As dramatic events continue to unfold in the Ukraine over the status of the Crimea, it is disturbing to see the western media donning their cheerleading costumes rather than attempting to present a balanced overview.
I wanted to see for myself what the local situation was and I can tell you today that what I had seen in the media and what I’ve seen myself on the ground, on the Crimean Peninsula - those were two different worlds. The media reports conveying a picture of uncertainty and conflict were false; the situation there was in fact completely different.
As we continue to follow the news in Ukraine, Ancient Faith Radio is committed to bring you a balanced perspective on the events and implications for the Orthodox Church. Today, Kevin Allen is speaking with Ukrainian expert and Orthodox Christian Mr James Jatras. Mr Jatras is a former US diplomat, US Senate staffer, and a member of the American Institute of Ukraine
Archbishop Tikhon of South Sakhalin and the Kurils, Nun Hilariona (Funtova)
I saw in her, first and foremost, a person who strove for salvation, for solitude, for a monastic life, for a different life. And for this reason I suggested that she become a nun. Actually, according to the apt expression of one of the podvizhniki of our time, “monasticism is not a reward, but a way of repentance.”
Nun Cornelia (Rees)
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As Orthodox Christians not only in Russia but around the globe attended services and sang the praises of these righteous ones of the comparatively recent past, little did they suspect that two more Russians Orthodox Christians in the Russian far east would die that day, in a way that can only be called martyric. Who were these two martyrs, and what motivated the young man who everyone described as an ordinary Russian guy, indistinguishable from anyone else in the church until he opened fire on the worshippers assembled there?