Priest Serafim Gun
Frankly speaking, I become a different man after each trip to Russia. I talked to His Holiness Patriarch, to bishops and priests, and to pious Russian people. I saw living people who feel for the Church, for their homeland. I saw genuine archpastors and pastors. I saw a Russian man who widely opened his heart to me, and I understood he is like me.
John Couretas, communications manager for the Acton Institute
The European Parliament has issued a new report on "fundamental rights," which demands an end to the centuries-old ban on the entry of women to Mt. Athos, the ancient monastic community in northern Greece. Mt. Athos comes amid controversy over the draft EU constitution, which has excluded any mention of Christianity’s role in shaping European civilization.
Paul M. Weyrich, Chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation
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The European Union, when it was formed, adopted a position against discrimination of the sexes. But it granted an exemption to Mt. Athos because of its special status as a holy place. Now, however, the European Parliament is in the process of reconsidering that exemption.
Prepared by Dmitry Safonov
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Well-known Moscow hierarchs, who personally knew the reposed Metropolitan of Sourozh, share their reminiscences of their meetings with His Eminence, speak about the significance of the recently departed eparch of God.