| New Romanian saints to be officially proclaimed in May Moscow, April 24, 2017 Photo: Basilica.ro The Romanian Orthodox Church has announced that the official proclamation of four new saints will take place on May 14 at Putna Monastery in Suceava County. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church announced last year on June 6 that Metropolitan Jacob Putneanul of Moldova, and the Venerable Fathers Silas, Nathan, and Paisios of Sihstria Putnei Monastery were to be added to the calendar of the Romanian Church’s saints. Their canonization was earlier proposed by the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rduiits and approved by a session of the Synod of Moldova and Bukovina on May 20 at Neam Monastery. Metropolitan Jacob (1719-1778) was the most distinguished bishop and pastor of the Moldovan Church of the eighteenth century. In 1731 he entered into the monastic ranks at Putna Monastery, being elected abbot in 1744. He served as Bishop of Radauti from 1745 to 1750, and of Moldova from 1750 to 1760, during which time he labored tirelessly to increase the spiritual level of his flock, printing spiritual literature for all ages and establishing spiritual schools. In 1760 he retired again into monastic simplicity for the remaining eighteen years of his life The holy fathers of Sihstria lived in the eighteenth century and labored at Sihstria Putnei during a time of great spiritual flowering. Burning with love for God and silent prayerful contemplation, St. Silas served as abbot from 1753 to 1781 and oversaw the founding of the Church of the Annunciation; St. Nathan served from 1781 to 1784 during a time when many monasteries of the region were being abolished; and St. Paisios, a spiritual child of St. Nathan, labored as a fervent defender of Orthodoxy and clairvoyant guide for countless souls, falling asleep on December 16, 1784. Their fragrant relics were discovered in 1990 during restoration work at Sihstriei Putna, two hundred years after the monastery had been abolished. Until today they prayerfully protect the inhabitants and pilgrims of their monastery through the grace of their relics, and have long been considered saints of God. 24 апреля 2017 г. Рейтинг: 2 Голосов: 1 Оценка: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 скрыть способы оплаты скрыть способы оплаты Смотри также Комментарии Anthony 26 апреля 2017, 08:51 And Elder Cleopas, why has he not yet been added. Do we know? Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Новые материалы Выбор читателей Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Kalvesmaki offers individual instruction every Tuesday at Trinity House Café and occasionally offers weekend workshops for beginners. Matthew Sheffield travels from Berryville to Leesburg every week for his class with Kalvesmaki. Sheffield became interested in Eastern Christianity and iconography after reading “The Way of a Pilgrim,” a well-known anonymous 19th century works recounting the journey of a Russian religious pilgrim. Sheffield searched for iconography classes but was unable to find any close to home—until an internet search led him to a weekend workshop Kalvesmaki had scheduled at Trinity House Café last March. Sheffield is working on an icon of Saint Euphrosynos the Cook, a 9th century monk whose image is a common fixture in Orthodox Christian kitchens. He’s improving as a craftsman, he says, and also finds the practice spiritually uplifting. “I look forward to it every week,” Sheffield said. “It’s completely enriched my own prayer life.” Loudoun Now 9 декабря 2016 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Iconography classes draw non-Orthodox in search of spiritual images Iconography classes draw non-Orthodox in search of spiritual images “There is nothing wrong with a non-Orthodox person wanting to learn iconography for their own spiritual discipline,” said the Rev. Aristidis Garinis, an iconographer and a priest serving at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in Flushing, N.Y. The Act of Veneration Fr. Stephen Freeman The Act of Veneration Fr. Stephen Freeman No spiritual activity permeates Orthodoxy as much as veneration. For the non-Orthodox, veneration is often mistaken for worship. We kiss icons; sing hymns to saints; cry out “Most Holy Theotokos, save us!” And all of this scandalizes the non-Orthodox who think we have fallen into some backwater of paganized Christianity. The Icon of the Kingdom The Icon of the Kingdom Since we do it every year‚ it became so engrained in our fiber that we rarely stop to ponder about what does it really mean to us. It is important to know‚ after all‚ what we celebrate; otherwise it makes no sense to go on with a party that we know nothing about. Комментарии Pavlos 9 декабря 2016, 19:00 Wonderful article. It " s great that people from all walks of life are interested in the sacred art of iconography. Let us remember, however, that the Orthodox Church teaches that a true icon can only be written by an Orthodox Christian. Teaching non-Orthodox to write icons goes against our Tradition. Teach them to become Orthodox Christians first, then if God calls them, teach them iconography. © 1999-2016 Православие.Ru |
