| Historic Recordings of Fr. Schmemann, Fr. Meyendorff, and Others Now Available from St. Vladimir’s Seminary Source: OCA Photo: OCA “So many brilliant and renowned theologians and teachers have graced the campus of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary [SVOTS] over its 80-year history,” said Subdeacon Alexander [Pradeep] Hatcher, SVOTS Director of Institutional and Advancement. “We are so pleased that now you can literally hear their voices in lectures and talks that had been in danger of being lost or forgotten.” Hundreds of old analog recordings of Father Alexander Schmemann, Father John Meyendorff, Father Thomas Hopko, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, Sophie Koulomzin, Jaroslav Pelikan, and many, many others are now available—for the first time—in digital, online format you can listen to anywhere, anytime for free.” Cosponsored by SVOTS with assistance from the Virginia H. Farah Foundation , the recordings may be accessed by creating a free account . “It is our dream to share with the world the voices of illustrious Orthodox Christian speakers and theologians who shed light on important aspects, historical moments, and even spiritual movements of the Orthodox Christian Church in the 20th century, especially in North America,” explained Archpriest Chad Hatfield, SVOTS President. The quality of some recordings preserved on this site is not ideal due to the condition of source tapes as well as conditions and equipment used at the time of those recordings. “As Orthodox Christianity is timeless, so too is the wisdom and insight of its saints and teachers, continued Subdeacon Alexander. “No matter what year it is or how long ago the digi.svots website was launched, what’s not to get excited about knowing that these precious recordings are available for the next generation and beyond?” Code for blog Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. |
| Leader of Russia’s major Protestant Church calls the day when homosexual “marriages” were legalized the most shameful in Christian history of the USA Source: Interfax-religion Moscow, June 29, Interfax - Head of the Russian Pentecostals, which is the biggest Protestant community in the country, is negative about legalization of homosexual " marriages " in the USA. “On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court declared that homosexual couples have a constitutional right to get married in any state of the country. Perhaps, it is the darkest and the most shameful date in the Christian history of the USA,” Ryakhovsky said in his statement conveyed to Interfax-Religion on Monday. The bishop reminds that not long ago there were 14 states where adherents of traditional Christian values were standing for the Biblical attitude to the family. From now on, to fulfill the court decision Churches are obliged to register homosexual “marriages”. “We witness the restoration of ‘Sodom.’ The things which the Church has always called sinful and awful are imposed on society,” Ryakhovsky writes stressing that “homosexuality does not combine with Christianity,” and the Bible directly says it. The bishop also pays attention that for long years of the cold war many Evangelical Christians considered the USA ‘the promised land,’ where everything is arranged in a Christian way. “What a dramatical change! Russia that has recently been considered a stronghold of atheist Communist ideology, ‘the Empire of Evil’ as Ronald Reagan put it, now leads the opposition to active promotion of vice and depravity”. Ryakhovsky confesses that he is “thankful to the Lord for our country, where the Church can preach Gospels and call a sin ‘sin,’ where ordinary family is a father, a mother and their children, not partner one and partner two.” “So it is our turn to pray for America the same as Americans once prayed for wakening the USSR. It is time to try our faith. It is another reason for all healthy forces in our society to join efforts in protecting traditional values, in protecting family as a foundation of our society. We can simply call the things recently happened in the USA political Sodom and obscurantism,” the spiritual leader resumed. |
| Orthodox Christian presence at Birmingham CCT conference April 16, 2013 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon; Archpriest John Jillions, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America; and Protodeacon Sergei Kapral were among the US religious leaders who gathered here on Monday, April 15, 2013 to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail . Sponsored by Christian Churches Together [CCT], the gathering challenged participants to consider the current state of race relations and social justice in the United States. Representatives of other Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches were also in attendance. [See here for background information.] “The conference took place at Saint Paul Methodist Church, which had been a staging ground for civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s and the center for training in non-violence,” said Father John. “The church next door—16th Street Baptist Church—was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1965, killing four girls and wounding many others.” Metropolitan Tikhon, Father John and Protodeacon Sergei led conference participants in singing “Memory Eternal” for the girls who