There is no smear campaign against euthanasia law in Belgium – it is just that the truth hurts

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There is no smear campaign against euthanasia law in Belgium – it is just that the truth hurts

No-one is telling lies – we are telling the truth so people may realise what is really going on under the guise of ‘good, medical practice’ in Belgium. We seek no gain apart from that truth and the suspension of their terrible practice of euthanasia.

A monk from a samurai family

Hierodeacon Nikolai (Ono)

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A monk from a samurai family

Hierodeacon Nikolai (Ono)

Hierodeacon Nikolai (Ono) comes from an old family of priests of the Japanese Orthodox Church. His great-great grandfather’s name—Priest John Ono—is often mentioned in the diaries of Sti. Nicholas of Japan. We talk with Fr. Nikolai about his family and Orthodox churches of Japan and Russia.

Message from the Primates of the Orthodox Churches

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Message from the Primates of the Orthodox Churches

On March 9, 2014, the first Sunday of Great Lent, the feast day of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the following message from the Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches was read from the ambo of the Cathedral of St George the Great Martyr in Phanar, Turkey:

Metropolitan Hilarion's Epistle on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Eastern American Diocese

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Metropolitan Hilarion's Epistle on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Eastern American Diocese

This year, we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Eastern American Diocese by the ever-memorable Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko) in 1934. This anniversary gives us reason to stop and assess the 80-year path that has passed before us, while making provisions for a brighter future.

The Threatening Fist of Dostoevsky’s Matryosha

On the open letter by the “writers of the world”, published in the Guardian

Aleksei Solonitsyn

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The Threatening Fist of Dostoevsky’s Matryosha

On the open letter by the “writers of the world”, published in the Guardian

Aleksei Solonitsyn

When I began to ponder it, I looked at the names of the Nobel Laureates among the signatures, and the writers’ position became a littler clearer to me, because I recalled a few of their works.