Unfunny Baptism

Archpriest Sergey Adodin

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Unfunny Baptism

Archpriest Sergey Adodin

And do you know what is the funniest thing in the sacrament of baptism? No, that's not a mistake, I explicitly wrote "funny". People who were told nothing about this sacrament and about the spiritual life in general smile at the comical aspect of the situation at every baptism.

“I Learned That the Lord Is Always Near”

Igor Ivanov, Priest Vadim Marinich

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“I Learned That the Lord Is Always Near”

Igor Ivanov, Priest Vadim Marinich

Fr. Vadim Marinich serves at the Church of the Archangel Michael in the city of Vorkuta (in the extreme north of Russia in the Autonomous Republic of Komi). He is a retired Captain of the Special Rapid Response Unit; he earlier fought in two Chechen Wars. In his interview with Pravoslavie.ru the priest spoke about faith, patriotism and the upbringing of children.

On Martin Scorsese’s movie “Silence”

Alexander Popov

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On Martin Scorsese’s movie “Silence”

Alexander Popov

After series of gangster movies which he shot in great numbers in the 1990s and 2000s and which ensured his popularity among film fans and film critics, after his “black” comedy, “The Wolf of Wall Street”, which focused on the financial crisis, Martin Scorsese has returned to the theme of his scandalous religious tragedy “The Last Temptation of Christ” (which was not a success precisely because it involved blasphemy against Christ) by making a new and rather controversial movie on spiritual temptations, tests of faith, and search for God.

Pornography is an affliction for young men. And it’s been mainstreamed.

Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse

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Pornography is an affliction for young men. And it’s been mainstreamed.

Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse

It comes from the depths of hell to destroy their characters before they can grow into a healthy sense of who they are.

Civil peace begins with us

Fr. Barnabas Powell

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Civil peace begins with us

Fr. Barnabas Powell

For any who’d follow the tested rhythms of ancient Christianity, it’s time to get spiritually sober — fasting not only from food, but anything that takes our attention from Christ. And there’s nothing so intoxicating right now as politics.