Rating: 7,8|Votes: 4
"I managed to visit New Jerusalem and it impressed me very much. I saw with my own eyes how important for a Russian person are holy shrines, how deeply you respect your faith. Now I understand why the whole world respects the Russian people. People with such a heart and such a soul cannot but cause admiration."
Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)
On 26-27 November 2015, the 4th Forum held within the framework of the All-Russian Programme “The Sanctity of Motherhood” on the theme “The Centuries-Old Family Traditions as the Foundation of Russia’s Future” takes place in the capital of Tatarstan. The meeting was sponsored by St Andrew the First-Called Foundation and the Centre of National Glory.
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That supernatural change of venue has been the mission of Orthodox Christian icons for 1,500 years, during which they were created primarily not as aesthetic objects but as gateways to an otherworldly realm.To the devout, they provide an immediate link to a divine presence — and gazing at one is like seeing a path unfold between the mundane and heaven.
Rating: 2|Votes: 1
The funeral of a Russian royal who died alone in the Northern Territory town of Katherine has been told his family were trying to find him just days before they learned he was dead.
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
“It is the hope of the assembly that other Metropolises as well as other Orthodox denominations and other Catholic and Protestant Christian denominations will consider sending similar resolutions to their United States National Leadership,” said Bishop Demetrios, who is also chancellor of the Metropolis, adding that “Together we can bring about positive change to help protect Christians throughout the Middle East and bring an end to this destructive bloody conflict.”