Savva Tống (Duệ Uyên)
The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, indivisible by Orthodox doctrine, is now presented as a fragment in a story of division and reunion, scripted and directed by Roman ecclesial diplomacy. So, what is ecumenism if not a religious-political project?
Oksana Golovko
The Volga attunes you to prayer. Maybe when we cease to exist physically, and the Volga continues to carry its waters, someone will sigh prayerfully for us as well?
On the night of July 27–28 in the enormous “New Chersonese” complex in Sebastopol, Crimea, an All Night Vigil with Divine Liturgy was served to honor St. Vladimir and the Baptism of Russia.
Even while carrying out his obediences for the improvement of the skete, Fr. Gabriel did not cease to live an intense spiritual life. Constant prayer, spiritual wisdom, fatherly care for the brethren, heartfelt kindness toward outsiders, and practical competence in administration—all these qualities were wondrously combined in him.
Archpriest Andrei Tkachev
His argument for refusing to accept any faith other than the Orthodox faith may sound naïve. But this is the kind of situation about which the Romans used to say, “The pretext is trivial, but the cause is great.”
