Nun Cornelia (Rees)
All of Russia knew this tall, austere prelate with a formidable beard and moustache, because he was inseparable from the ecclesiastical life of the capital; his name is likewise inseparable from the late twentieth century development of a publishing arm of the Moscow Patriarchate—no simple task in a time when schoolchildren were still being taught that "there is no God."
The Moscow Patriarchate representative to the Council of Europe, Hegumen Filaret (Bulekov), commented at the request of an Interfax-Religion correspondent on the recent decision of the Strasbourg Court, which held that refusals by Russian authorities to hold gay pride parades are illegal.
Metropolitan Joseph
We are not pessimists, and we are not prophets of doom and gloom. However, we are also not prophets of cheerfulness and positive-thinking. Our Lord instructed us to discern the "signs of the times". Thus, it is always our task to be "critical" of modern society. We can not be members of a large group or movement, or any fad or mob. The only ultimate allegiance we have, obviously, is the Body of Christ. That allegiance alone determines our philosophy, our outlook and our ethic.
Teimuraz Kristinashvili
Rating: 10|Votes: 9
We meet homeless people nearly every day on our life’s path; people who are often contemptuously called “bums.” We see them at the train station, near the subway, in town squares and parks, and of course, at the churches, asking for money. Each time we see them, our hearts deliberate painfully over the question, “Should we give them alms, or not?” Then, other questions immediately arise, “How much? How should we give them? Is there any sense in giving at all?”
Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radovich)
Rating: 10|Votes: 4
It would be interesting to shed light upon what is hiding behind the very name, “pride parade,” from the psychological and anthropological point of view. Behind the verbal triumph and boastfulness of the societal demarche of “gay paraders,” is there not actually concealed the inner suffering, despair, and sadness of the parade’s participants?