| Saints Barsanuphius the Great and John, Instructions in the Spiritual Life (Saint Petersburg, 1905), 373:253–254. Truly, the striving for the so-called “fullness of this life,” to pleasure, is unthinkable without complete social and political freedom. The maximum fullness of rights and freedoms is a necessary condition for a materialistic paradise. However, this axiom of materialism is utopian. Kant well said about this, “In fact, we find that the more an enlightened reason gives itself over to thoughts of pleasures of life and happiness, the further the person is from true satisfaction” (I. Kant, Works [Moscow, 1965], 4:230). Epictetus, for example, wrote, “He who is free in body but not free in soul is a slave; and likewise, he who is bound bodily but free spiritually is free” ( Roman Stoics [Moscow, 1995], 252). Hieromonk Damascene, Not of This World (Forestville, Calif.: Fr. Seraphim Rose Foundation, 1993), 997. P. Kalinovsky, Passing Over (Moscow, 1991), 15. Not of This World, 880. Aum Shinrikyo, now known as Aleph, is a sect founded by Shoko Asahara in 1984. In 1995 members of the group carried out a gas attack in a Tokyo subway, killing 12 people and injuring many more. The sect has international chapters, including ones in Russia and the Ukraine, where one disciple brutally murdered his parents after hearing “a voice from above” instructing him to do so. — Trans. See, for example, Pillar of the Orthodox Church (Petrograd, 1915), 402. [Let the reader note, that Orthodoxy was the religion of the overwhelming majority in Russia at the time; in fact it was the nation’s religious identity and the source of the Russian people’s highest values. From a purely sociological point of view, heterodox literature undermined this identity, sowed confusion, and its legalization was therefore catastrophic. — Trans.] In February 1917, when there was a Local Council of clergy and laity (Поместный Собор), he wrote, “The resolution of March 31, 1905, accepted by the Holy Synod on the calling of the Council: ‘I consider it impossible to do such a great work during the times we are experiencing.… I consider that when a more favorable time comes … to call a Council of the Russian Church.’ Year after year passed by … the situation in the Orthodox Church became unbearable. Ecclesiastical life became more and more disrupted.… Formerly persecuted religious communities received freedom. In the ancient Orthodox city of Moscow schismatics and Baptists hold their meetings unhindered. While for the Orthodox Church, the favorable time had not yet come.… The relationship of the ruling dynasty toward the Orthodox Church is an historical example of unfavorableness.… The Petersburg period of Russian history is ending in horrible shamefulness and serious calamity for its entire people.” Cited from The Church and Society, 4(1998): 60. See also 3:57. |
| “Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Not Need a Search for the Truth”/Православие.Ru “Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Not Need a Search for the Truth” Interview with Artem Grigoryan, a former long-standing member of Jehovah " s Witnesses Priest George Maximov In association with the Russian SPAS (Savior) TV channel, Pravoslavie.Ru has begun publi shing a series of remarkable stories about our contemporaries who embraced the true faith after following various false teachings . Priest George Maximov: Hello. You are watching My Path to God . This program is about people whose path to Orthodoxy was challenging and who, in order to become Orthodox, had to change their lives drastically, give up many things and re-consider their ways. We will talk to our guests about things that motivate such people and give them strength. Today our guest is Artem Valeryevich Grigoryan, a specialist on sectarianism from St. Petersburg. Prior to conversion to Orthodoxy, he was a long-standing member of the organization that is often considered one of the most dangerous among contemporary sects. Artem Valeryevich, could you please tell us how it all started? Were you raised in a family of believers? Artem Grigoryan Artem Grigoryan: The search for some kind of supreme truth started fairly early for me and you can say that I was raised in a family that was always interested in something spiritual. Surely, everybody remembers the breakup of