| Analytical Center of St. Basil the Great holds its first conference: “The Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Movement: Analysis of Results and Prospects” On October 15, 2016 the Analytical Center of St. Basil the Great held its first conference in Moscow in the House of Journalists, “The Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Movement: Analysis of Results and Prospects,” organized by the center with the participation of well-known priests, public figures, Church and secular experts, and representatives of the academic community. The conference opened with a prayer. Opening remarks were offered by the center’s co-founder M. C. Kozlov-Shulzhenko, who briefly acquainted those gathered with the goals, problems, and work of the new Orthodox organization of analysts from June 16, 2016, the date of the center’s founding, until today. Fr. Andrew Philipps The conference had an international character. Archpriest Andrew Phillips, rector of the church of St. John Maximovitch in Colchester, England, greeted the conference participants via video. Greek theologian Protopresbyter Peter Heers, rector of the church of the Prophet Elijah in Petrokerasa, Greece and doctor in dogmatic theology participated in the conference via Skype. Support and unanimity from Orthodox Georgia was clearly expressed by popular Georgian actor and director David Giorgobiani. The forum was widely representative. Taking part in the conference were members of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committeee of the V. A. Alyoshin “Analytics” Association. Presentations were made by well-known pastors: Fr. George Maximov, Igumen Kirill (Sakharov), and Archpriest Maxim Kolesnik. The expert community was represented by such perennial actors in the anti-ecumenical movement as V. V. Voiko-Veliky, V. P. Semenko, and I. M. Druz. Representatives of Moscow State University and St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Humanitarian University O. A. Efremov and I. S. Vevyurko spoke on the problem of ecumenism from a socio-philosophical and hiostirical-political point of view. The situation of the anti-ecumenical movement in the Greek and Cypriot Churches was outlined by the representative of the Orthodox publishing house “Holy Mountain,” historian and translator A. G. Zoitakis. |
| Archpriest Mikhail Satsiuk, October 12, 1998 The rector of St. Nicholas Church was killed on October 12, 1998, in Brest. The same day his corpse was found in an automobile on an exit road from the city. The investigation concluded that the motive for the murder was financial; the murderer pursued the purpose of robbery. Hieromonk Dimitry (Rasstegayev), January 1998 The Old Rite priest, was atrociously murdered in January 1998, in the Yaroslavl region. The motive of his death was his flat in Yaroslavl, which the young priest was going to sell, leaving for a new parish in Belaya Krinitsa. A gang of burglars, which settled in the Yaroslavl region under the guise of the real estate firm “Partner”, killed the clergyman, dismembered his body, and threw it into the basement of the house, where a drunken party began. The criminals were caught only after three years. Archpriest Boris Ponomarev, July 16, 1999 The rector of the Church of the Prophet Elijah, was killed on July 16, 1999, in the Ilyinsk settlement, Mozhaisk district of Moscow region. The police solved the murder rather quickly. It turned out that the priest was murdered by three repeat criminals. They were parishioners of his church and the archpriest sometimes invited them to come to see him. The criminals noticed several ancient icons at his home and decided to rob the priest. In the night they broke into Ponomarev’s home, tied up his wife and a female relative, and killed the priest himself. Archpriest Peter Sukhonoso v, March 28, 1999 The rector of the Holy Protection Church in the Cossack station Sleptsovskaya (Ingushetia), was kidnapped on March 28, 1999, by four bandits, who attacked the church in which he had served for more than forty years. He died in captivity. Hieromonk Simeon (Anosov) , August 23, 2000 The rector of the Church of St. Andrew the First-Called in Barnaul (Altai territory) was killed on August 23, 2000. The murderer was the former hieromonk’s driver, Konstantin Shlenkov, who had been previously convicted several times. |
| Value of VasilyPoznyakov walking lies in richness in legends and news heard by the travelers when visiting monasteries and churches of the Orthodox East. Some legends date back to the biblical plots, such as the one about the Prophet Elijah, about the deeds of the prophet Moses and others; there also are a lot of mentions and people from New Testament Apocryphal stories take significant place in the walking. One of the plots, the miracle with the Patriarch of Alexandria Joachim, was included as a separate story into the Russian Chronograph and Old Russian collections of XVII–XVIII centuries. The same task, financial assistance to the Middle East Orthodoxy, was completed in 1583 by Ivan Mishenin and aforementioned TrifonKorobeynikov and Mikhail Ogarkov and the same TrifonKorobeynikov in 1593. However, in these both cases Russian tsars themselves had a need for spiritual communication: “Moscow merchant, and there is a speculation that he also was a clerk, Trifon Korobeynikov… was a participant of the Embassy