2/12/2011
Metropolitan Mark (Arndt)
We are under daily pressure from both sides, from the Israelis and the Palestinians. Christians have a very difficult life here.
I do not expect any justice from any court in Ukraine. It is a country that is totally steeped in the prosecution of Christians.
This is being sought by those who are ruled by the devil, and their goal is to destroy the spiritual bonds of the nation.
Helping people in need was simply in his blood. But this relationship to people had nothing to do with any weakness of character, of which some ill-wishers accused Vladyka.
The spirit of war is demanding. It requires us to divide into parties. It forces us to hate.
Archbishop Mark (Arndt)
Archbishop Mark gave a beautiful, inspiring sermon, in flawless Serbian, to the thousands of gathered faithful at the end of liturgy, which we present here in English in its entirety.
Rating: 9.7|Votes: 56
It is with a saddened heart that I, as archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Berlin and Germany (ROCOR), take this opportunity to clarify our diocese’s position on the current developments among the Orthodox.
Rating: 9.7|Votes: 21
Martyrdom is the same thing as Christianity. These two words have the same meaning.
Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral), Archbishop Mark (Arndt)
Rating: 10|Votes: 13
Youth ministry was deemed a priority in Church life by the recent Council of Bishops. The adopted "Regulations on Monasteries and Monastics" aims to standardize monastic life and attract novices. What is needed to attract young people to monasticism was discussed with several participants of the Council.
Archbishop Mark (Arndt), Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
We spoke to Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany of ROCOR--who had contributed a great deal towards the overcoming of division in the Russian Church--about the experience of the Church over the last decade, about the importance of venerating the New Martyrs, and about the events and processes that made reconciliation possible.
Rating: 9.3|Votes: 23
For many people, Great Lent is a time, let’s be honest, of difficulty and sorrow. Statistics show that every year only three to five percent of those who call themselves Orthodox Christians observe Lent, and even those don’t adhere to it strictly. Why don’t people see the joy of Lent? Wherein lies this joy? How does one who has never observed Lent begin? We spoke with Archbishop Mark (Arndt) of Berlin and Germany.
Olga Orlova, Archbishop Mark of Berlin
Rating: 10|Votes: 6
His Eminence Archbishop Mark (Arndt) on spiritual unity with the Holy Fathers and ordinary contemporaries, about how priests come to be priests in our time, can monks today exceed the ancient hermits, on women’s calling, unusual beauty and the genuine freedom of Orthodox Christianity.
Archbishop Mark of Berlin
Rating: 9|Votes: 10
"We have one duty, to be Orthodox Christians, every day, not only on Saturday and Sunday . Every single hour. We must confess our faith everywhere throughout the length of our lives."
Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Marina Sazonova
Rating: 5.5|Votes: 2
Visiting the expanses of Kazakhstan, I feel in my heart that this is truly an antimension under the open skies. Every populated place here is connected with the name of a New Martyr or Confessor, every kilometer of Kazakhstan soil was bathed with the blood of those suffering for Christ.
Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Maria Podlesnaya
Another big problem is the attitude of the parishioners to those of little or no faith. We have many families that have people of different confessions. It is very rare when everyone is of the same religion. Sometimes there is only one Orthodox Christian in the family.
Rating: 10|Votes: 12
Martyrdom is the same thing as Christianity. These two words have the same meaning. Hatred against Christ and His followers should not surprise us. It is natural, it was foretold by the Lord Himself, Who said: “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you” (John 15:18). What sort of disciples would we then be, if we did not follow the footsteps of our Teacher?
In late December 2005, an Orthodox Conference of the Diocese of Berlin and Germany of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia was held. Sergei Chapnin, Editor-in-Chief of Tserkovnij Vestnik ["Church Messenger"], participated in the Conference at the invitation of Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany. His Eminence spoke to him of the attitudes in the Russian Church Abroad, and about the work of the Synodal Commission on talks with the Moscow Patriarchate in an interview with Tserkovnyj Vestnik.
