| Debate renewed on acceptability of crucifixes in public places in Germany and Austria Vienna, May 22, 2014 Ahead of elections to the European Parliament a question of the possibility of displaying religious symbols in public places was once again raised among German and Austrian politicians. During the TV debates, the top candidate from the Social Democratic Party Martin Schulz said that the public sphere should be “neutral” and there was no space for religious symbols there. Opponents from Christian Social Union and Christian Democratic Union have sharply criticized his statement, thus raising one of the issues of self-determination of the European Union—the Christian Cross. Schulz sees “a risk of conservative movement backwards” in Europe and is calling to struggle with it. Secretary General of Christian Social Union Andreas Scheuer has described as “a serious mistake” Schulz’s call for “neutralization” of public places and his idea that “the Christian cross may pose a threat to religious tolerance in Europe.” “By his statements, Schulz has demonstrated his true idea of Europe without roots and coordinates, a Europe of intellectual lawlessness and bureaucratic intervention,” said Scheuer. Austrian politicians have supported the position of Christian Social Union members. The candidate from the Social Democratic Party Eugen Freund, and from the Austrian People " s party Othmar Karas have called to “clearly distance oneself from Schulz’s statements”. The Austrian Green and the NEOS (the New Austria) parties consider that decisions regarding the presence of crosses in public places should be made by agreement with those who spend most of their time there: if this is a school, then it should be done with involvement of teachers, students, and parents. Schulz himself in the end said that his statements were wrongly interpreted. He believes that decisions on the presence of religious symbols in public space must be made nationally and regionally. 24 мая 2014 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Vladimir Legoida: “Inviolability of sacred sites in the Ukraine is the only hope for peace” Moscow, August 8, 2014 Chairman of the Synodal Information Department of the Russian Orthodox Church Vladimir Legoida has regarded the cases of damage and destruction of churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which took place in Lugansk and Horlivka in recent days, as breaking the hope for peace. “The Synodal Information Department has already issued a statement in connection with the killing of Orthodox clergymen and a threat to religious peace in the Ukraine, in which, among other things, it called for the prevention of this civil conflict in the country from assuming a religious dimension as well,” reminded Legoida. “But nevertheless, churches in the south-east of the Ukraine are still being targeted by non-selective weapons. For last two days alone, two Orthodox churches have been damaged by artillery fire,” he added. “One of them, the Church of the “Tender Feeling” Icon of the Mother of God in central Lugansk (whose foundation stone was laid by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in 2011), has been seriously damaged; the other one, the five-domed wooden Annunciation Church in Horlivka of the Donetsk region, has even been burned to the ground,” chairman of the Synodal Information Department added. “A Protestant church in the Kuibyshiv district of Donetsk has probably been damaged by a mortar explosion as well,” noted V. Legoida. The church representative has recalled that in antiquity, in medieval times and in modern times churches, monasteries, almshouses as well as other sacred buildings and sites were given by law the status of refuge (sanctuary), and the authority to provide shelter to anyone who seeks protection in the house of God. “Unfortunately, in this environment of fratricidal confrontation in the Ukraine, neither church walls nor ecclesiastical rank can protect people from violence,” resumed Legoida. “The Church is once again calling not to sacrifice to hatred the inviolability of sacred buildings and clergy” he stressed. “The sacred space of churches and monasteries must be protected from any encroachments. In the terrible circumstances of the civil confrontation this is especially significant, since it gives hope for peace,” concluded the Synodal Information Department’s chairman. The Synodal Information Department 15 августа 2014 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| 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 30 марта 2007 г. Venerable Father Pimen, Fool-for-Christ and Enlightener of Dagestan, and His Companion Anton Meskhi, the Censurer of Kings (13th century) Archpriest Zachariah Machitadze Venerable Father Pimen, Fool-for-Christ and Enlightener of Dagestan, and His Companion Anton Meskhi, the Censurer of Kings (13th century) Commemorated March 16/29 Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Saint Pimen the Fool-for-Christ and Anton Meskhi (of Meskheti, in southern Georgia) lived in the 13th century, when the Mongols were regularly invading Georgia. The entire country, and the Church in particular, languished under the yoke of Mongol oppression. The Georgian people were once again faced with a terrible choice: to preserve their temporal flesh or attain spiritual salvation. Most would not yield to the temptation of the enemy and chose instead to die as martyrs for Christ. 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 Ioane of Manglisi (†1751) Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Venerable Ioane of Manglisi (†1751) Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze Saint Ioane (Saakadze) of Manglisi was born in 1668 and spiritually nurtured in the Davit-Gareji Wilderness. Outstanding in virtue, Ioane was quickly ordained a hieromonk, and soon after consecrated bishop of Manglisi. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: |
