| “God is testing our Christianity.” Helping the displaced and needy Svyatogorsk (Sviatohirsk, the Donetsk region of the Ukraine), July 14, 2014 470 refugees have taken shelter at the Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra. The youngest of them is a 1-week-old boy, the oldest, a 95-year-old woman. “The Holy Orthodox Church has always been like a loving mother for its people: reconciling the conflicting groups, giving consolation to those in sorrow, praying for peace and prosperity of our motherland, giving a helping hand to those in need, providing the naked with clothes, giving shelter to the homeless and those without means of subsistence, supporting by prayer and strengthening the weak-spirited and those who have given themselves up to despair, inspiring its spiritual children with hope in the all-powerful help of God,” reads the statement of Abbot of the Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra Archbishop Arseny with the brethren, refugees and pilgrims. “It is the same in our days: the Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra and, following its example, the whole town of Svyatogorsk have sheltered many refugees with a sincere desire to help their neighbors in trouble and sorrow. “With the town’s population of 4,000 residents, Svyatogorsk has already received about 25,000 refugees. Some families have lost all their possessions and do not even have daily necessities. 470 people are currently accommodated on the territory of the Svyatogorsk Lavra, with 201 children among them. The youngest refugee is 1 week old and the oldest one is 95. The people have gathered here in great number, hoping for the help of God and the Protection of the Mother of God—the Abbess of this holy place”. “Very many people have responded to their neighbous’ trouble and appeal for aid. The Lavra’s brethren, thanking God and the people, pray and hope that the good that benefactors have done their neighbors might be returned a hundredfold to their families, that the example of their lives should become seeds of goodness sown in the souls of their children and grandchildren, and that the Lord will cultivate these seed and bring forth good fruit for the consolation of their parents. “In these difficult times, when God is testing our Christianity and our right to be called a son or a daughter of the Holy Orthodox Church, we thank everybody and are calling upon everybody not to be indifferent, but to show examples of mercy and love towards their neighbors. We ask for your holy prayers for us sinners.” 15 июля 2014 г. Смотри также Комментарии wendy 21 июля 2014, 04:00 Please God, save these people, grant peace between nations. Amen. Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Metropolitan Jeremiah of Gortynos: “We should not rush to recognize the results of the Crete Council. We need a new discussion of the ‘Relationship of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World’ document” December 13, 2016 The hierarch of the Greek Orthodox Church has commented on the results of the Crete Council and criticized the document “Relationship of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World.” The main points of his statement are published here: 1. “The Crete Council should have clarified the situation (to protect believers from temptation) and should have publicly condemned the two main heresies of our times—papism and ecumenism.” 2. Instead, “the Crete Council not only did not condemn a single heresy, but rather called them ‘Churches.’” 3. “The Church possesses all the fullness of truth and cannot err. If it errs it ceases being the Church. In turn, heresy is delusion. 4. Therefore, using the expression “non-Orthodox Churches” we combine incompatible things: we confess that the Church can err, but heretics to be bearers of truth. It’s absurd.” 5. “The decision of whether to recognize the Crete Council will be jointly made by the whole hierarchy of the Greek Church.” 6. “The documents of the Crete Council can be amended by the next Holy and Great Council. They can be improved for the sake of achieving pan-Orthodox consensus, as the Antiochian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Georgian Churches did not participate in the work of the Crete Council. The usual practice for councils in the past was to hold several meetings over the course of many years, and then they were reckoned in Church consciousness as part of one council.” 7. “Expression of the Orthodox faith requires a precise and unambiguous formulation, full of deep theological meaning. Our Church has fought for accurate expressions of the dogmas of our faith. Today we need prayer and discernment. We must avoid hasty and reckless steps.” Translated by Jesse Dominick AgionOros.ru 14 декабря 2016 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Смотри также Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| 24 She published in 2007–2008 a series of articles on Slavonic translations of the Diataxis of Philotheos, ending up in a Ph.D. thesis entitled: The Diataxis of Philotheos Kokkinos in the Slavonic Manuscript Tradition of the 14–15 cc.: A Linguistic-Textological Analysis [original title in Russian: Панова С.И. Диатаксис патриарха Филофея Коккина в славянской книжной традиции XIV–XV bb.: лингво–текстологическое исследование], defended at the Moscow State University in 2009, which will be published soon. 26 Already in the publications of Krasnoseltzev and Syrku there are mentioned more than three Greek manuscripts of this Diataxis; in the Manuscript Listings for the Authored Works of the Palaeologan Period (R. Sinkewicz, W. M. Hayes, eds.: Toronto 1989) more than thirty manuscripts are listed, and anybody who has worked with the Greek manuscript Euchologia would expect that this number is not even a rough estimate. 27 In the course of time, though, the Cyprian’s rendition was also combined with the prayers of the Divine Liturgy itself. 