The Things Which Are Impossible with Men Are Possible with God (Lk. 18:27), or Diana Dzhishiashvili’s Amazing Life Story

Irina Krikheli

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The Things Which Are Impossible with Men Are Possible with God (Lk. 18:27), or Diana Dzhishiashvili’s Amazing Life Story

Irina Krikheli

There are people who challenge the generally accepted stereotypes and prove by their entire lives that nothing is impossible for human beings.

A Fine Line Between Rebellion and Apostasy

Priest Dimitry Shishkin

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A Fine Line Between Rebellion and Apostasy

Priest Dimitry Shishkin

One can’t help but think that Satan himself incites quick-tempered and radically inclined people to rise up and rebel against injustices, some of which are quite real, so that the movement against such injustices is discredited as “obscurantism”.

On the Freedom of the Ukrainian Church

Archimandrite Markell (Pavuk)

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On the Freedom of the Ukrainian Church

Archimandrite Markell (Pavuk)

In this interview, Fr. Markell discusses freedom in general and the freedom of the Church in particular, how spiritual freedom and political freedom are related, whether a Christian can be free when the Church of Christ is politically oppressed, and what relations are like between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian state today.

African Americans Must Look to Orthodoxy for Peace in a Violent America

Kaleb of Atlanta

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African Americans Must Look to Orthodoxy for Peace in a Violent America

Kaleb of Atlanta

As Christians, we know that we are all one in Christ regardless of race or identity (Gal 3:28), and yet despite that we are still divided among ourselves by ethnic lines. This verse is spiritual, we are all spiritually one in Christ, and nothing can be high enough to divide us in Him.

On Andreas Konanos’s Abandonment of the Priesthood

Priest Valery Dukhanin

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On Andreas Konanos’s Abandonment of the Priesthood

Priest Valery Dukhanin

Any loss causes grief. The abandonment of a wife by her husband, of children by their father, of friends by their friend—not to mention the abandonment of the ministry by a pastor—above all causes pain and sorrow. You can’t be happy when a tragedy occurs. Likewise, the fact that the preacher of “joyful Christianity”, who taught us how to get over various crises and overcome conflicts, has given up his pastoral ministry so easily shouldn’t be a cause for happiness.