| The Chamber Choir of Saint Tikhon’s Monastery is composed of some of the finest solo and ensemble singers from the New York area and across North America. Among those appearing with the ensemble during this concert will be Portland-based baritone John Michael Boyer, known internationally for his work with Cappella Romana; and mezzo-soprano Tynan Davis, whose voice may be heard in Grammy award-winning ensembles Conspirare and Roomful of Teeth and who recently appeared in the cast of the North American Tour of Phantom of the Opera . The choir will also be joined once again by renowned American basso profundo Glenn Miller, a veteran of numerous recordings and concert stages, including Robert Shaw’s seminal recording of Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (1990), Conspirare’s Grammy award-winning Sacred Spirit of Russia (2014), and Clarion Choir’s recent Grammy-nominated Passion Week (2016). Memorial gifts and concert sponsorships are welcome, and the names and photographs of departed loved ones will be featured during the performance, as well as commemorated during the weekend’s Divine Liturgies. Please contact Seraphim Danckaert, Director of Mission Advancement, at seraphim.danckaert@stots.edu for more information or to make a memorial gift in honor of loved ones to be remembered during the concert. The Orthodox Church in America 14 марта 2017 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также What is Art? Archpriest Andrew Phillips What is Art? Archpriest Andrew Phillips We can define art in its broadest sense by its etymology: art means something artificial, that is, manmade. However, anyone can see that there are great differences between manmade things, as manmade things fit into different levels. Thus, there is a great difference between a spade and an antique vase, or a 1960s block of flats and a palace, a Picasso and a Rembrandt, or heavy rock music and a Strauss waltz. All are manmade, but the former examples reflect a lack of inspiration as compared to the latter. |
| " It " s God " s will! Don " t be sad. It " s all for the better. You yourself will see and understand, " the elder said to me affectionately. How difficult it was at first to live again in Moscow. It was hard precisely because I would wake up at night and understand that the amazing monastery, incomparable to anything else in the world, with people like Fr. Seraphim, Fr. John, Fr. Nathaniel, Fr. Melchizedek, and Fr. Alexander, was hundreds of miles away; and I am here in this Moscow, where there is nothing like it at all! The monastery would have " banya " day once a week, when the Russian-style steam bath would be stoked. Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) 31 августа 2010 г. ... Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также “The Main Thing Occurring in the Country Today is the Choice of its Path.” Interview with Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) “The Main Thing Occurring in the Country Today is the Choice of its Path.” Interview with Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) No recent documentary film can boast of such a response among Russian viewers as the film by Archimandrite Tikhon, The Fall of an Empire—The Lesson of Byzantium. Some learned much that they did not know before, and drew conclusions from the history of Byzantium for their own lives. Some cast doubt upon Fr. Tikhon’s right to “teach” from the screen. But nearly no one who watched the “Lesson...” yawned and looked off to the side. 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. Orthodox Priest Killed in Pskov Orthodox Priest Killed in Pskov Investigators have opened a criminal case into the fatal stabbing of a well-known Orthodox Christian priest after his body was discovered in the northwestern city of Pskov. Комментарии Войдите через FaceBook ВКонтакте Яндекс Mail.Ru Google или введите свои данные: © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
| Thanks to his keen intellect, phenomenal memory, energy, and tact, the good relations essential for the normalization of the complex situation of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission were established and the influx of pilgrims began once more. Abbess Tamara That same year, Schema-abbess Antonia again withdrew into retirement and was replaced by Abbess Tamara, the daughter of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich Romanov (the poet " K. R. " ). She governed the convent until 1975. During her tenure of office, the centennial of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem was celebrated in 1958, in the presence of a representative of King Hussein of Jordan. With her flock, she survived a terrible bombardment during the six-day war in 1967, during which the nun Eulalia, the convent doorkeeper, was killed. Abbess Tamara reposed on the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, 15/28 August 1979. In 1968, after the retirement of Archimandrite Demetrius, Archimandrite Anthony (Grabbe) was appointed chief of the Mission, a post he held until 1985. From 1975 to 1984, the Convent of the Mount of Olives was governed