30 Moreover, our fragment of the Diataxis absorbs the initial parts of the text of the Divine Liturgy itself – the prayer of the Prothesis etc., – and even the old heading of the eucharistic formulary (see in the edited Slavonic text below: this heading is inserted into the section on incensation). 31 The most extensive of these publications is a whole monograph dedicated to this question alone: S. Muretov, Concerning the Question of Commemoration of Angelic Powers During the Prothesis Rite [original title in Russian: Муретов С.Д. О поминовении Бесплотных сил на проскомидии], Moscow 1897. 32 According to Mansvetov, this was due to an influence of the deaconal petition from the rite of λιτ in the all-night vigil on the rite of Prothesis (Muretov, Concerning the Question... 97–114). 33 Editions: Mansvetov, Metropolitan Cyprian... i-v; Krasnoseltsev, Materials for a History... 6–16; S. Muretov, A Supplement for the Materials of the History of the Rite of the Liturgy [original title in Russian: Муретов С.Д. К материалам для истории чинопоследования Литургии], Sergiev Posad 1895, 17–24. |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: Dishonorable visit of Patriarch Bartholomew to Ukraine has demonstrated the fruits of his actions to the world 6 September 2021 year 16:39 Ат the end of August, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople visited Ukraine. He met with the state leaders, with the head of the schismatic OCU that he has recognized, and with representatives of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, ignoring the position of bishops, clergymen and laymen of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that unites the majority of the faithful in Ukraine. Also, he “took no notice” of the several thousand strong protest actions against his visit. On this background, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for Eternal Church Relations, cited the Hoy Scriptures: “anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit” (Jn 10:1-2). Speaking at ‘The Church and the World” TV programme, he underscored:”Patriarch Barthoomew has arrived in the country in which the majority of the faithful do not recognize him as their pastor. He had to come in the Verkhovna Rada in the literal sense through the back door as the faithful have gathered there protesting against his visit. This visit was made at the invitation of the state authorities and schismatics. The majority of the Orthodox has not only ignored his visit but has explicitly shown that Patriarch Bartholomew was not their pastor. Metropolitan Hilarion believes that “all this testifies to the mistake made by Patriarch Bartholomew in 2018 in which he still has no desire to repent.” “Now Patriarch Bartholomew, wishing to present his wishful thinking as the reality, comes to a group of scismatics and says: the real Church is here, and only some titular bishops are there. Patriarch Bartholomew acts as if there is no Church with over twelve thousand parishes, over two hundred and fifty monasteries, more than one hundred bishops and millions of believers. This is an absurd and dishonorable situation, about which only one person is guilty – Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.” Recalling the words from the Gospel, “You will know them by their fruits” (Mt 7:16), Metropolitan Hilarion emphasized; “This dishonorable visit of Patriarch Bartholomew to Ukraine has demonstrated the fruits of his actions to the whole world.” Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze For further information on the book THE LIVES OF THE GEORGIAN SAINTS by Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze contact St. Herman Press : St. Herman Press, P.O. Box 70, Platina, CA 96076 1 февраля 2008 г. Saints Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavra of Sivnia (4th century) Commemorated January 15/28 Saints Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavra of Sivnia (4th century) Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Saints Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavra of Sivnia were the helpers and closest companions of St. Nino, Enlightener of Georgia. St. Nino herself had converted them to the Christian Faith. The Lives of the Georgian Saints Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze The Lives of the Georgian Saints Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Since the time of the ancient Greek historians, Georgia has been viewed as an enigma hidden behind impenetrable mountains and a complex language. Little has been written about this small country and its saints. Now, Pravoslavie.Ru presents the entire collection of the Lives of the Georgian saints which has been translated for the first time into English. These lives encompass the seventeen hundred years of Orthodox Christianity in Georgia. The stories of ascetics and bishops, warriors and noblemen are intertwined with the tumultuous history of the Georgian land. Venerable Hieromonk Alexi (Shushania) (†1923) Commemorated January 18/31 Venerable Hieromonk Alexi (Shushania) (†1923) Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Saint Alexi (Shushania) was born September 23, 1852, in the village of Noqalaqevi, in the Senaki district of Samegrelo, to a pious Christian couple. His father died in 1868, after giving the sixteen-year-old future hieromonk1 his blessing to care for the family. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Elder Ephraim of Arizona: On Slander & Condemnation Elder Ephraim of Arizona Elder Ephraim of Arizona: On Slander & Condemnation Elder Ephraim of Arizona Slander is a great evil. Just as the little rudder steers the whole ship wherever it wants, likewise the tongue leads a person either to good or to evil. Abbot Ephraim calling upon Orthodox Christians to unite in the struggle against abortion Abbot Ephraim calling upon Orthodox Christians to unite in the struggle against abortion Orthodox Christians should more actively strive for a ban on abortions, believes Abbot of the Vatopedi Monastery on Holy Mount Athos, Archimandrite Ephraim. Saint Eprem the Great of Atsquri (9th century) Commemorated April 15/28 Saint Eprem the Great of Atsquri (9th century) Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Saint Eprem the Great of Atsquri — one of the most important figures in the Georgian Church of the 8th and 9th centuries — was a disciple and companion of St. Grigol of Khandzta. © 1999-2016 Православие.Ru |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk calls transformation of Hagia Sophia into mosque ‘a slap in the face of the entire Christianity’ 11 July 2020 year 13:36 The transformation of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque is ‘a slap in the face of the world Christianity’, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), stated to TASS Russian state news agency. ‘The internal political situation in Turkey and the factors that have prompted the Turkish leaders to make such a decision can be given different assessments. But the spiritual and cultural heritage of the whole world should not become a hostage to a current political situation. It is too bad that a political expediency has come out on top of the respect for other religious traditions. The transformation of Hagia Sophia into a mosque is the Turkish leaders’ slap in the face of the Orthodox Church and the whole world Christianity’, His Eminence said to the agency. Earlier, Turkey’s Council of State repealed the Turkish Government resolution to assign Hagia Sophia in Istanbul the status of museum. It was reported on Friday by the CNN Turk news channel. The Turkish President Tayyip Erdoan signed a decree that allows Muslims to pray at Hagia Sophia which now has the status of mosque. Metropolitan Hilarion noted that such a decision of the Turkish state leadership cannot but causes disappointment. ‘Hagia Sophia was built as a church dedicated to Jesus Christ, and we, Orthodox Christians, cannot see it in a different way. Since 1934 to this day, Hagia Sophia has had the status of museum, which gave both Christians and Muslims and people of other religions an opportunity to come to it without difficulty For Orthodox Christians Hagia Sophia is the same as for Catholics is the St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome. This church is a symbol and one of the greatest Christian shrines’, he added stressing that Christians cannot and will not see it otherwise. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive DECR chairman meets with Primate of the Armenian Catholic Church 10 January 2022 year 15:50 On January 10, 2022, DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with His Beatitude Raphael Berdos, Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia, who has come to Russia for the first time as Primate of the Armenian Catholic Church since he was elected to the Patriarchal see in September 2021. The meeting took place at the Department for the External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate. His Beatitude was accompanied by Protoarchimadrite Bedros (Yessaian), rector of the Armenian Catholic parish in Moscow, and Hegumen Narek (Mnoian), Patriarchal secretary. From the Russian Orthodox Churches, there were Hieromonk Stephen (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, and S. Alferov, staff member of the DECR. Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed the high guest on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. His Eminence pointed to the importance of cooperation between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Armenian Catholic Church, including in implementing humanitarian projects in Syria and Lebanon. On his part, His Beatitude thanked Metropolitan Hilarion for the hospitality, expressing gratitude to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and to the whole Russian Orthodox Church, as well as to the Russian State for their consistent efforts to support persecuted and distressed Christians in various regions of the world. The Primate of the Armenian Catholic Church gave a high value to the participation of the Moscow Patriarchate in helping to settle the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and to Russia’s support for the traditional Christian communities in the Middle East. “History shows that it is the Russian state that has given the most effective help to its persecuted brothers in faith, while all the rest have often contented themselves with empty promises, which remain on paper at best. We remember it and are sincerely grateful for all that you have done for us”, His Beatitude noted in particular. They also discussed other issues of mutual concern, including in the general context of Orthodox-Catholic cooperation. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 April 2024 year |
| Азбука веры Православная библиотека Orthodox books Contemporary Non-Orthodox Biblical Studies The Gospel of John Пожертвовать Вход Craig S. Keener The Gospel of John Источник 7:1-10:42. Tabernacles and Hanukkah Conflict Over the Healing of a Blind Man. 9:1-10:21 The Temple Discourse. 7:1–8:59 THIS SECTION, LIKE MUCH OF THE GOSPEL, refracts the themes of the rest of the Gospel in microcosm. 6302 As noted above, chs. 7 and 8 form a unity. They are framed by ν κρπτω and κρβη (7:4; 8:59), 6303 which provide a sort of Messianic Secret motif. 6304 Proposed rearrangements in John 7 tend to multiply rather than solve problems, 6305 and it is difficult to divide chs. 7 and 8 unless 7:53–8intervenes. Greek orators often delivered epideictic speeches at festivals, praising festivals and cities. 6306 Jesus» oration does relate to the festival (7:37–39) but is not epideictic. More relevantly, many teachers used the temple courts to instruct the people. 