were murdered on that day, for Dr. King, and for all who lost their lives in the civil rights movement. Prayers were also offered in Kelly Ingram Park, where violence against civil rights demonstrators, including hundreds of children, took place in 1963. Among the veteran civil rights activists who addressed the participants were Dr. Dorothy Cotton and Dr. Virgil Wood. Participants signed CCT’s response to Dr. King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail , which was given to Dr. Bernice King—Dr. King’s youngest child, born 19 days before he was jailed in Birmingham—who spoke movingly about her parents and the ongoing work to promote non-violent social change. The Orthodox section of the CCT response reads as follows. “As the Orthodox Christian family of Christian Churches Together, we repent before God our habitual focus on ethnic and cultural identities and our failure to advance our ancient tradition of concern for the poor and the oppressed. |
| Photography courtesy of the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Tokyo The Romanian parish priest of Tokyo announced a thought of the Romanian Orthodox community in Japan about the International Orthodox Centre “St. Andrew” at Kitakaruizawa: “Perhaps, if it would be God’s will, this centre will become the headquarters of a small monastic community, the first one in Japan,” Father Daniel Corîu said. “The idea of St. Andrew’s International Orthodox Centre started from the desire to spend time together in nature and fresh air. The retreats we do every year in the mountains have planted in our minds and hearts the desire to have such a place of our own, where we can go not just once a year whenever we want,” Father Daniel Corîu explained on the new website of the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Tokyo. In August 2021, the community purchased an approximately 1,000-square-meter woodland at the foot of Mount Asama in the Kitakaruizawa area. “We were able to draw up a sketch of a complex of about 400 sqm. This complex includes a large dining hall, common areas, a chapel and ten bedrooms,” parish priest Daniel Corîu noted. “From the idea of using it only for our retreat, we thought that perhaps, if it were God’s will, this centre would become the headquarters of a small monastic community, the first one in Japan. In this way, St Andrew’s International Orthodox Centre aims to become both a centre for physical and spiritual recreation.” For this purpose, an online fundraiser has been launched. The Romanian community in Tokyo has also bought a piece of land in Minami-Alps in Yamanashi Prefecture, where it will establish an Orthodox cemetery for Orthodox believers of any nationality residing in Japan. The Romanian parish in Tokyo was established 12 years ago. The church of the Tokyo Parish was consecrated on November 3, 2020, and is dedicated to Saint George the Trophy-bearer. The parish has in its patrimony particles of the relics of Saints George, Catherine, Nectarios, Porphyrios and Philothea. |
| Bishop Mark Maymon - recently installed as the new Bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania for the Orthodox Church in America - is a convert to Orthodox Christianity. So is Father Victor Gorodenchuk, dean of St. Stephen Orthodox Cathedral in Bustleton, the region's central Orthodox Christian church, where Bishop Mark was enthroned in May. Converts becoming Orthodox Christian leaders is not unusual, the bishop told the Daily News . Former Catholics, like himself, as well as former Episcopalians and Evangelical Christians have flocked to the Orthodox Church in America for decades, he said, attracted by its religious rites that have remained unchanged for 2,000 years. Except for conducting services in English as a nod to modern times, the church hasn't ventured from its first-century roots. People find this comforting, Bishop Mark said. " Some churches' roots are not deep, so people pass through those churches like water through a pipe, " he said. " People drift from church to church. Some may come to feel that the church they are attending is not the church they grew up with, that somehow the rug's been pulled out from under them. " But the Orthodox Church today is much the same as it was during earliest Christian times, Bishop Mark said. " Our roots are deep, " he said. " There have been few attempts at reforming anything. We are concerned with doctrinal correctness, not political correctness. We keep things intact, stable. " And, he said, the Orthodox Church in America has expanded beyond its traditional base of Russians, Greeks and other ethnic groups. Father Victor, dean of St. Stephen Orthodox Cathedral on Verree Road near Bloomfield Avenue, where Bishop Mark was installed, said there is a heavy presence of Russian-speaking people who attend services. They offer a service in Russian at 8:30 a.m. on Sundays, followed by one in English at 10 a.m. " So many people who are not ethnically Russian enjoy the depth of spirituality from ancient centuries that the Russian church has preserved, " Father Victor said. |
