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Будем считать всех людей выше нас самих, сколько бы у них ни было недостатков. Не будем ожесточаться, но всегда помнить, что и другой стремится туда же, куда и мы, – в Царство Небесное.

«Бывало, качается от голода, я плачу, умоляя его остаться дома, боюсь – упадет, замерзнет где-нибудь в сугробе, а он в ответ: “Не имею я права слабеть, доченька. Надо идти, дух в людях поднимать…”»

У Олега и Галины Черняковых 15 детей. Секрет их крепкой семьи прост: любовь. «На наших лицах чаще радость и улыбка, потому что мы поддерживаем друг друга», – говорят они.

О гневе как зеркале диавольском и об ином зеркале, помогающем преодолеть эту страсть, о том, к каким духовным средствам следует обратиться, борясь с гневом, какие простые «бытовые» приемы действенны и зачем ставить себя на место другого.

Почему в Грузии нет традиции открывать гробницы святых? Какие усыпальницы особо почитаемы? Случаются ли сегодня обретения мощей? И о чем предсказывал старец Гавриил?

Отец Михаил Самсонов родился в 1867 года в семье чувашского крестьянина. В 25-летнем возрасте он был рукоположен в сан диакона, а в 1894-м – во священника для служения в церкви села Раскильдино. С молодых лет отец Михаил проявил себя прекрасным пастырем.

Митрополит Саранский и Мордовский Зиновий предложил канонизировать русских афонских подвижников XIX и XX веков.

В Балтайском районе, в двадцати двух километрах от районного центра, расположилось старинное село Донгуз. Это поселение интересно тем, что оно почти неизменным за два прошедших столетия сохранило свой исторический облик, а главное — здесь уцелел старинный храм в честь Архангела Михаила 1822 года постройки. Более того, сейчас церковь практически полностью восстановлена в первозданном виде.

То, что в любом ВУЗе нужно получать знания и лишь изредка валять дурака – ни для кого не секрет. Как превратить пугающую сессию в сказку? Для тех, кто действительно хочет учиться, – рассказывает старший помощник ректора КДА по учебно-методической работе архимандрит Сильвестр (Стойчев), специально в день памяти св. мученицы Татьяны.

"It is very important that the calendar issue has been removed from the issues addressed by the Council. It concerned our believers greatly because false rumors were spread that everyone will be required to go over to the new style."

The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem decided during its 2015 autumn session to recognize the sainthood of the venerable Romanian father John Jacob.

The Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church will take place at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolympari of Chania. The Synod will be presided over by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with the Primates and their delegations participating from all the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches.

A growing list of Orthodox Christians that rescued Jews during the Holocaust era

“A new way of life is being imposed, and the state recognizes and legalizes it in the status of law. Nobody can assert that a huge number of people with genetic deviations were born all of a sudden. The whole story with “The Free Cohabitation Law” was imposed from outside of Greece in order to prevail over us. We feel how the spiritual atmosphere is changing – the atmosphere in which our children are growing up.”

Saint Sava, known as the Illuminator, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law, and a diplomat.

The most significant event in the history of Georgia was the country’s conversion to Christianity in the early fourth century by St. Nino, Equal-to-the-Apostles.

An ancient icon of St. Nino reappeared from under newer layers of paint in a Georgian mountain church.

Parishioners of the two Georgian Orthodox parishes which the government allows to exist remain without a priest, seven months after their previous priest was denied re-entry to Azerbaijan. "There is no news for us to be joyful about," a Georgian diplomat familiar with the negotiations told Forum 18 News Service.

This year alone we have already seen two churches subjected to arson attacks; three girls run over by crazed drivers incensed that they denied them 'rights' as Muslim men to have sex with them, one of the girls was killed and the surviving two had broken bones ...

"Ukraine has only one Ukrainian Orthodox Church recognized by all Orthodox Churches, and therefore, if people want to be in communion with the ecumenical Orthodox faith, they should reunite with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the basis of the canons that exist in ecumenical Orthodoxy. There is no other way, and there is no other message to Ukraine from the patriarchs today," he said.

Answers in Genesis opened an online ticketing system at the top of the year to help manage the millions of requests they have been receiving to tour the life-size re-creation of Noah's Ark known as Ark Encounter.

On the occasion of the anniversary of his enthronement, Patriarch Kirill and Met. Hilarion (Alfeyev) sent greetings to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of Washington and All America and Canada.

On the occasion of the great feast of St. Sava, the enlightener of Serbia, Patriarch Kirill and Met. Hilarion (Alfeyev) sent greetings to His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia.

Only a few weeks ago, the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America, and the Caribbean was filled with the joy of a “Golden Jubilee,” celebrating the 50th Anniversary of their Metropolitan Antonio Chedraoui’s Consecration to the Episcopacy. Many of the Metropolitan’s brother bishops traveled to Mexico to enjoy the festivities with him.

Karate and all martial arts go against Christianity as they are based on the Eastern philosophies of Taoism and Zen Buddhism, hence they come in “direct conflict with the Orthodox Christian message of love.”

"In creating the Serbian Church, he created the Serbian state and Serbian culture along with it. He brought peace to all the Balkan peoples, working for the good of all, for which he was venerated and loved by all on the Balkan peninsular. He gave a Christian soul to the people of Serbia, which survived the fall of the Serbian state."

The percentage of believers among the servicemen in the Russia’s Armed Forces has increased more than twice since 2001 and now they make up 76 percent of the total number of military men.

Drawing on his extensive research, as well as fascinating stories and “insider” anecdotes, Mr. Krindatch offers readers a scholarly introduction into traditions of Eastern Christian monasticism and a history of Orthodox monasteries in America. It also features a comprehensive directory of nearly 80 monasteries across America and an enticing travel guide for those seeking to visit them and to “sample” monastic life.

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