the Soviet Union, the time when many ideas and values came crashing down. That time, early 1990-ies, is characterized by mass interest in various spiritual practices, as people tried to find answers to urgent questions about their lives and set things straight. Being inquisitive, my parents were also into various eastern practices, such as Krishnaism, Roerichism and some mystic meditative practices. These were very popular at the time. However, despite such interests, my parents, as people raised in our culture, still considered themselves to be Orthodox Christians and occasionally we would go to church, pray and light candles. Of course, this can " t be called conscientious spiritual life, but my childhood memories were always associated with some kind of soul searching, which is probably fairly unusual for children. For example, I clearly remember that when I was 6 years old, there was an accident and I was run over by a KAMAZ truck, but miraculously survived. This tragedy intensified the spiritual quest for our family. I remember that when I was in a cast with weights attached, I thought about God, the meaning of life and the causes of suffering, and discussed these issues with my parents. |
| Pravoslavie.ru 25 ноября 2016 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Main cause of abortions is loss of genuine meaning of life, priest believes Main cause of abortions is loss of genuine meaning of life, priest believes Fr. Alexei has noted that over fifty percent of families at the Holy Trinity parish where he serves have many children. “For the majority of them it was a tough decision to have three-five children. However, when a person overcomes his fear and begins to trust God wholeheartedly, he becomes convinced that his decision was not in vain. And such families find genuine joy,” the priest explained. Russian stars sign petition to ban abortion Russian stars sign petition to ban abortion “I have seen how this act years later has crippled their lives. All of them—I have yet to meet an exception—have regretted it,” said Korchevnikov. On the Protection of Unborn Children: Statement of the Interreligious Council of Russia On the Protection of Unborn Children: Statement of the Interreligious Council of Russia We are convinced that the life of a human being begins from the moment of conception, which is consistent with the views of both our religious traditions and modern science. Those who deny an unborn child the right to live go against God, conscience and moral laws. The destruction of a helpless life hidden in the mother’s womb is a heavy sin. No consideration of one’s own comfort, gain or false fears can justify the sin of infanticide, which will inevitably lead to negative physiological, moral and spiritual consequences for all the participants in this crime. Комментарии Chester 25 ноября 2016, 19:00 Russia has outlawed homosexual propaganda, and GMO foods - what is taking so long to outlaw abortion? This is something I would think would have been done 10 years ago. © 1999-2016 Православие.Ru При перепечатке ссылка на Православие.Ru обязательна Контактная информация Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| All fine goals can be arrived at in honest ways. And if that is impossible, then the goal is bad.” Archpriest Andrei Ovchinnikov Translation by Dmitry Lapa Pravoslavie.ru 22 мая 2017 г. Рейтинг: 8.6 Голосов: 17 Оценка: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Citation source: Citation source: http://orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/wonderful.aspx Ibid. Ibid Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. 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 Man’s Spiritual Nature. Orthodox Spirituality, Part 2 Fr. Alexey Young Man’s Spiritual Nature. Orthodox Spirituality, Part 2 Fr. Alexey Young " St. Theophan the Recluse teaches that a highly active imagination can bring psychological abnormalities, but the spiritually alert have almost no imagination because they are experiencing the reality of God. Thus the saints appear emotionless in icons. They can look at us directly because they can look at sin without judging. " A sharp dressed man Fr. John Moses A sharp dressed man Fr. John Moses You’ve heard it said that “clothes make the man.” If that is true then I am an unmade man. Excuse Me, You Are Not Rational Fr. Stephen Freeman Excuse Me, You Are Not Rational Fr. Stephen Freeman Among the most noble words ever applied to human life, its meaning has been changed and placed in service of the greatest reduction our humanity has ever faced. It is time to take back our rationality. Комментарии Anthony 22 мая 2017, 21:17 Could have just summed up this article when describing the purpose of life in one word - Repentance. |