| Five young adults representing the Orthodox Church in America are among the forty-plus participants from around the world attending the international Orthodox youth festival, “Attaining Conciliarity,” at the Monastery of the Annunciation’s Academy here during the last week of August 2015. In the Warsaw Seminary chapel are [from left] Victor Lutes, Janine Alpaugh, John Shimchick, and Joseph Green. Sponsored by Syndesmos, the World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth and hosted by the Orthodox Church of Poland , the gathering marks the first time since 1998 that youth from the OCA are participating in such an event. In early 2015, each OCA diocese had been asked to select a young adult to participate in the festival. Representing the Archdiocese of Washington is Victor Lutes, while Janine Alpaugh, William Kopcha and Joseph Green are representing the Dioceses of New York and New Jersey, New England and the South respectively. Also representing the Diocese of New York and New Jersey is John Shimchick, who had visited the Church in Poland several years ago. Archpriest Dr. Chad Hatfield, Chancellor of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, Yonkers, NY, is the keynote festival speaker. His topic is “The Conciliar Model of the OCA: The Dream of Saint Tikhon.” Also slated to address the gathering is Archpriest Vladimir Misijuk of Bialystok, Poland, who will speak on “Attaining Conciliarity: The Task of our Daily Life.” Father Vladimir is an alumnus of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary and former Syndesmos General Secretary. “Since its establishment in Paris, France in 1953 as a way to connect Orthodox youth and young adults the world over, Syndesmos has worked closely with youth in North America, Western Europe and the traditional ‘Orthodox homelands,’” said Andrew Boyd, OCA Youth Director . “This was especially crucial in the late 20th century as the only means to connect Orthodox youth in eastern and central Europe with their counterparts elsewhere. While still a university student, the late Father John Meyendorff was among Syndesmos’ founders, while other Influential members of Syndesmos as young adults and beyond include the late Father Alexander Schmemann, the late Patriarch Ignatius of Antioch, Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow, Archbishop Anastasios of Albania, Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, and countless others. The OCA has a strong tradition of supporting Syndesmos through its general secretariat, elected vice-presidency and board membership and by providing interns and staff members. In 2009, I had the honor of serving as a Syndesmos intern.” |
| About Pages Проекты «Правмира» Raising Orthodox Children to Orthodox Adulthood The Daily Website on How to be an Orthodox Christian Today Twitter Telegram Parler RSS Donate Navigation Bringing up children Holding a Grudge… on God 11 July 2018 pravmir_com_team Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos): In Church Child Hears Fine Words but at Home Passions Run High 28 June 2018 Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos) “Eat and dad will love you”. Archimandrite Andrew's reply to the grandmother whose child was choking on food under the threat of being disliked The Danger of Bullying: Why Children Must Be Taught Kindness 21 June 2018 Hegumen Tryphon, Abbot of All-Merciful Saviour Monastery What Ever Happened to Fathers? 17 June 2018 Fr. Bill Olnhausen Is One’s Gender Subjective? 30 May 2018 Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th. The Spiritual Benefits of Physical Labor 24 May 2018 pravmir_com_team Building a Strong Family by Serving Others 12 May 2018 Nicholas Chakos “We need to keep our kids in the church!” This is a plea that I hear often –– I think that a better approach would be to say that “we need to keep the Church in our kids”. Keeping the Church in our ... How Do we Teach our Children to set Themselves Apart From that Which is Wrong? 26 April 2018 Sylvia Leontaritis Father 12 April 2018 natalya_mihailova The 3 Most Important Conversations about Easter that Most Sunday Schools and Parents Aren’t Having with Kids 03 April 2018 Natasha Crain Previous 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 15 Next News 30 September His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Contracted the Coronavirus 4th Plenary Session between ROC and Coptic Church Held 29 September His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Calls for Prayer for Those Facing Hurricanes Ian and Fiona 28 September Patriarch Kirill: The Church Prays for the Fraternal Strife to End as Soon as Possible Besides intellectual instruction, young people also need prayer, Patriarch Daniel says as new academic year begins 27 September The Synodal Residence in New York hosts the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Voluntary Blood Donation Takes Place in Churches in Serbia 26 September The work of the Church in society is quiet, but full of hope and love, says the Director of Lumina Publications 25 September Epistle of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia 23 September “The models par excellence are the great hesychast saints,” says Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Oradea Commentary All commentary Other media The Word of the Day How to Deal with Sin |
