Материалы 1 мая 2014 г.

Зачастую современные люди считают, что в монастырь уходят из-за несчастной любви, из-за какой-либо трагедии в жизни, по бедности, по болезни и т. п. Вероятно, такие случаи встречаются, но это исключения. К монашеству стремятся люди жизнерадостные, вполне благополучные в прошлой мирской жизни, образованные.

Abbot of the Visoki Decani Monastery in Kosovo and Metohija Archimandrite Sava Janjic has informed media representatives that an unidentified person is threatening to destroy the monastery in the next several days.

A question stands before us: which kind are we? Do we talk about Christ’s Resurrection only in other people’s words? Do we really rejoice with a full heart? … Are we convinced only because other people know this and we trust them, or has this news done something to us—and knowing by experience that Christ has risen, we can no longer be the same as we were before?

Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank say police restrictions on access to the Old City to stop overcrowding are destroying their traditional freedom of worship in Holy Week.

Weeping Icon symbolizes the suffering of Christians in the Holy Land, Pastor of Church says.