| Patriarch Kirill says pilgrimage development from Russia to help Greece to cope with crisis Athens, June 4, 2013 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said he urged to develop religious tourism in the Russian-Greek relations. " Pilgrimage is not seasonal tourism, not people going to the seaside, so they can come at any time. If pilgrimage is successfully enhanced, then this will have spiritual meaning, will bring us closer, will strengthen relations between the Churches more and will contribute to the economy of your country, " the patriarch said at a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Athens. The patriarch said that it was currently important for Greece to develop the spheres, which would bring income quickly and that the Russian Church attached great importance to the religious tourism and pilgrimage development. Patriarch Kirill said that Russia had also survived a crisis " having gone through utter collapse of the economic and political systems when the Soviet Union fell. " " But of course, in the past ten to twelve years, especially after President Putin came to power, a lot has changed in Russia and now we live in an utterly different country. So we have a very clear understanding of the mood and the feelings the Greek people currently experience having found themselves in economic trouble, " the patriarch said. Patriarch Kirill said that Greeks were a heroic nation, " a nation which preserved itself throughout thousands of years and which is a carrier of the highest antic and Christian culture. " " Such nations do not disappear, they can fight. I would like to assure you that the Russian Church and Russian people are together with you in this fight of the Greek people for their future, " the patriarch said. Samaras said he thanked the Russian Church for the financial support it gave to Greece during the crisis. The Greek prime minister said that he believed in the power of the Greek people, who were spiritually strong and who would overcome the difficulties they were experiencing. Interfax 7 июня 2013 г. ... Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary: " We must exert every effort for maintenance of peace in the country " Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary: " We must exert every effort for maintenance of peace in the country " On January 21, 2014, on Grushevsky Street in the center of Kiev, where the confrontation between participants of the rally and the law-enforcement agencies has taken place for two days, several monks of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church stopped the power actions of the sides and called for reconciliation. The chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary has commented upon this situation. Havoc unleashed: Footage shows Ukrainian rioters brutally assaulting police Havoc unleashed: Footage shows Ukrainian rioters brutally assaulting police Disturbing footage from Ukraine shows violence spiraling out of control during anti-government protests, with rioters attacking and capturing policemen standing their ground. The Interior Ministry has hinted at a tough response if the unrest continues. Men in Black Dimitry Sokolov-Mitrich Men in Black Dimitry Sokolov-Mitrich The “Chaotic Pendulum” is a very funny thing. When you throw it off balance it flounders comically in space like a mad geometrical cripple, or a supremacist construction. It’s an enchanting sight, like the gaze of a boa constrictor. Kiev Caves Lavra praying for repose of the deceased and reconciliation of opposing parties Kiev Caves Lavra praying for repose of the deceased and reconciliation of opposing parties February 20 was announced a day of national mourning in the Ukraine for with the human victims, resulting from the mass disorders in the country. Patriarchate of Georgia makes a statement in connection with the events in the Ukraine Patriarchate of Georgia makes a statement in connection with the events in the Ukraine The Patriarchate of Georgia has spread a special statement in connection with the confrontation of the opposition and the authorities in the Ukraine. Ukraine - Another Perspective Ukraine - Another Perspective As we continue to follow the news in Ukraine, Ancient Faith Radio is committed to bring you a balanced perspective on the events and implications for the Orthodox Church. Today, Kevin Allen is speaking with Ukrainian expert and Orthodox Christian Mr James Jatras. Mr Jatras is a former US diplomat, US Senate staffer, and a member of the American Institute of Ukraine Комментарии © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
| Sand animation film in honor of Chernobyl released (+ VIDEO) Moscow, April 27, 2017 A new sand animation has been released on the website of artist Ksenia Simonova in memory of the victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The short story concerns a family and a mother and a daughter, and is meant to remind us of the thousands of people affected by the explosion. Other sand animations from Simonova are dedicated to St. Ksenia of St. Petersburg, St. Luke of Simferopol, and Royal Martyr Nicholas II, among many others. “My hometown of Evpatoria has always been closely linked with the memory of Chernobyl,” the artist writes. “Children suffering from the Chernobyl accident came to our children’s health center for rehabilitation. We opened the Wormwood Star Museum a few years ago. My generation well knows what I’m talking about; it’s not necessary to explain. I would like our children to know and remember, and grow up with the idea that the world must avoid