interference in Russian cultural life by nationalist ‘activists’.” The region’s culture ministry distanced itself from the decision to stop the show, with a spokesman saying the promoter cancelled the show “for some reasons of its own,” RIA Novosti state news agency reported. The Omsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church also denied any “interference” in the theatre’s repertoire. Last year a director and the head of another Siberian theatre in Novosibirsk went on trial for “desecrating religious symbols” over a staging of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser opera. The case was dropped, but the theatre’s head was sacked. Rossiya-24 state television reported the decision to close Lloyd Webber’s “legendary rock opera” was most likely taken by the theatre “fearing to repeat the fate” of the Tannhauser staging. The musical was first staged in Russia in 1990 during Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika reforms. Russia made offending religious believers a criminal offence after the Pussy Riot punk band performed a song slamming President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow church in 2012. — AFP Malay Mail Online 20 октября 2016 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также More and more Muslim volunteers from Western countries fighting on the side of Islamists in Syria More and more Muslim volunteers from Western countries fighting on the side of Islamists in Syria About 20% of 10,000 foreigners, who are fighting on the side of islamist militants in Syria, came there from Western countries, and their number in percentage terms is increasing. Islam is actively forcing out Christianity in the UK Islam is actively forcing out Christianity in the UK Analysis of results of the population census has shown that Islam may become the dominant religion in the country as early as in ten years. Over the last decade the number of British Muslims has doubled, and the name " Muhammad " has become the most popular name in London. Christians Leaving Mosul due to Ultimatum of the Militants Christians Leaving Mosul due to Ultimatum of the Militants Earlier the media reported that the ISIS militants introduced a tax for non-Muslims living on the territories that they had seized. Millions of People Became Victims of Religious Conflicts in 2013 Millions of People Became Victims of Religious Conflicts in 2013 “All over the world, people are becoming victims of discrimination, violence and aggression merely because they confess one or another faith,” the report reads. In West Asia, a faith under siege In West Asia, a faith under siege Recent political upheavals and extremist-backed violence in the West Asian region, particularly in Syria and Iraq in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, have further complicated and aggravated the situation for the already dwindling Arab Christian community. Archbishop of Mosul Weeps for Flock Archbishop of Mosul Weeps for Flock While explaining an annual tradition for the feastday of a local saint, the Archbishop wept with emotion: the feast had been kept uninterrupted for 1,500 years, despite many invasions, persecutions, and war, but this year the Syriac Christians were unable to gather in areas controlled by the Islamic State. Комментарии Linda Laine 28 ноября 2014, 04:00 " On this Tiny Planet which We the Peoole Call: Earth, traveling fast within Deep Space, Are Able to Learn Respectful Tolerance With/For ALL Mankind, We will End ALL LIFE on Earth, in the Name of Religion - by Hateful Revenge and Thoughtless Intolerance . SAD but very True ! One Concerned Believer . © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
| Photo: молитва-глас.рф Those who identify with a religious group and regularly attend worship services tend to be happier and more civically engaged than those who do not, a new Pew Research Center survey has found. A Pew Research Center report released Thursday on religion and well-being found that religious attendance — rather than religious affiliation — was consistently linked to higher levels of happiness than for those around the world who claim no faith. In the United States specifically, 36 percent of actively religious people said they were “very happy” compared to only 25 percent of “unaffiliated” or “inactive” churchgoers. Religious habits also make a major difference when it comes to the overall health of individuals, the study found. Among Americans who identify as Christian or another religious tradition and attend services at least once a month, 85 percent don’t smoke, compared to 74 percent of the religiously unaffiliated and 72 percent of those who attend services less often. Additionally, Pew researchers found that when it comes to measuring civic participation, people who are actively religious are also more likely to be active in voluntary and community groups. 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 |
| Tweet Нравится Moscow Kremlin launches tours to sites of lost monasteries Moscow, December 12, 2016 A new guided tour has appeared at the Moscow Kremlin for tourists from different countries. According to its organizers, it will be interesting for both students and adults. The new tour’s itinerary passes through the New Kremlin Public Garden where in the fourteenth century centers of religious life were established in Muscovite Rus’: the Chudov Monastery and the Ascension Convent. Then the residence of the Russian emperors appeared on that spot—the Small Nikolaevsky Palace, the press service of the Moscow Kremlin Museums reported. The architectural ensembles were destroyed in the Soviet era. However, the monasteries were immortalized in engravings, and the ancient designs. Their images are also present in paintings of that time. Archaeological excavations have helped to recreate the look of the ruined buildings. In particular, visitors will be able to see segments of the ruined buildings’ foundations. The guides’ narrative will be supplemented with video materials which recreate the architectural appearance of the Moscow Kremlin of past centuries. In October 2016 Press Secretary of the Russian