of Ivan IV to Constantinople and Mount Athos, sent in 1582 in remembrance of soul of the murdered prince John Ivanovich. In 1593–1594 years Korobeynikov visited Constantinople and Jerusalem with the clerk M. Ogarkov, sent again with alms, but grace, for the birth of princess In 1603 the Jerusalem delegation from Patriarch Sophronius IV headed by Archimandrite and oncoming Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophan III made a return visit to the court of Boris Godunov. Theophan III, already being the Patriarch, visited Moscow for the second time in 1619 in connection with the enthronement of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Philaret. In 1585–1586 years Patriarch of Antioch Joachim V took a trip to Russia and became the first representative of Eastern Orthodoxy, who personally visited Moscow. He was forced by plight of his throne, which had big debts. His visit was used by Tsar Feodor Ivanovich to start negotiations on establishment Patriarchate in Rus. Joachim agreed to intercede for it after returning to the East. As a result, in 1590 the Metropolitan of Moscow Job was exalted in the rank of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. |
| 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 His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem completes his pilgrimage to Valaam admin 31 May 2013 May 29, 2013 On 29 May 2013, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, currently on official visit to the Russian Orthodox Church, went to St. Elijah’s scete of the stavropegic Monastery of the Transfiguration on the Valaam Island. The delegation, accompanying the Primate of the Church of Jerusalem, consists of Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth; Archbishop Aristarchos of Konstantina, secretary general of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem; Archbishop Theophylactos of Jordan, Patriarchal Commissioner to Bethlehem; archimandrite Stephanos (Dispirakis), representative of the Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine to the Moscow Patriarchate; archimandrite Galaktionos, hegumen of the monastery in Ramallah; and hierodeacon Athanasios (Themistokleos). Accompanying His Beatitude on behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church were Bishop Pankratiy of Troitsk; abbot of the Valaam Monastery of the Transfiguration; Bishop Tikhon of Podolsk; chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Finance and Economic Administration; archimandrite Isidor (Minayev), head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem; and staff members of the DECR, hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov) and Anatoly Churiakov. Hierodeacon Iliya and the brethren met the guests at the wharf. The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem visited St. Elijah’s church. Members of the delegation sang the praises to the Holy Prophet Elijah and lit candles. In his address to Bishop Pankraty, His Beatitude said inter alia that servants of the Church had a great mission to fulfill and expressed his appreciation of the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church who care for monastic centers which are the sources of life. Our Saviour said: ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me’ (Jn 7:37). He considered the Church as the source, and the Holy Spirit, who makes this source even stronger, is the water flowing into eternal life. Patriarch Theophilos thanked the monks for their love in Christ and expressed his wish for all, including the great country of Russia, to be filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit. |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: We have supported and will support the canonical Church of Montenegro 4 August 2020 year 13:32 In the evening of August 2, 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, took part in the live stream of the Internet-Litija Montenegro program. – Your Eminence, first of all allow me to thank you on behalf of Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and other hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, whose jurisdiction extends to Montenegro, for having found a possibility, despite all your high duties as chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, to meet with us on this festive commemoration day of the Prophet Elijah in the Internet-Litija program. After the adoption of a law on the freedom of faith and legal status of the religious communities, whereby the state can confiscate the property of the Montenegro dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church, people in Montenegro took to streets in protest against the injustice imposed on our Church. Our Church and our people have come out against the anti-Church law peacefully marching with dignity and prayer in procession with the cross. For several months, each Thursday and Sunday, our people called upon our authorities with love and prayer to revoke this contradictory law or change its most disputable articles. In connection with the COVID-19 measures, the prayer processions were suspended and moved to the internet space. We know that you are well aware of the process, which was going on in Montenegro for many years and which intensified last year as a law was unilaterally adopted in the end of 2019 that infringes on the rights of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The best testimony of your awareness of this problem is your public addresses and the statements made by the highest bodies of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. |
| DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Version: Russian , Ukrainian , Greek Materials on the theme A festive concert in honour of the 1035th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ was held in the capital of Bulgaria Bishop Victor of Baryshev: The visit of the Patriarch of Constantinople to Ukraine will cause suffering to millions of Orthodox Ukrainians [Interview] Clergy of the Patriarchate of Antioch visit the Diocese of Rovno of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Pilgrims from Georgia visit churches and monasteries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Primate of Russian Church presents historic miracle-working Kazan Icon of the Mother of God to the faithful and celebrates Liturgy in the Kremlin Dormition Cathedral Primate of Russian Church presents historic miracle-working Kazan Icon of the Mother of God to the faithful and celebrates Liturgy in the Kremlin Dormition Cathedral Primate of Russian Church presents historic miracle-working Kazan Icon of the Mother of God to the faithful and celebrates Liturgy in the Kremlin Dormition Cathedral DECR Chairman meets with representatives of Orthodox Church in America Prayerful procession goes from Munich to Dachau Memorial A hierarch of Serbian Orthodox Church takes part in patronal feast at the Moscow church of Elijah the Prophet in Kitai-Gorod Procession with the cross in Kiev has shown: Ukrainian Orthodox Church is the largest confession in Ukraine 350 thousand believers take part in Great Procession with the Cross devoted to the Day of the Baptism of Rus " House of prayer of an Orthodox community expelled from its church was set on fire in the Ukrainian village of Korobchyno Information on violations of the rights of believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been submitted to the German Bundestag His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addressed the blatant examples of pressure on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church The largest foreign diocese of Serbian Church condemns persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church by Kiev regime All materials with key words Day of the Baptism of Russia – miracle-working icons and shrines – processions with the cross – Ukrainian Orthodox Church Other news Metropolitan Eugene of Tallinn calls on the faithful to observe one-day fasting vigil in view of new threats against Estonian Orthodox Church DECR representative took part in an interreligious meeting on the topic of the family Church for Russian Orthodox community consecrated in Lebanon Thanksgiving celebrated at St |
| 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 Orthodox church in Izmir faces demolition Dimitris Rigopoulos 23 August 2013 August 23, 2013 Profitis Ilias is set to be demolished at a time when the ambitious plans of the Izmir Municipality to revive lost city monuments are in full swing. [Esref.Ucar/Panoramio] Plans for a new highway are threatening one of the last surviving Greek Orthodox churches in the region of Izmir (Smyrna) in Turkey. Profitis Ilias (named after the Prophet Elias/Elijah, a revered figure for both Christians and Muslims) is a three-aisled basilica commissioned in 1846 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Anthimus VI. Its dimensions are 10 by 19 meters and it has a quadrilateral rooftop. It lies on a prominent spot on the road to the suburb of Budjah, 2 kilometers southeast of the city center, in St Anne’s Valley, where the Meles River (Yeildere) flows under the Sirinyer and Yesildere aqueducts, which date to Roman times. Profitis Ilias is set to be demolished at a time when the ambitious plans of the Izmir Municipality to revive lost city monuments are in full swing. Recently an entire neighborhood near the slopes of Mount Pagos and the Kadifekale fortress was razed to the ground in order to allow for the excavation of the scant remains of an ancient Roman theater. The authorities plan to reconstruct the theater and put it to use. Today, the church lies dilapidated, as Achilleas Chatziconstantinou, a Greek geographer and researcher of the historical topography of Izmir, says. The external porch is completely missing and there is a huge hole on the western side where the main entrance was. The interior of Profitis Ilias has been ransacked. Because of its size and the fact that it was built far from the town, some describe it as a monastery, but the absence of other structures suggests otherwise. There are many postcards from the pre-1922 era that show the church in an idyllic location among tall trees, the river and the aqueducts. In fact, it was a popular countryside destination for the inhabitants of Smyrna. In his books, Christos Solomonides also names the last priests who served there in 1922: Aristarchos and Agathaggelos. |