peacefully by Abbess Theodosia. Another, less extensive restoration of the Church of the Ascension was undertaken between 1977 and 1978, during which the wall frescoes were restored by the 80-year-old nun Thaisia, with the help of other sisters. In 1984, after the repose of Abbess Barbara of the Gethsemane Convent, Abbess Theodosia was transferred to Gethsemane. She was succeeded by her prioress, Parasceva. At the present time, forty-three nuns live in the convent. Services are celebrated daily in the Church of the Ascension, with two choirs chanting antiphonally on Sundays and major feasts. This, in brief, is the history of this immense labor, which has been accomplished by the Russian faithful on the Mount of Olives. Eternal memory be to its founders, Archimandrite Antonin and Abbot Parthenius! From Святой Елеонъ, The Mount of Olives Convent 1886–1986, (Jerusalem: Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, 1986), 129–138. Posted on OrthoChristian.com with permission. Nun Taisia (Ostrikova), Nun Marina (Chertkova), Vladimir Dauvaldier Abbess Parasceva was succeeded by Abbess Juliana. Currently heading the convent is Abbess Moisseia, whose deputy is Mother Raphaela. The sisterhood is multi-national, including Russians, Palestinians, Romanians, and Estonians. 7 июня 2011 г. скрыть способы оплаты скрыть способы оплаты Комментарии Виктор 7 декабря 2011, 12:55 Есть те, кто нуждается в помощи. Есть те, кто готов помочь. И есть те, кто закрывают глаза на все. www.vfonde.ru - сайт благотворительного фонда. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| That “amusement park” mentality is used to sell us everything from tires to toothpaste. But in reality, sex can’t be separated from the rest of existence. It always occurs in a complete embodied life, one humming with ceaseless spiritual and emotional activity. In this windstorm of messages, two significant truths are being suppressed: that the underlying urge is still to reproduce; and that sex requires a lot of vulnerability, so the most desired quality in a partner is trust. Since we can’t understand sex in the instinctive, body-deep ways our ancestors did, it’s natural that we won’t understand sex differences. We don’t see any more how savory and good these differences are. While you could sort humans in many ways–by height or shoe size or age–the all-time favorite is by sex. We just get a kick out of gender differences, even though most of the human body plan is shared by men and women alike. It’s the distinctives that we highlight: women’s clothes suggest an hourglass figure no matter what shape the lady inside, while men’s jackets are enhanced by brawny padded shoulders. After a birth the first thing we want to know is “Boy or girl?,” and lumpy, indistinguishable newborns are stuffed into baseball costumes or palest pink. We pass along gender-based jokes, because these clumsy stereotypes point toward something that fascinates and delights us. The difference between the sexes is the most cheerful and exhilarating thing we know: it’s where babies come from. The difference between the sexes is how we partner with God in ongoing creation of the universe; the difference between the sexes creates life. If we can’t understand the difference between male and female, we sure can’t understand what previous generations knew about the value of an all-male priesthood. I can only hope that some future generation will regain the peace and clarity we’ve lost, and be able once again recognize and enunciate this mystery. Federica.com Frederica Matthewes-Green 10 августа 2012 г. |
| On the ninth to the fortieth day the soul passes through the tollhouses, after which the time comes for the personal judgment. After the judgment the soul is sent to the place where it will abide until the Second Coming of Christ. Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose), who always viewed modernists and neo-Protestants with skepticism, noted a brochure by the evangelist Billy Graham. Fr. Seraphim wrote, “Thus, the Protestant Evangelist Billy Graham writes in his book on angels: “At the moment of death the spirit departs from the body and moves through the atmosphere. But the Scripture teaches us that the devil lurks there. He is ‘the prince of the power of the air’ (Eph. 2:2). If the eyes of our understanding were opened, one would probably see the air filled with demons, the enemies of Christ. If satan could hinder the angel of Daniel for three weeks on his mission to earth, we can imagine the opposition a Christian may encounter at death…. The moment of death is satan’s final opportunity to attack the true believer; but God has sent His angels to guard us at that time.” (Billy Graham, Angels, God’s Secret Messengers, Doubleday, New York, 1975, pp. 150–51.) It is remarkable that using only the Bible, a Protestant author came to such a discovery. This once again proves not only the patristic, but also the biblical origin of the teaching on the aerial tollhouses. Archpriest Oleg Stenyayev Translation by Nun Cornelia (Rees) 19 сентября 2016 г. Fr. Seraphim (Rose), who was well acquainted with the system of Orthodox education in the U.S. and Western Europe, wrote: “Perhaps no aspect of Orthodox eschatology has been so misunderstood as this phenomenon of the aerial toll-houses. Many graduates of today’s modernist Orthodox seminaries are inclined to dismiss the whole phenomenon as some kind of " later addition " to Orthodox teaching, or as some kind of " imaginary " realm without foundation in Scriptural or