Fr. Anthony Rusakevich
Since there are no ready-made solutions to this fundamental spiritual problem, at least some preventive measures can be taken that will protect us against a possible crisis of faith, “laymen burnout”. These rules are quite simple. Let’s call them “life hacks for tired laymen”.
Greece and the entire world are going through hard times, but Orthodox Christians must take heart, because we have all the “Divine weapons of our Christian faith and Divine love” at our disposal, writes the Greek Orthodox hierarch of Kythira.
His visit yesterday coincides with new state moves against the Lavra. In March, the Ministry of Culture arbitrarily broke its agreement with the Church for the use of the Lower Lavra, and on Wednesday, a Kiev Court upheld this decision. And now the police are preventing Orthodox parishioners and pilgrims from visiting the lower section of the Lavra, by order of the administration of the Kiev Caves Lavra Museum-Preserve.
Alexander Belya has been at the center of a number of controversies in recent years. He was defrocked by ROCOR in February 2020, and thus is canonically only a lay monk.
A group of Lithuanian Deputies of Parliament have registered draft amendments allowing the government to terminate religious organizations for “national security reasons.”