Religious Imagery Under Atheism—Why Did Artists Resort to It?
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Church History

Religious Imagery Under Atheism—Why Did Artists Resort to It?

Oksana Golovko

Regardless of whether it is an urban or pastoral landscape, the churches add loftiness to the artistic space, making it meaningful and beautiful.

Why Should We Go to Confession Again If We Only Go On Sinning?
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Why Should We Go to Confession Again If We Only Go On Sinning?

Priest Anthony Rusakevich

Through the fruits of repentance our soul is reborn and the link between it and God is restored.

A Great Elder of a Great Era
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

A Great Elder of a Great Era

Reminiscences about Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov)

Bishop Nestor (Donenko) of Yalta

Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov) is a very special figure in our national history, a great elder of a great era, a fragrant, God-given fruit of the Russian Orthodox Church, and a spiritual landmark of our time.

The Veneration of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco: Recollections of a Spiritual Son
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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The Veneration of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco: Recollections of a Spiritual Son

Bishop Peter of Cleveland

The author of these recollections, Bishop Peter, was a spiritual son of St. John from his childhood. Bishop Peter was born Pavel Andreyevich Lukianov in San Francisco in 1948. He was tonsured a reader in 1965 by St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco. After studies at the Holy Trinity Seminary at Jordanville, New York, he worked at the headquarters of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in New York City for six years.

On the Properties of Demons
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

On the Properties of Demons

Luke 8:26–39; Ephesians 2:4–10

Archpriest Viacheslav Reznikov

In the Gospel we find many examples of casting out demons. But today’s reading reveals especially much about the properties of evil spirits.