An urge to be faithful to Christ and His Church – Co-responsibility and co-operation

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An urge to be faithful to Christ and His Church – Co-responsibility and co-operation

Facing the contemporary challenges related to the phenomena of secularization, migration and all types of violence which generate different feelings and attitudes for and against the Church, as servants of our Saviour Jesus Christ among men, we must mainly resort to spiritual patterns represented by the Holy Fathers of the Church and by the Romanian Spiritual Fathers, who went through many trials and tribulations, but, by prayer and patience, wisdom and hope, conveyed to us a dynamic missionary work and a peaceful, lively and luminous Romanian spirituality.

How Putin Taught Me a Lesson in Being Christ-like

Iben Thranholm

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How Putin Taught Me a Lesson in Being Christ-like

Iben Thranholm

Putin and Russia have received a major blow and chosen to turn the other cheek. Not because Russia is weak, fearful or incapable of responding with deadly force. But Putin has chosen to defeat the greater evil of terrorism instead of taking revenge.

Europe's moral and spiritual vacuum invites acts of terrorism

Iben Thranholm

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Europe's moral and spiritual vacuum invites acts of terrorism

Iben Thranholm

These days the media are overflowing with comments and analyses of last Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. One particular angle is consistently ignored – or banished: religion.

Gratitude

Elissa Bjeletich

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Gratitude

Elissa Bjeletich

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. This is such a beautiful holiday — all the more so because it’s so rare for just about everyone in the United States to stop moving, gather together with family and loved ones, and express gratitude to our Creator.

Terrorism is Satanism

Metropolitan Hilarion's (Alfeyev) address to the Russian Duma

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

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Terrorism is Satanism

Metropolitan Hilarion's (Alfeyev) address to the Russian Duma

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

We must clearly realize that it is not a war of one religious confession against another. The very notion of ‘religious terrorism’ can only lead us astray. There is no religious terrorism whatsoever.