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Из огласительной беседы со взрослым: «А Кто Он, Иисус Христос? Что вы о Нем знаете? Почему хотите стать Его последователем?» — «Не знаю. Не читал. Зачем это? Я верю в душе»...

О том, как и кто должен определять, чему учить детей в школе, зачем из школьной программы вычеркивается русская классика, о словах Бисмарка и о том, что надо сделать, чтобы ситуация в образовании не стала катастрофой

22 мая / 4 июня 2016 г. Суббота 5-й седмицы по Пасхе. Сретенский монастырь. Великая вечерня, утреня. Хор Сретенского монастыря.

В Алтайском крае Никольская церковь уцелела в годы репрессий и пережила советскую власть. На юбилей храма, названного в честь Николая Чудотворца, состоялась выставка «Страницы памяти».

В интервью газете The National Herald, вышедшем на греческом языке, председатель Отдела внешних церковных связейМосковского Патриархата митрополит Волоколамский Иларион ответил на вопросы, касающиеся подготовки к Всеправославному Собору.

В 2017 г. исполняется 30 лет с того дня, когда Свято-Введенская Оптина пустынь была возвращена Русской Православной Церкви. За это время монастырь сильно изменился: возобновилось богослужение, были заново построены и отреставрированы все храмы и здания на территории обители. Большой монастырь, представлявший собой руины, возродился, и теперь тысячи паломников ежегодно посещают благословенную Оптину.

3 июня 2016 года в Патриаршей и Синодальной резиденции в Даниловом монастыре в Москве под председательством Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилласостоялось заседание Священного Синода Русской Православной Церкви.

The clergy, parishioners and children – pupils of Sunday schools of the Diocese of Kharkiv along with students of educational institutions of the city of Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region – walked in the cross procession from the Annunciation Cathedral to the Monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God.

Christian family is a blessing and an icon of the love of God for humanity, a sacred space where the grace of the Most Holy Trinity works, leading to eternal life and love. Within a family, the relationship between parents and children can be better understood in the light of man’s relationship with God. Children are not born only for terrestrial life, but also to become, by Holy Baptism, sons of God according to grace (John 1:12-13) and to inherit eternal life in the Kingdom of the Most Holy Trinity.

The theology of our Church is the gift of Divine Revelation, the experience of Pentecost. There is no Church without theology and no theology outside of the Church, theology which was spoken by the Prophets, the Apostles, the Fathers and the Holy Synods. When a Council does not follow Orthodox teaching, it cannot be a true Orthodox Council, acceptable to the Orthodox faithful. This can happen when the participants in the Council do not have the experience of the Holy Fathers or do not, at least, follow them without misinterpreting them.

Absolutely no one, personally or institutionally, has the right to otherwise delineate the boundaries of the Church which have been irrevocably defined by the Ecumenical Councils. It is theologically inconceivable for those religious communities, who continue to believe the same as those heretics, who were defrocked, excommunicated and once and for all cut off from the One and only Church, to be called and recognized as churches.

In those moments when we come to liturgy anxious, weary and weak, there is a temptation to see the Liturgy and the sacraments as magical and the priest as a magician. The priest needs to be on guard for this attitude among his parishioners. It is important that he be viglant in this matter not only for their sake but his own as well.

The decision of the Holy Synod is categorical: the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will not participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council due to reasons already announced.

We are convinced that the life of a human being begins from the moment of conception, which is consistent with the views of both our religious traditions and modern science. Those who deny an unborn child the right to live go against God, conscience and moral laws. The destruction of a helpless life hidden in the mother’s womb is a heavy sin. No consideration of one’s own comfort, gain or false fears can justify the sin of infanticide, which will inevitably lead to negative physiological, moral and spiritual consequences for all the participants in this crime.

In accordance with the decision of the Holy Synod, one way out of this extraordinary situation would be to convene an extraordinary Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Assembly to consider the situation as it has evolved and the examination of the corrections of the draft documents submitted by the Local Orthodox Churches with the aim of developing unanimous proposals. The conclusions of such an assembly, as the Holy Synod declared, could lead to a decision regarding the possibility of convening the Pan-Orthodox Council at the scheduled time.