| Archbishop Demetrios: Thanksgiving Day is a time when families can offer a witness of the Gospel Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the Hellenic Organizations, and the entire Greek Orthodox Family in America We give thanks to You, Lord God Almighty! Revelation 11:17 Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The tradition of Thanksgiving Day has a long history in this country, beginning with the celebrations of early settlers who offered thanksgiving to God for safe passage to this land, for their freedom from religious persecution, for the strength to endure many hardships, and for the opportunities that were before them. In 1789 following a resolution passed by Congress, President George Washington issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation designating November 26 as a day “for rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; …and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.” The institution of Thanksgiving Day as a annual national holiday followed in 1863, when in the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for the people “to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens…and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.” These foundations of Thanksgiving Day, and its place within the history and life of this nation as a regular observance have made this a holiday shared by many as well as a time for families to gather in fellowship and gratitude. The focus on giving thanks to God, the attitude of gratefulness for the blessings in our lives, and the traditions centered upon the family resonate with our emphasis on the family as a dwelling of Christ and a witness of His Gospel. |
| Muslims living in the French town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, refused to bury Adel Kermiche, an extremist involved in the murder of the priest Jacques Hamel. Photo: © REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol The head of the local Muslim community and the imam of one of the mosques, Mohammed Karabila, said they don’t want “to taint Islam with this person”. The priest aged 85, who was described as always being kind to his parishioners, modest and dedicated to religion, was brutally killed by Kermiche and another attacker in a Normandy church during the morning service. “We’re not going to taint Islam with this person,” Karabila told French newspaper Le Parisien, cited by Sky News. “We won’t participate in preparing the body or the burial.” On Tuesday, Kermiche and another attacker, Abdel Malik Petitjean, took five people hostage at the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray church in Normandy , murdering Father Jacques Hamel. The Islamic State jihadist group [Daesh] , outlawed in many countries including Russia, claimed responsibility for the attack. Karabila’s decision was supported by all members of his community. “What this young man did was sinful, he is no longer part of our community,” the 25-year-old Khalid El Amrani said, cited by Sky News . Earlier, commenting on the brutal attack, French President Francois Hollande said, “killing a priest and attacking a church is an attack on all of France.” He also added that the war against terrorism will be long but France will win it. “This will be a long war. Its target is our democracy, but it will be our shield. We should be united, and unity is our strength. Let us unite, all of us, Frenchmen and Frenchwomen. I assure you, we will win this war. Long live France!” Code for blog Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. |
| Archive The ‘Serbian Consolation for the Russian Heart’ international festival opens at the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University. 19 October 2022 year 18:13 On 18th October 2022 in the Hall of Councils of the historical Diocesan House in Moscow, the main building of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University, there was the opening of the ‘Serbian Consolation for the Russian Heart’ international festival as part of the celebrations of the thirtieth anniversary of the university’s founding. The solemn opening of the festival was headed by the bishop of Zaraisk Constantine. The bishop greeted all those who had gathered and the honoured guests of the festival the metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Joanikije (Miovi), the bishop of Pacrac and Slavonia John (ulibrk) and the Serbian ambassador to Russia Mr. Momil Babi. In his speech bishop Constantine emphasized the importance of the spiritual communion of the two fraternal peoples: “Today we have a unique opportunity to become closely acquainted with the experience of the Serbian Church and listen to the voice of her archpastors. I hope that our conversations will be of great benefit, strengthen our fraternal ties and inspire us to interaction and prayer. Two exhibitions had been organized at the university for the festival, the first being ‘Serbian Holy Sites – Desecrated and Restored’ (by Ye.A. Osipov and M. Aimovi), dedicated to the monumental masterpieces of Kosovo and Metochia, and secondly, an exposition of works by the Serbian artist nun Maria (Anti), entitled ‘Jasenovac: Faith and Resurrection. Be faithful unto death and I shall give you the crown of life (Rev 2.10)’, (arranged by Father Alexei Pichigin and Father Maxim Brazhnikov). The exposition is an artistic rendering of the Christian feat of the Serbian new martyrs. The main event of the occasion was an evening dedicated to the memory of metropolitan Amphilochius (Radovi) (+30.10.2020), one of the hierarchs instrumental in defining the fate of Montenegro in modern history. |
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