Patristic texts or in spiritual reality. Such students are the victims of a rationalistic education which is lacking in a refined awareness of the different levels of reality which are often described in Orthodox texts, as well as of the different levels of meaning often present in Scriptural and Patristic writings. The modern rationalistic over-emphasis on the " literal " meaning of texts and a " realistic " or this-worldly understanding of the events described in Scripture and in Lives of Saints—have tended to obscure or even blot out entirely the spiritual meanings and spiritual experiences which are often primary in Orthodox sources. Therefore, Bishop Ignatius—who on the one hand was a " sophisticated " modern intellectual, and on the other a new and simple child of the Church—can well serve as a bridge on which today’s Orthodox intellectuals might find their way back to the true tradition of Orthodoxy” ( The Soul After Death , 2nd ed. [Platina: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1995], 16). |
| Natalia 6 марта 2015, 19:02 first, thank you for your translation of Common Saints. It reached some people, who otherwise had wrong ideas about orthodoxy. Second, you diagnosed the illness and offered a remedy. I went to a soviet school and did not missed an opportunity to learn and know and gain good taste for literature. Your worry must be brought to the attention of Ministers of Culture and Education to start a process of catharsis. Once again thank you for your beautiful Russian. I have a technical reason to respond in English Татиана 6 марта 2015, 18:08 После вашей статьи хочется заплакать, нет рыдать! Что же делать, доколе, неужели это правда? Такое просто невозможно! Это все эмоции до боли в сердце. Не ведают, что творят. Судя по фото много знакомых лиц актеров и актрис, которые так мелочно продают свой талант за тридцать серебреников. Господи спаси нас! Ольга 6 марта 2015, 18:07 Абсолютно согласна в автором. В наше время нужно очень внимательно подходить к выбору театральных постановок. Что за театр, кто постановщик, состав актеров, какие отзывы и т.д. И даже имя театра и режиссера уже ни о чём не говорят. Не хочется здесь упоминать уж очень именитых наших режиссеров , также в очень именитых театрах, где неожиданно видишь такую пошлость и мерзость, что и не понятно действительно это происходит здесь, в этом театре. Особенно неловко, когда рядом сын подросток или пожилая мама. Мы простые обыватели надеемся, что у наших критиков, театралов и вообще людей искусства, стоящих так сказать у руля хватит смелости не мычать как в пьесе " Носорог " в одну дуду пошлости, а хоть немного забыть о доходах своих, а подумать о людях и исскустве, которому они взялись служить. Дионисий 6 марта 2015, 17:53 Джулиан, какой же вы молодчина! Так чувствовать русскую классику не каждый русский может. Скажите, пожалуйста, это перевод с английского или сам Джулиан так знает язык? Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Christianity Created the Conditions for the Birth of Science Christianity created the necessary conditions for the birth of science. Scientific astronomy is possible only under the condition that the stars cease being gods. Laws describing the fall of a stone to the ground must be applied to the movement of the stars. In order to decide upon this without being punished (like the ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras), it was necessary that society and the dominant religion agree to see “rocks” in the stars, and not the souls (or bodies or eyes) of the gods. Scientific astronomy appears when the movement of the stars is not described in the language of psychology, but rather in the language of mathematics, that is, in a language unacquainted with the passions of envy, jealousy, and love. Only the religion of the Logos become Flesh could have allowed the language of mathematics (the language of ideal numbers and shapes) to describe the processes occurring in the physical world (where there is nothing ideal). In the Renaissance, magic, alchemy, and occultism once again burst into the realm of high culture and became considered acceptable ways of understanding the world. In response, the Western Church, awakened by the slap of the Reformation, replied with “witch hunts,” the Inquisition, and the endorsement of a mechanistic view of the world. The scientific world-view was supported by the Church, which was in dire need of an ally in the battle against the common enemy of occultism. The scientific revolution took place in Western Europe at the turn of the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. Not in the age of atheism (the eighteenth century), nor in the age of the neglect of religious issues (the fifteenth), nor in the age of religious stability (the thirteenth), but rather science was born in the age of the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, in the age of the great rise of religious tension in the life of Christian Europe. The Lesson of Eschatological Ethics To the extent that Christianity has been repressed from societal, cultural, and university life, the old shadows have begun to thicken once again. It again has become fashionable to merge all religions into one, involving Christians in pagan games. Most alarming of all is that discussions about religious pluralism and tolerance are once again being spoken with such steely vocal intonations that Christians have begun to feel themselves on the verge of new persecutions. |
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