Alexandra Nikiforova
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I remember how Fr. Paul, the father-confessor of Mt. Sinai rejoiced at seeing the mottled carpet of fields and green forests of Russia. To understand his joy one has to live for a time in the desert—water, flowers, and the singing of birds gain a new appreciation there. Sometimes the waterless desert becomes life, and then a meeting with such a man as the abbot of the Monastery of St. Gerasimos of the Jordan, who created an oasis in the middle of the Jordan desert in both the literal and figurative sense, brings you new strength for life and love.
If you still do not understand why American Christians admire Putin then see the video below that my US Marine friend made with my help.
Today at Acton University, Fr. Michael Butler examined the history of Church-State relations in the Orthodox Tradition with special reference to the modern, Russian context in his lecture “Orthodoxy, Church, and State.” As a teaser, I would like to briefly examine two concepts of Orthodox political theory to which Fr. Butler devoted specific attention:symphonia and sobornost.
A long time ago there was a remarkable man, a man who said that might does not make right, that the weak have a strength the strong do not have and that what we call "justice" is often really injustice. He was a man who was condemned by traditional conservative society and who died as a result of lawful application of the death penalty. Who was this man?
Sergei Chesnokov
On July 8, the Day of Family, Love and Faithfulness, the International Festival of Social Technologies in Defense of Family Values "Pro-Life 2013" has started its work in the Salut Hotel in Moscow. The forum will gather participants from over 60 regions of Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus as well as delegates from Ireland, the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Georgia and Kazakhstan to search for solutions for protecting the lives of unborn children.