| Valaam Monastery Celebrates Twenty-seventh Anniversary of Revival of Monastic Life On December 13, 2016, the feast-day of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called, the Stavropegic Valaam Monastery of the Transfiguration celebrated the twenty-seventh anniversary of the rebirth of monastic life on Valaam. In 1989, the first six monks arrived to restore Valaam Monastery. These were Hieromonks Barsanuphius (Kapralov), Gerontius (Fedorenko), Photius (Begal), Hierodeacon Seraphim (Gordeyev), and novices Leonid Makarov and Vadim Erlikh. With the coming of the first monks, spiritual life began anew on the island, and services were resumed at the Church of Venerable Sergius and Herman of Valaam, the Wonder-workers. “More than a quarter-century—that is a whole generation,” noted Bishop Pankraty of Troitsk, Abbot of Valaam Monastery. “Now I am happy to see the same pilgrims who visited the monastery nearly thirty years ago and were baptized and entered into the Orthodox Church. I see their children too: now they are adults and many of them have their own families. And now we are baptizing their children. This really gladdens us! Today the second generation of Christian families who found the true faith owing to Valaam Monastery is growing up. “For centuries, the brethren of Valaam Monastery has preserved a tradition according to which the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called stopped here, on Valaam, during his travels through the vast expanse of the future Holy Rus’. In memory of this monastery’s tradition, the great builder of Valaam Monastery, Abbot Damascene, in the mid-nineteenth century built a chapel in honor of Apostle Andrew the First-Called and a memorial cross here. Later, when this site was visited by the prominent Russian merchant and benefactor Innocent (later Schema-Monk Innocent) Mikhailovich Sibiryakov (1860-1901) shortly before his move to the St. Andrew’s Skete on Holy Mount Athos, his heart was filled with the desire to build a Church in honor of Apostle Andrew the First-Called. Thanks to his contribution a fine church was constructed here. “Valaam was predestined by God to be a place of solitary monastic prayer, a place of ascetic labors—and we should always keep this in mind. We mustn’t grow slack but endure all the temporary hardships and temptations, all the sorrows which are inevitable on the monastic path for the sake of the promise of Christ, Who said, H e that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved (Mt. 24:13) and Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven (Mt. 5:12).” 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 Deciding to Enter into Marriage Archpriest Pavel Gumerov Deciding to Enter into Marriage The Grammar of Family Life, Part 1 Archpriest Pavel Gumerov The first conversation in the cycle is devoted to problems that young men and women ask themselves as they consider marriage: what is the purpose of marriage from the point of view of a Christian, how to choose a partner in life, whether to blindly succumb to the feeling of infatuation, whether they should necessarily get married, and whether marriage with the heterodox and others is possible for an Orthodox Christian. A Sunday Walk Through Murom: The Town of Saints Peter and Fevronia Johanna Hansson A Sunday Walk Through Murom: The Town of Saints Peter and Fevronia Johanna Hansson The ancient Russian town of Murom, founded in 862, can undoubtedly be ranked among the pearls of the Vladimir region. It is the home-town of the brave knight Ilya Muromets, the hero of Russian medieval folk poems, and of saints Peter and Fevronia, the holy noble couple who are revered as patron saints of marriage and family. The Holy Royal Martyrs in the Light of History and God’s Providence The Holy Royal Martyrs in the Light of History and God’s Providence His knowledge of his fate was truly prophetic. “I have more than a presentiment, – he used to say, – that I am doomed to terrible trials, and that I will not be rewarded for them in this world.” Beginning with Russia’s defeat in the Russo-Japanese war, which was followed by the revolution of 1905-1907, which diminished the Tsar " s power and freed the forces of anarchy and outright evil, the foundations of Russian sovereignty tottered more and more. Marriage: The Great Sacrament Archimandrite Aimilianos Marriage: The Great Sacrament A Sermon delivered in the Church of St. Nicholas, Trikala, Greece, 17 January, 1971 Archimandrite Aimilianos Nobody would dispute that the most important day in a person " s life, after his birth and baptism, is that of his marriage. It is no surprise, then, that the aim of contemporary worldly and institutional upheavals is precisely to crush the most honorable and sacred mystery of marriage. For many people, marriage is an opportunity for pleasures and amusements. Life, however, is a serious affair. It is a spiritual struggle, a progression toward a goal—heaven. Комментарии © 1999-2016 Православие.Ru |
