Rating: 8.1|Votes: 46

Is support of the death penalty Christian?

Fr. Barnabas Powell

Is there any problem with being pro-life and supporting the death penalty? I didn't think so, until a conversation years ago got me thinking.

Rating: 8.3|Votes: 21

Between Death and Tradition: Modernity

Vasiliy Shchipkov

You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death, with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement. When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by, it cannot touch us, for we have made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.” (Isaiah 28:15)

Rating: 5.9|Votes: 9

The Economist's Interview with Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev

As part of reporting for a piece in this week’s issue about the relationship between the Russian state and the Russian Orthodox church, The Economist spoke to Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the Church’s external affairs boss. The full transcript, lightly edited for readability, is published here.

Rating: 9.7|Votes: 46

Is The Benedict Option Relevant to Russia?

Reflections on reading the book by Rod Dreher

Vladimir Basenkov

Some reflections on the sensational book by an Orthodox American Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option, the post-Christian world, and some parallels with the reality in Russia.

Rating: 10|Votes: 16

How I Stayed With the Patriarch

Priest Dimitry Vidumkin

I should immediately clarify that I was a guest of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia. This is how it happened…