such terrible catastrophes, to save the planet…” The title “Wormwood Star” refers to the opening of the seventh seal in Revelation chapter 8, when many men die by drinking water turned bitter: And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter (vv. 10-11). The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident which occurred on April 26, 1986 in the No.4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The destruction had an explosive character, the reactor was completely destroyed, and radioactive substances were released into the surrounding environment. The accident is the largest of its kind in the history of nuclear energy. Memory eternal… 27 апреля 2017 г. скрыть способы оплаты скрыть способы оплаты Смотри также Комментарии Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| The Garrison Cathedral was built between 1856 and 1879 according to the design by the outstanding Russian architect, one of the founders of so called " Russian " or " Byzantine " style, David Grimm (1823-1898). Grimm designed many other projects in St Petersburg, Tbilisi, Sevastopol, Livadia, Zhitomir and other cities of the Russian Empire, as well as in Copenhagen, Geneva, Nice and Bethlehem. The Brest Garrison Cathedral was one of the largest buildings of this type. Interestingly, it was precisely in this Cathedral that Emperor Alexander III celebrated his namesday in August 1886. Almost all the members of the Imperial Family were present, including the heir—the future Emperor Nicholas II, and the court. The future Kaiser, Wilhelm II, then heir to the German throne, also visited Brest as a distinguished guest. After nearly 30 years, having come to power, World War I was unleashed, but in front of the photographers in Brest Nicholas II was dressed in a Prussian officer " s full-dress uniform, and Wilhelm in a Russian one. After the First World War, when Brest was occupied by Poland, the Orthodox Church was converted into a Catholic Church. In 1939, after the arrival of the Red Army, the Church was used as a Red Army club. On June 22, 1941, during the heroic defence of the fortress against the Germans, the building changed hands several times. The Cathedral was seriously damaged but not destroyed. After the war it long stood unrestored, but was included in the memorial complex called, " The Fortress of the Heroic City of Brest " , which saved it from demolition. In 1994 the Church was returned to the faithful and its gradual restoration began; the golden dome began to shine over the Cathedral again and the peal of bells returned. Interior work continues to this day, even though services are celebrated regularly. Pravoslavie.ru 4 апреля 2013 г. ... Предыдущий Следующий Комментарии Войдите через FaceBook ВКонтакте Яндекс Mail.Ru Google или введите свои данные: © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
| Tweet Нравится Unknown manuscript of Elder Nikodim of Karoulia found on Mt. Athos Moscow, March 2, 2017 Photo: Facebook.com A previously unknown manuscript of beloved twentieth-century Athonite elder Nikodim of Karoulia has been discovered on Mt. Athos, reports director of the International Institute of the Athonite Legacy in Ukraine and editor of the anthology The Athonite Legacy Sergei Shumilo on his Facebook page . Photo: Facebook.com The document, entitled “The Voice of Russian Monks from Athos to the Suffering Russian People Living in the Fatherland and Scattered Throughout the Whole World,” is dated to 1966. Shumilo notes that he consulted with other scholars of the twentieth century Russian emigration, and they were previously unaware of such a document. The next step is to prepare it for publication, according to the Ukrainian scholar. As Shumilo writes, Elder Nikodom of Karoulia was highly respected and a practitioner of the unceasing Jesus Prayer. Athonite monks of various nationalities came to him for advice, in addition to secular activists, writers, and generals, particularly from the Russian emigration. The elder absolutely rejected the Bolshevik Revolution and Soviet Power. Karoulia is the harshest region of Mt. Athos, on its southwestern tip, where hermits live in small huts on the vertical faces of huge rocks rising from the rough sea. Elder Nikodim reposed in one such cave on February 28, 1984 at 100 years old. Eyewitnesses say that for seventy-seven years he took absolutely no food during Great Lent. Photo: Facebook.com 2 марта 2017 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Mount Athos. Procession with the Iveron Icon Mount Athos. Procession with the Iveron Icon Photogallery One of the greatest sacred shrines of the Christian world is the miracle-working Iveron icon of the Mother of God, located in the Iverson Monastery on Mount Athos. Twice a year the monks make a solemn cross procession with this icon. Very rare manuscripts from Mt. Athos presented at exhibition in St. Petersburg Very rare manuscripts from Mt. Athos presented at exhibition in St. Petersburg An exhibition of very rare tenth-eighteenth century notated manuscripts from Holy Mount Athos opened on October 11 at the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. American Getty Museum to return 12th century Byzantine New Testament manuscript to Athos American Getty Museum to return 12th century Byzantine New Testament manuscript to Athos The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has announced that it will return the 12th century New Testament manuscript with invaluable miniatures depicting scenes from the Gospel stories to the Athonite Dionysiou Monastery. Комментарии © 1999-2016 Православие.Ru |