| 190 A. B. Simpson, The Gospel of Healing (Harrisburg, Pa.: Christian Publications, 1915), 142143. 191 John G. Lake, «Incarnation», John G. Lake; His Life, His Sermons, His Boldness of Faith (Fort Worth: Kenneth Copeland Ministries, 1995), 199. 194 R. A. Torrey, How to Obtain Fullness of Power in Christian Life and Service (New York: Revell, 1897), 12, цит. по Simmons, E. W. Kenyon, 86. 195 John G. Lake, John G. Lake Sermons on Dominion over Demons, Disease, and Death, ed. Gordon Lindsay (Dallas: Christ for the Nations, 1949), 22. 196 John G. Lake, Spiritual Hunger, the God-men and Other Sermons by John G. Lake, ed. Gordon Lindsay (reprint, Dallas: Christ for the Nations, 1976), цит. по Leonard Lovett «Positive Confession Theology», Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, 719. 198 A. J. Gordon, цит. по Kenyon, The Father and His Family, 146; цит. по Simmons, E. W. Kenyon, 132 n. 148. 222 Frederick K. C. Price, программа «Ever Increasing Faith», TBN, 16 ноября 1990 г., цит. по Hanegraaff, Christianity in Crisis, 271:346, 384; ср. 286. 224 Lilian B. Yeomans, Healing from Heaven (Springfield, Mo.: Gospel Publishing House, 1926), 22ff., цит. по Hollenweger, Pentecostals, 35:358. 226 Lake, John G. Lake Sermons, 131. Ср. «Have Christians a Right to Pray ‘If It Be Thy Will’ Concerning Sickness?» John G. Lake: His Life, His Sermons, 173181. 233 John G. Lake, «Lake’s Reply to Dr. Elwood Bulgin» (1920), John G. Lake: His Life, His Sermons, 160:163164. Это лишь несколько примеров того, как Лейк в этом письме отзывался о Христианской науке и родственных ей культах. 235 Charles Fox Parham, Kol Kare Bomidbar: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Baxter Springs, Kans.: Joplin Printing Co., 1944), 26, цит. по Anderson, Vision, 8788. 239 Hank Hanegraaff, Counterfeit Revival (Dallas: Word, 1997), 2628:3839:9394:165166:170174. 243 МакКоннелл бегло останавливается на значении пробуждений «Позднего дождя» для богословия Хейгина; см. McConnell, Different Gospel, 69. 245 См. Vinson Synan, In the Latter Days: The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the Twentieth Century (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Servant, 1984), 57. |
| St. Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra Commemorated on March 31 Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra, was bishop of the city of Gangra in Paphlagonia (Asia Minor). In the year 325 he participated in the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea, at which the heresy of Arius was anathematized. When Saint Hypatius was returning in 326 from Constantinople to Gangra, followers of the schismatics Novatus and Felicissimus fell upon him in a desolate place. The heretics ran him through with swords and spears, and threw him into a swamp. Like the Protomartyr Stephen, Saint Hypatius prayed for his murderers. An Arian woman struck the saint on the head with a stone, killing him. The murderers hid his body in a cave, where a Christian who kept straw there found his body. Recognizing the bishop’s body, he hastened to the city to report this, and the inhabitants of Gangra piously buried their beloved archpastor. After his death, the relics of Saint Hypatius were famous for numerous miracles, particularly for casting out demons and for healing the sick. From of old the hieromartyr Hypatius was particularly venerated in the Russian land. Thus in the year 1330 the Ipatiev monastery was built at Kostroma, on the place where the Mother of God appeared with the Pre-eternal Christ Child, the Apostle Philip, and the hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra. This monastery later occupied a significant place in the spiritual and social life of the nation, particularly during the Time of Troubles. The ancient copies of the Life of the hieromartyr Hypatius were widely distributed in Russian literature, and one of these was incorporated into THE READING MENAION of Metropolitan Macarius (1542-1564). In this Life there is an account of the appearance of the Savior to Saint Hypatius on the eve of the martyr’s death. The entry for the saint’s Feast consists of his Life, some prayers, and words of praise and instruction. The pious veneration of Saint Hypatius was also expressed in Russian liturgical compositions. During the nineteenth century a new service was written for the hieromartyr Hypatius, distinct from the services written by Saint Joseph the Studite, contained in the March MENAION. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
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