| In what follows I will point to another strand of interpretation, which is much less explored in scholarship and somewhat muted in Church preaching. According to St. Irenaeus of Lyon, Tertullian, St. Anastasius the Sinaite, and the Byzantine hymnographic tradition, the Transfiguration account set forth in the Gospel of Matthew is not only a “vision” (Matthew 17:9) that the disciples have of Christ, but, so to speak, a vision of a vision: a vision granted to Moses and Elijah, witnessed by the disciples. This interpretation is ancient, going back to at least the second century; moreover, as its hymnographic and iconographic reception attests, this interpretation enjoyed unsurpassed popularity during the first Christian millennium. The Vision on Tabor and the Vision on Sinai Moses with the Lord on Sinai, receiving the Law. Winchester Bible folio 5r, 12th century; Photo by Dr.John Crook, Winchester The connection between Tabor and Sinai is first and foremost suggested by the very readings assigned for the Vespers of the Transfiguration. To understand Christ’s appearance on Tabor, we read from Exodus 24 (the appearance of the Lord to the seventy elders on Sinai), Exodus 33 (of which more presently), and 3 Kingdoms/1 Kings 19 (Prophet Elijah’s vision on the Mountain of the Law). In Exodus 33, in response to Moses’ request to see the divine glory more intimately, God states that He will indeed manifest Himself to his prophet by parading in his glory, by proclaiming the divine name, and by showing Moses His back parts. But God insists on the impossibility of a more complete revelation: “You shall not be able to see my Face, for no man shall see my Face and live …. You shall see my hind parts; but my Face will not appear to you (Exodus 33:20, 23). Some early Christians interpreted this to mean that the vision face to face, refused to Moses, was being postponed for a later time. The great theologian of the second century, for instance, St. Irenaeus of Lyon, writes in his treatise Against Heresies 4.20.9: |
| During his second day in Athens, Patriarch Kirill visited the Apostoli (Mission) Charity of the Archdiocese of Athens. On June 3, he also visited the residence of the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrated a thanksgiving at the Synodal Petraki Monastery. He took part in a solemn meeting of the Holy Synod and addressed it. During the session, His Holiness was presented with the highest award of the Orthodox Church of Greece – the Great Cross of St. Paul. Members of the Patriarchal delegation were also presented with high church awards. Then Patriarch Kirill had a talk with Archbishop Hieronymus and members of the Greek Church’s Holy Synod. Later that day, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill met with Greece’s President K. Papoulias and Prime Minister. A. Samaras. From Athens Patriarch Kirill went to Thessaloniki. He celebrated a thanksgiving at St. Gregory Palamas’s Cathedral there and visited the Metropolitanate of Thessaloniki. In the evening, Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki gave a reception in honour of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The next day, after venerating shrines in Thessaloniki, Patriarch Kirill went by water to Holy Mount Athos. Upon his arrival there, he went to Karyes, the administrative center of Mount Athos, for a thanksgiving in the Cathedral of Protaton. He also met with the members of the Epistasia of Holy Mount Athos. In the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon, Patriarch Kirill venerated its shrines and inspected the monastery buildings restored after a fire. He also said a prayer for the dead brethren of the monastery and visited the place where St. Silouan of Athos performed his feats. On June 5, Patriarch Kirill celebrated the liturgy at the Monastery of St. Panteleimon. During his pilgrimage to Athos, Patriarch Kirill visited the Great Laura of St. Athanasius of Athos, monasteries Iveron and Pantocrator, the hermitage of the Prophet Elijah founded by St. Paisius Velichkovsky, monasteries Zograf, Hilandar, Vatopedi, Xilourgou Skete, and the Hermitage of St. Andrew, and inspected the restoration work at the Old Roussik monastery. |
| 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 Orthodox Chapel Consecrated at Iai International Airport Source: Basilica.ro Sorin Ionie 02 July 2021 Photo courtesy: Doxologia/Flavius Popa The Orthodox chapel of the Holy Prophet Elijah the Tishbite at Iai International Airport was consecrated on Tuesday. The blessing service was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The event was attended by local authorities and airport management and employees. The idea of building a chapel at the airport was first raised six years ago, but was only now approved by local councilors, by unanimous vote, reports sti r i.tvr.ro . ©Doxologia/Flavius Popa The current structure is a temporary chapel, until a new terminal is built at the airport, which will include a permanent chapel. Iasi International Airport operates daily flights to several destinations in Romania and Europe. More than 1.2 million passengers pass through the airport annually. Tweet Donate Share Code for blog Orthodox Chapel Consecrated at Iai International Airport Sorin Ionie The Orthodox chapel of the Holy Prophet Elijah the Tishbite at Iai International Airport was consecrated on Tuesday. The blessing service was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The event was attended by local authorities and ... 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. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. |
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