| Istanbul Rums pondering before Turkey " s general elections/Православие.Ru Istanbul Rums pondering before Turkey " s general elections Halki Theological Seminary Some additional professional commitments during the last few weeks brought me closer to the small Greek Orthodox community of the Rums (Anatolian Greeks) of Istanbul. As this coincided more or less with this year’s Orthodox Easter celebrations, I was able to be with them at the most important date of their religious calendar. This year, that event fell just a few weeks before the crucial general elections in Turkey on June 12. There are several religious and social occasions where one can meet the few thousand Rums who remain today in Istanbul. Their historical churches spread all over the city and the Princes’ Islands were busy preparing their flocks with daily masses for the apex of the Greek Orthodox faith, Easter Sunday, occurring this year on April 24. The physical center of Orthodoxy, the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Fener, was the busiest of all holy locations, not only carrying out the ancient duties of the Holy Passion but also hosting a number of important religious and secular dignitaries who paid visits to its headquarters and attended mass in the Patriarchal Church of St. George. But it was not the religious aspect of this year’s celebrations that caught my attention most, although Orthodox Easter has never ceased to move me deeply since my childhood. It was the interesting conversations I managed to have with Istanbul Rums on the margins of several social events that accompanied this year’s religious festivities. These showed me that a few weeks before Turks decide whether or not they want a Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government for the third time, an ancient minority group like the Rums is as split as the country they belong to. Istanbul Rums have in general benefited from the AKP’s rise to power in 2002. The selection of the European Union as a national target by the present government created strong hopes among the Rums that their rights could be safeguarded within the framework of the EU acquis. These hopes were much enhanced when Turkey was declared officially a candidate member in 2004 and, even further, when formal accession negotiations started with the EU one year later. Hopes multiplied yet further when one of their major demands from the Turkish state was accepted and after 2007 they were able to hold elections for new councils of their self-governed community foundations. |
| Разделы портала «Азбука веры» Saint Patrick’s Breastplate Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ at my right, Christ at my left, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks to me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me. The Lorica (St. Patricks Breastplate) I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ’s birth with His baptism, Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial, Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension, Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom. I arise today Through the strength of the love of cherubim, In the obedience of angels, In the service of archangels, In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward, In the prayers of patriarchs, In the predictions of prophets, In the preaching of apostles, In the faith of confessors, In the innocence of holy virgins, In the deeds of righteous men. I arise today, through The strength of heaven, The light of the sun, The radiance of the moon, The splendor of fire, The speed of lightning, The swiftness of wind, The depth of the sea, The stability of the earth, The firmness of rock. I arise today, through God’s strength to pilot me, God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look before me, God’s ear to hear me, God’s word to speak for me, God’s hand to guard me, God’s shield to protect me, God’s host to save me From snares of devils, From temptation of vices, From everyone who shall wish me ill, afar and near. I summon today All these powers between me and those evils, Against every cruel and merciless power that may oppose my body and soul, Against incantations of false prophets, Against black laws of pagandom, Against false laws of heretics, |
| Kievan Rus’ is best known by its literature-which centered on Scripture (q.v.). Ironically, no complete manuscript of the Slavic Bible exists from this period. (See Constantine-Cyril; Gennadievskii Bible; Methodius.) Nonetheless, the popular power of liturgy and the personal piety (qq.v.) of the people of Kievan Rus’ dictated that spiritual writings were of the utmost importance. Religious writings were called sacred and divine insofar as they were not heretical. The idea of distinguishing between the inspired Holy Scriptures, the Church Fathers (q.v.), and the apocrypha (i.e., non-Biblical rather than “deuterocanonical”) did not exist. Indeed, the apocrypha was especially liked because of its fabulous content, which appealed to the imagination and was entertaining. Since the Old Testament enjoyed limited liturgical use, only the prescribed church readings were collected into one liturgical book (q.v.), rendering a complete Old Testament unnecessary. Other available biblical books for church and private use circulated in smaller collected editions. The Book of Psalms was the most popular one, outpacing even the Gospels, and was used not only as the “prayerbook of the Church” but also as the chief reading primer. After the psalter and individual Gospels came the prophets and wisdom literature, especially Sirach. The Palaea, a “Reader’s Digest version” of the “historical books” of the Old Testament dressed up with apocryphal legends, completed the list. While reading was a virtue of the elite, and liturgy appealed to both elite and peasant, Holy Scripture and apocryphal works were rivaled in popularity only by translations of the lives of saints, followed by sermons (see Kirill of Turov) and patristic exegeses. Thus, three of the largest and most popular literary corpuses of Kievan Rus’ had Scripture as their centerpiece. (See Russian Orthodox Church.) Читать далее Источник: The A to Z of the Orthodox Church/Michael Prokurat, Alexander Golitzin, Michael D. Peterson - Scarecrow Press, 2010. - 462 p. ISBN 1461664039 |
| ... Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также A Copt beheaded by islamists in Egypt A Copt beheaded by islamists in Egypt Issues of security have worsened in the Sinai region after the overthrow of the regime of the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak early in 2011. Egypt Minya: schools, churches and orphanages burnt to erase all traces of a Christian presence - Asia News Egypt Minya: schools, churches and orphanages burnt to erase all traces of a Christian presence - Asia News With at least 20 attacks against churches, Christian schools and orphanages, Minya Governorate is the part of Egypt where Islamists struck with greatest violence and brutality. Fr. Samir: Real democracy for Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamist project has failed Fr. Samir: Real democracy for Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamist project has failed The Egyptian people, Muslims and Christians, alongside the army, have rejected the Brotherhood for failing to improve the economy and for its obsession with power and the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate. The Muslim Brotherhood is despised by all, but admired by the West. Incomprehensible positions taken by Barack Obama and the European Union. First priority, Presidential elections, to be held soon. What the US Can Do to Help Christians in Egypt and Syria An interview with Robert P. George, new chairman of US International Freedom Commission What the US Can Do to Help Christians in Egypt and Syria An interview with Robert P. George, new chairman of US International Freedom Commission The situation in Egypt and the equally horrific situation in Syria illustrate the general plight of Christians in the Middle East. These are very ancient Christian communities, going back nearly to the foundations of Christianity, in many cases. Yet, over a number of years now we’ve seen the erosion of these communities, to the point where one begins to become concerned that before too long there will be no Christian communities left in the Middle East. The Christian community in Iraq was devastated as a result of the Iraq war. Many, many Iraqi Christians fled. In many cases, they fled to Syria, of all places, and now what do we see? They’re now having to flee from Syria. Canada concerned by persistent violence against coptic orthodox christians in Egypt Canada concerned by persistent violence against coptic orthodox christians in Egypt Andrew Bennett, Canada " s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, issued the statement. Комментарии Войдите через FaceBook ВКонтакте Яндекс Mail.Ru Google или введите свои данные: © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
| Tweet Нравится Bulgaria " s National Museum of History, Boyana Church Saw 280,000 Visitors in 2015 Source: Archaeology in Bulgaria January 13, 2016 Bulgaria’s National Museum of History is housed in a former government residence of Bulgarian communist dictator Todor Zhivkov (in power 1954/6-1989) in the Boyana Quarter in Sofia’s suburbs. Photo: Svik, Wikipedia Bulgaria’s National Museum of History in Sofia and the several archaeological, cultural, and historical monuments that it manages saw almost 278,949 visitors in 2015, the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture has announced. The figure reflects the total number of visitors to the National Museum of History located in Sofia’s Boyana Quarter; the medieval Boyana Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its 13thcentury (Pre-)Renaissance frescoes and murals; the 11th century Zemen Monastery located in the town of Zemen west of Sofia, which known for its unique architecture and murals; the church in the town of Dobarsko in Southwest Bulgaria built in 1614, and known for its frescoes painted by artists from the Dobasko School of art. The Boyana Church “St. Nicholas and St. Pantaleon " located in Sofia’s Boyana Quarter, not far from the building of the National Museum of History, retains its position as the most popular branch of the Museum. In 2015, it had almost 50,000 visitors, about 75% of whom were international tourists. (Learn more about the (Pre-)Renaissance Boyana Church in the Background Infonotes below.). The medieval Boyana Church on the outskirts of Sofia is known for its (Pre-)Renaissance art deserving the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo: “Свети места” svetimesta.com The 11th century monastery St. John the Theologian in Bulgaria’s Zemen. Photo: Bollweevil, Wikipedia The second most visited branch of the Museum in 2015 was the “St. Theodore Tiron (also known as St. Theodore of Amasea) and St. Theodore Stratelates " Church in the town of Dobarsko, Razlog Municipality, in Southwest Bulgaria. It welcomed a total of 35,045 visitors last year. |
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