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О житейских проблемах, детях с синдромом Дауна и о том, как важно идти по жизни с благодарностью Богу за всё.

«То, что я приняла из рук моей святой старицы, я не могу поменять», – говорит преемница блаженной Таксиархии герондисса Феофано.

«Как узок путь спасения! – говорит отец Роман. – Слева – пропасть отчаяния, справа – пропасть уверенности в спасении. Нужно пройти между этими страшными пропастями».

Почему Бог не принял жертву Каина? Что значит вопрос Господа: «Где брат твой»? И зачем Каин строит город?

Некоторые из современных людей воспринимают Соборование как медицинскую процедуру, о духовном его аспекте и мысли нет. Последствия тут могут быть весьма печальными, уверен протоиерей Андрей Николаиди.

— Святая Ксения, ты же как раз Петербургская! Пожалуйста, сбереги там девочку мою молитвами своими, сохрани её от греха и злых людей.

Тема абортов — одна из самых трудных для обсуждения. Она делит общество на два лагеря: сторонников — тех, кто считает, что решение в этом вопросе может принимать только сама женщина, и ни врачи, ни Церковь ей не могут указывать, — и противников, для которых аборты являются не медицинской процедурой, сродни косметической, а самым настоящим убийством

Meetings Focused on the Church of Georgia's Response to the Synod in Crete

The historic monastery held its first liturgy in June of 2010 after 88 years, with permission granted by the Turkish government at the time, with the Ecumenical Patriarch presiding over the liturgy in honour of the Virgin Mary in whose name the monastery was named.

“In particular, new information will be presented in the book about the genealogy of Rasputin on the basis of documents which we found,” she noted.

Soon I was shown the tests results and the computer-aided tomography scan of my son’s brain: he had a malignant tumor with metastases in the brain. Georgian doctors refused to perform an operation on my child.

“The people of Moscow voted on ther service 'Active Citizen' for the necessary renaming of the station, thus the station will bear the name 'Baltic.'"

Many people nowadays question the relevance of the Old Testament and the contribution it can make- if any- to society as a whole. Some attack it and disapprove of it. They are making a grave mistake.

The righteous do not die—they live eternally.

God in heaven will reward those who do good deeds out of merciful and humble love. These two blind men healed by Jesus Christ, our Saviour, become spontaneous teachers of repentance for us. They have become missionaries of faith, namely heralds of the merciful love of God and we learn from them how to thank God, show gratitude, confess Him as the benefactor and doctor of our bodies and souls.

By recommendation of His Grace Bishop Peter of Cleveland the Synod decreed that all churches of the Russian Church Abroad are to prayerfully commemorate the late First Hierarch of ROCOR on Sunday, August 14, 2016, for which a decree was issued.

"Computers, mobile phones containing terrorists' propaganda videos, extremist literature, bank cards, as well as an arsenal of three pistols, four grenades, some 500 grams of plastic explosives, five TNT blocks weighing a total of one kilogram, and electronic detonators for them were confiscated," the FSB press center said.

The winery is expected to produce its first bottles of wine next year. Mezyb was registered as a company by the Russian Orthodox Church last year, and is to handle the entire wine-making process from grape cultivation to retailing.

As the Orthodox Christian population grows in England due largely to immigration but also to conversion, Fr. Andrew Phillips and his communities are working to keep up with the need for churches. Please read here his appeal for help in this regard.

Како васпитати дете у љубави према Богу и Цркви да је, осетивши ту љубав још у детињству, оно не би у дечаштву и младости изгубило или заменило за саблазни овога света? Да ли је довољно редовно га доводити на богослужења и/или на часове веронауке у цркви?