Gay marriage opponents make their case to Supreme Court

Foes of same-sex marriage are warning the Supreme Court that lifting state or federal restrictions would threaten their own economic and religious freedoms and lead to social and political upheaval.

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Femen act in the cathedral – French politicians in fury – similarities to Pussy Riot

Here is another example of the European double standards: in France the very same politicians who recently admired the Pussy Riot act in the Christ the Savior Cathedral now criticize the Femen activists for their act in the Notre Dame Cathedral.

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ICU – At the Border between Life and Death

There is perhaps no other medical specialty which experiences the tension of the borderline between life and death, respect for life and affection for people, the right decision and the wrong outcome, the need to extend our co-existence and the desire to provide fellow-feeling, hope for a life without pain, the struggle between extending life and the unwanted consequences of holding back death.

Suffering Leading to Forgiveness

I’m reading "Everyday Saints and Other Stories" by Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov). I’m only 46 pages into this 500 page collection of stories about holy “everyday” people in Russia, but based on what I have read so far, I think I can fully recommend it. The translation is excellent, revealing Archimandrite Tikhon’s skill as a story teller.

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Fr Daniel in the Lion’s Den: ‘Paris’ Theology and Neo-Renovationism

Fr. Daniel Sisoyev

At the heart of modernism, both in Russia and in the West, is one and the same thing - the rejection of Patristic tradition in its entirety.