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Religion and Art

06 August 2006

The relationship between religion and art is not a contradictory relationship, nor an identical one. There exists between them a kinship and a peculiar mutual aid. Both religion and art raise us up ...

Debunking The Da Vinci Code

29 May 2006

The book bears a message sinister in the attempted cover-up of its real intent and foisted on unaware readers by appeals to half-truths and falsified historical events. When decoded, the message is a ...

The Nightingale

27 April 2006

“No; do not do that,” replied the nightingale; “the bird did very well as long as it could. Keep it here still. I cannot live in the palace, and build my nest; but let me come when I like. I will ...

Holy Fire

22 April 2006

The Holy Fire (Greek , "Holy Light") is believed by Orthodox Christians to be a miracle that occurs every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday, the day ...

Christ is risen!

22 April 2006

When Christ first rose from the tomb and appeared to His disciples and the myrrh-bearing women, He greeted them with the word "Rejoice!". And then later when He appeared to the ...

A Meditation on the Nativity of Christ

29 December 2005

Christmastide breathes the spirit of peace, good will, gentle joy, and holy simplicity. The stillness of night enwraps the fields of Palestine; above them stretches the starry sky, with the brightly ...

Russia should thank the courageous people of Ossetia

14 December 2005

Bishop Feofan of Stavropol and Vladikavkaz in an interview with Interfax-Religion spoke about the feelings of the residents of the republic after a year after the Beslan tragedy; why many ...

Why do we need icons?

21 November 2005

The Second Commandment expressly forbids images of anything, not only of God but of anything at all. We need to ask ourselves the question why this is the case

Love of God

08 September 2005

Do not fabricate raptures for yourself, do not excite your nerves, do not inflame yourself with a material fire, with the fire of your blood. The sacrifice pleasing to God is humility of heart, ...

Toward a rebirth of the Orthodox Church in China

30 August 2005

The Cultural Revolution destroyed most of the Church buildings and many believers were persecuted. Church life was practically eliminated and the believers have to resort to reader services in ...

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