Rating: 5.4|Votes: 7
Central to this effort is Agathangelos' description of Gregory's vision of the burial place of the martyrs. Gregory is shown a golden base where the cathedral at Vagharshapat (later Etchmiadzin) is to be built. Thus Agathangelos establishes a divine foundation for the cathedral and for the church leaders who will reside there so again, he makes a case for the "rightness" of the hierarchs and the hierarchical structure of the Church.
Rating: 10|Votes: 3
The thought flashed through his mind: "He'll tear me to pieces." But he did not have the strength to run away. And where could he run? But the bear came up to him, sniffed him and peacefully lay down at his feet. Warmth wafted out of his huge bear's hide. Then he turned over with his belly towards the metropolitan, stretched out his whole length and began to snore sweetly.
Georgiy Velikanov
Rating: 10|Votes: 28
Patriarch Tikhon, without a doubt, was a “point of intersection” for all the Russian Church’s modern history. At him intersect all the different paths chosen by hierarchs and simple believers.
Fr. Stephen Freeman
The concept of the One Church shifted during the Reformation. I offer a case in point as well as a reflection on how it changes our current understanding.
Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
On September 26, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, anchorman of the Church and the World talk-show on Russia-24 TV network, hosted film director Andrei S. Konchalovsky.