Federation’s President Dmitry Peskov said that reconstruction of these monasteries on the site of the dismantled administrative building is still not on the agenda. Translated by Dmitry Lapa Pravoslavie.ru 13 декабря 2016 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Secrets of the Moscow Kremlin: What Was Hidden Centuries Ago? Secrets of the Moscow Kremlin: What Was Hidden Centuries Ago? After restoration work on the Moscow Kremlin’s historical appearance began, archeologists discovered long-hidden secrets in the Kremlin " s walls. Archeologists find parts of destroyed monasteries in Moscow Kremlin Archeologists find parts of destroyed monasteries in Moscow Kremlin The archeologists managed to find the Yekaterinskaya Church of the Voznesensky Monastery (1817), the monastery canteen joined to the Annunciation Church and the Alexeyevskaya Church of the Chudov Monastery (late 17th century). Online tours of the Kremlin cathedrals available Online tours of the Kremlin cathedrals available Online tours of the Kremlin cathedrals, the Church of Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Mother of God, and the " Ivan the Great " bell tower in Moscow have been launched on the internet. Комментарии © 1999-2016 Православие.Ru При перепечатке ссылка на Православие.Ru обязательна Контактная информация Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archimandrite John (Krestiankin) Also numbered among the ascetics of piety of the Pskov-Caves Monastery is Righteous Matthew of Isborsk. Isborsk is an ancient town not far from Pechory, with its later settlement, Maly, located nearby. Righteous Matthew was bed-ridden for forty-five years, and reposed in 1905, after bringing much spiritual help to those who came to him. The Pskov-Caves Monastery remains an important place of pilgrimage for the Orthodox faithful in Russia and the world over. Thousands have found there healing and transformation, good counsel and support, through the prayers of its saints and holy elders. 28 июня 2015 г. Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Mean Old Fr. Nathaniel Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) Mean Old Fr. Nathaniel Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) During those atheistic years, soviet workers who came to the monastery expected to find any sort of reactionary, sly money-grubber, ignorant and not quite human; what they did not expect was what they actually saw—slightly peculiar but very interesting, educated and clever, extraordinarily brave and inwardly free people who knew things that the guests had never even guessed. After but a few minutes it would be clear to them that they had never met anyone like these monks in their whole lives. About Archimandrite John Krestiankin Archpriest Mikhail Pravdoliubov About Archimandrite John Krestiankin Archpriest Mikhail Pravdoliubov On February 5, 2006, Russia " s beloved elder, Archimandrite John (Krestiankin), reposed in the Lord. The Pravdoliubov family, full of priests and even new martyrs, lived in Ryazan Province, where Fr. John served for many years as a priest in various parishes. This family has produced even more priests, one of whom serves in the Resurrection Church in Moscow, and has written his recollections of a life-long relationship with the wise spiritual instructor. Fr. Abbakum and the Pskov Religious Affairs Commissioner Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) Fr. Abbakum and the Pskov Religious Affairs Commissioner Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) That is just how it was. From early morning, at his post by the Holy Gates, Fr. Abbakum, demanded that every person entering the monastery read the Nicene-Constantinople Creed, composed by the fathers of the first and second Ecumenical Councils in the fourth century. His calculation was ingeniously simple: every church-going Orthodox person knows this text by heart. Комментарии © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
| Moscow Patriarchate to monitor violations of Orthodox Christians " rights in Europe/Православие.Ru Moscow Patriarchate to monitor violations of Orthodox Christians " rights in Europe Moscow, March 19, 2015 The Center for Monitoring Orthodox Christians " Rights and Liberties in Europe has launched a website with support from the Moscow Patriarchate " s representative office in the Council of Europe. The English-language website, Orthodoxrights.org, will carry information about violations of Orthodox Christians " rights and liberties in Europe, as well a special reports, according to the press service of the Russian Patriarchate " s representative office in the Council of Europe. It said numerous abuses of the rights of Orthodox Christians of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church were reported in 2014, which were documented in a special report on Ukraine for 2014, posted on the website. The results of the work to be done will be provided to the Council of Europe " s agencies and to the European public, which is expected to broaden and specify the agenda of the Orthodox churches " dialogue with European international organizations and to supply facts to be used in various public discussions, the posting says. " I think such work should have been started a long ago. I am not familiar with any other initiatives to regularly monitor the observance of Orthodox Christians " rights and liberties in Europe. At the same time, there are many projects to monitor religious freedom in Europe and in the world as a whole. But the situation with Orthodox Christians " rights is poorly covered in such reports, " Hegumen Philip (Ryabykh), the Russian Orthodox Church " s representative to the Council of Europe, said, according to the press service. Aggressiveness, discrimination and acts of violence against the Orthodox Christians in connection with their faith, have been growing in everyday life, he said. " This is coming not only from representatives of the state, but increasingly from political, religious and social groups, and from individuals engaged in extremist activities, " the priest said. |
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