6307 The Synoptics report Jesus» temple discourse especially during the passion week; John may scatter Jesus» temple teaching throughout his Gospel 6308 because his whole Gospel is overshadowed with the Passion Narrative (hence the temple cleansing occurs in ch. 2). Then again, John may scatter the material simply because he has independent tradition of earlier visits to Jerusalem that did not fall within the purview of the Synoptics or their sources. Jesus Goes to the Feast (7:1–13) The setting for this narrative and what follows is the Feast of Tabernacles, one of the most sacred Jewish festivals (Josephus Ant. 8.100), associated with joyous celebration. 6309 Josephus reports that entire Jewish towns went up to Jerusalem for this festival (Josephus War 2.515). 6310 John employs the most frequent LXX title for the feast, literally the «feast of booth-making,» which the LXX translators may have chosen to avoid the ambiguity to which ορτ σκηνν «feast of booths,» could lend itself. 6311 Josephus calls it «the feast of the Jews» (7:2). Although «the feast» became a familiar shorthand designation for this particular festival, 6312 John employs the same generic term for Passover (2:23; 11:56; 12:12, 20; 13:29), apparently for the actual festival celebration in Jerusalem. |
| Through thy works, labors, prayers, and fasting thou hast found rest in the majestic and heavenly kingdom, O Holy Father Ioane. We beseech thee to intercede with Christ our God, that He have mercy on our souls! Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze For further information on the book THE LIVES OF THE GEORGIAN SAINTS by Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze contact St. Herman Press : St. Herman Press, P.O. Box 70, Platina, CA 96076 15 марта 2007 г. Saint Ioane (Chrysostom) the Catholicos (†1001) Commemorated March 3/16 Saint Ioane (Chrysostom) the Catholicos (†1001) Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Catholicos Basil III’s “Story of St. Shio’s Miracles” describes how the hitherto childless parents of St. Ioane prayed at length to St. Shio of Mgvime. After the birth of Ioane, his God-fearing parents sent him to be raised at Shio-Mgvime Monastery. There he acquired the sanctity and wisdom for which he would later be called “Chrysostom,” meaning “golden mouth” in Greek. By this name he has been known throughout the history of the Georgian Church. The Lives of the Georgian Saints Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze The Lives of the Georgian Saints Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Since the time of the ancient Greek historians, Georgia has been viewed as an enigma hidden behind impenetrable mountains and a complex language. Little has been written about this small country and its saints. Now, Pravoslavie.Ru presents the entire collection of the Lives of the Georgian saints which has been translated for the first time into English. These lives encompass the seventeen hundred years of Orthodox Christianity in Georgia. The stories of ascetics and bishops, warriors and noblemen are intertwined with the tumultuous history of the Georgian land. Holy King Demetre the Devoted (†1289) Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Holy King Demetre the Devoted (†1289) Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze The khan ordered his execution. Fully prepared to meet death, King Demetre prayed fervently, received the Holy Gifts, and gave up his soul to the Lord. Those present witnessed a divine miracle: the sun grew dark and an ominous gloom enshrouded the whole city. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: |
| Archive The Serbian Church re-affirms its position on church situation in Ukraine 31 May 2019 year 22:39 His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, has familiarized His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, with the position taken by the Serbian Orthodox Church on the Ukrainian church problems. Below is the full text of the official position formulated by the Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church at its session on May 14, 2019. With regard to the disputed and vitally important topic of an abnormal church situation in Ukraine that has developed after the well-known decisions and unilateral interference of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Sacred Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church officially and unanimously informs and presents to the general public that the position of our Church on this problem remains unchanged as to its previous official conciliar and synodal decisions, statements and appeals. Accordingly, the Serbian Orthodox Church does not recognize the newly formed pseudo-ecclesiastical structure in Ukraine, headed by citizens Denisenko and Dumenko, but stands in the liturgical and canonical communion only and exceptionally with the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church headed by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy. It implies that our Church is in communion with all the rest canonical Orthodox Churches. We repeat once again that our Sacred Bishops’ Council makes another appeal to all to solve and resolve the church problems in Ukraine canonically, in fraternal dialogue with the Russian Orthodox Church on the whole and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in particular after a conference on the pan-Orthodox level. We send the text of our decision concurrently to the Patriarch of Constantinople and to Your Holiness and after them will immediately send it to all the rest Primates of local Orthodox Churches and, in an appropriate form, to the public both ecclesial and secular. Your brother and concelebrant always faithful to Your Holiness in the love of Christ the Saviour. + IRENAUS, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci Chairman of the Holy Bishops’ Council Serbian Orthodox Church DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
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