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Православная вера — Календарный вопрос — Православная Церковь и еретики — Жития святых — Монашество — Духовная брань — Любовь, смирение, молитва.

Я не понимал, почему Богородицу мы не можем называть Богородицей. Я заинтересовался этими вопросами, искал и нашел Истину в Православии.

О том, что важнее – послушание или молитва, когда уходят в монастырь, что врачует обруч Иоанна Предтечи и кому его обитель открывается.

В чем причина охлаждения в вере? Почему Спаситель отвергает теплохладных? Чем опасно такое состояние для христианина? И где искать помощи в преодолении его?

За что мученик Иустин Философ чтил Сократа? Почему его ученик Татиан считал философов ворами? Что такое «пестрый коврик» Климента Александрийского? И как говорить о Христе образованным людям?

Преподобный Макарий родился в 1539 году. В ранней молодости он принял монашеский постриг с именем Онуфрий, после чего всю свою жизнь проводил в суровых иноческих подвигах. Часто он удалялся в лесную чащу, где в одиночестве молился Богу.

Документ принят на Архиерейском Соборе Русской Православной Церкви 2-3 февраля 2016 года.

Документ принят на Архиерейском Соборе Русской Православной Церкви 2-3 февраля 2016 года.

Документ принят Архиерейским Собором Русской Православной Церкви, состоявшимся 2-3 февраля 2016 года в Зале церковных соборов Храма Христа Спасителя в Москве.

The Churchwide celebration of the memory of these blessed ones is from now on to become the Churchwide veneration of them as saints on the days previously established.

On March 4 and 5, 2016, with the blessing of His Beatitude, Metropolitan TIKHON, the late Archbishop Dmitri will be re-interred in the new Memorial Chapel at St Seraphim Cathedral in Dallas.

Not long ago I heard about an incident that once shook America and became known far beyond the borders of the United States. This story took place in 2004 in a small town in Colorado. This episode inspired me to turn once again to the theme of anger and our struggle with it.

Khouria Krista explained that beauty must be experienced noetically, that is by not only physical senses but by spiritual perception. Truly beautiful icons, hymns, or adornments strike a chord in the depths of the human person and aid in Orthodox worship.

According to an inscription in one of the tunnels, called the "Siloam inscription," two teams dug in opposite directions — one from the north and the other from the south — and met in the middle. The result was a reliable source of water that enabled Judah to withstand the Assyrian siege.

His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos submitted a letter to the Holy Synod which demonstrates that his reasons for not attending the Pan-Orthodox Council were not "personal" but rather stem from actions that undermine the authority and reputation of the Church of Greece.

He says that the DECR receives letters urging not to participate in the 'Ecumenical' or 'anti-Christ' council every day. The hierarch also said that the Russian Church had many concerns about the meeting, for example, that some decisions would be imposed on its participants, for example, approving of a new church calendar.

Statistics from Britain's national happiness index have suggested that Christians are among the happiest people in the nation, while those who don't identify with any particular religion generally scored the lowest life satisfaction numbers.

The Bishops' Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church again on January 29, 2016 urged the Ukrainian President to back up traditional moral values and protect people from promoting sinful lifestyles in society.

For instance, the Council will take place not in Istanbul but in Orthodox Greece, on the island of Crete and the issue of the calendar, on which there is no consent, will not be considered at all.

Bakers taken to court for refusing to make Sesame Street cake supporting gay marriage insist they would do it again as landmark appeal set to define limits of freedom of conscience

Metropolitan Ierotheos Vlachos speaks about how a study of St. Gregory Palamas lead him to wondrous experiences on the Holy Mountain, the saints he met there, and the continuing living Tradition that they hand on in each generation, encapsulatd in the Jesus Prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."

The culprits penetrated the church through a window, entered the chancel, scattered about the sanctuary items from the altar and oblation table, spilled the reserved Holy Gifts from the tabernacle, stole the church donations and other objects.

As a result of the mass migration in the 20th century, a great many Orthodox Christians found themselves in the territories which are not in the jurisdiction of any Local Orthodox Church.