The Russian Orthodox Church: Yesterday and Tomorrow

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

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The Russian Orthodox Church: Yesterday and Tomorrow

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

The hopes and prayers for the future turn to Ekaterinburg, to restoration and coronation.

Contemporary Occultism is a Confused Reaction to a Spiritual Crisis

Patriarch Daniel of Romania

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Contemporary Occultism is a Confused Reaction to a Spiritual Crisis

Patriarch Daniel of Romania

In this enormous vacuum of profound spiritual life of postmodern society caused by secularism, the prospect of the occult and Eastern practices becomes particularly tempting for contemporary man. Different directions are proposed to modern man from astrology to satanism, from re-actualizing the old techniques and methods of Chinese Mantic to aggressive new ways of Hindu and Buddhist mystic, that is, an array of spiritual methods of “turning inwardly,” of self-withdrawal, of self-discovery, in order to change the actual system of values, by changing the individual conscience.

VIDEO: One flew over Rostov the Great

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VIDEO: One flew over Rostov the Great

Rostov is one of the oldest towns in Russia and a Golden Ring tourist center.

VIDEO: Recalling Solovki, the Toughest Camp of the GULAG

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VIDEO: Recalling Solovki, the Toughest Camp of the GULAG

October 30 is known in Russia as the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression.

Condolences from the Orthodox and Coptic Churches of Egypt on the Crash of Russian Airbus-321

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Condolences from the Orthodox and Coptic Churches of Egypt on the Crash of Russian Airbus-321

On October 31, 2015 Russian Airbus-321, headed for St. Petersburg, crashed over the Sinai peninusla, tragically killing all 224 onboard. In response to this tragedy the heads of the Orthodox and Coptic churches of Egypt have offered their prayers and condolences.