In a post on the website of the Western Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Japan, Bishop Seraphim of Sendai has provided the most recent assessment of damage sustained by the churches in his diocese as a result of the March earthquake and tsunami, and the plight of parishioners there.
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)
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The Patriarch was the spiritual leader of the Russian people during a very difficult time. He continues to be so during our difficult time in Russia—a time of schism, separation, and falls. The Church's duty in such trials is to inspire and unite the people for the sake of saving their native land, faith, and truth, serving for unification.
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"The tribe is believed to be one of the most willful and scofflaw. The situation here became more complicated after a number of wars, which left people with many firearms—mostly our Kalashnikov rifles." Nevertheless, the travelers have been given a most gracious welcome, expressed in the local tradition of the kissing of hands, even by gun-toting men.
Gabriele Kuby
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There is a Cultural Revolution happening behind the back of public awareness, which is about to change the innermost core of our social structure in society. It’s about dissolving the identity of man and woman step by step; sexual standards and social forms based on marriage, family, motherand fatherhood. This Cultural Revolution is called Gender Mainstreaming.
Out of every 100 victims of religious intolerance in the world, 75 are Christians. After the terrorist attack on 20 January 2011 in Alexandria, the European Parliament adopted a resolution acknowledging the fact of violation of the rights of Christians. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, in his interview to Izvestiya daily (Issue 50 (28311), 24 March 2011), speaks of the persecution of Christians today.
