Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)
The historical flow of Russian life has been varied: there were times of thunderous activity, there were lulls, and even complete halts. The river of Russian national life that gave birth to saints flowed in the given direction; this flow, however, was sometimes rapid and fruitful, sometimes slow, and sometimes so quiet that it was hard to tell whether it was flowing forward or backward. And now, 1,000 years later, we can mark the main periods of Russian religious history from the time of St. Vladimir to the present day.
St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)
Rating: 8,2|Votes: 5
Confession requires decisive self-denial. It must be triumphant. It must be made as if in the open arena, before all mankind, before angels, saints, and fallen angels, before the gaze of earth and heaven. For we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men (1 Cor. 4:9), as the Apostle Paul says of himself and the rest of the Holy Apostles.
Igor Zybin
The brothers avoided telling these secrets, fearing the spirit of vainglory. If the Holy Spirit wants to help a person to fast, then it is a miracle of God. But sometimes He abandons us, so that we might live in humility, for we also need the earthly. He who never gets upset when someone scolds him feels these joys very strongly.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
"We still have hope," states a communiqué in the Rasko-Prizren diocese, "that the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, which prayerfully revived the monastery of the Holy Trinity, will be followed by other steps leading to a popular and spiritual rebirth, and Serbian return to this land."
Deacon Kevin J. Kalish
Rating: 4,8|Votes: 5
It is necessary and desired to present an Orthodox defense of dogma and its unchanging status in order to demonstrate how Orthodoxy understands this crucial issue. Since the idea of development is often assumed in other circles, it is presented as being natural. This is precisely how Cardinal Newman presents it in his influential essay. It seems easy to assume that, just as ideas and theories develop and change over time, so too does dogma. This would be the case if dogma were simply ideas and theories about God and salvation.
