Victor Aksyuchits
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On 1 October 2008, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Russia did grant judicial rehabilitation to Emperor Nicholas II and his immediate family. This article was written before that decision. No other names, other than the Emperor and his immediate family, were mentioned in the decision.
Interview with Archimandrite Zacchaeus Wood
Since Metropolitan Jonah lived here in Russia, I think that his love for the Russian Church will be entirely natural and sincere, and this is very important. We always remember that we received autocephaly from the Russian Orthodox Church, and the relationship between our churches for all of us is vital.
On September 26, 2008, Sergei Kislyak, the new Russian Ambassador to the United States, paid a visit to His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, at his residence at the Synodal Building in New York City. We offer our readers photographs of the event, which was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
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The histories of Moscow and of the icon of Vladimir Mother of God are eternally inseparable. How many times did the Mother of God save the capital city from enemies through the grace of her holy icon? This icon has linked Apostolic times to Byzantium, Kievan Rus’ to Vladimir Rus’, and later to Muscovy, the Third Rome; as it is said, “there will be no Fourth.” The kingdom of Moscow was formed by divine providence and embraced the mystical ties of ancient empires, historical experience and traditions of other Orthodox peoples. The miracle working Vladimir icon became a symbol of unity and succession.
Russian Greek-Orthodox Archimandrite Tikhon studied film production before entering the clergy, and when his first work as a director and narrator was released earlier this year in “The fall of an Empire – The Lesson of Byzantium” documentary, it created an uproar! The film deals with the Empire’s degradation and how it lost its “ability to respond to the calls of history.” A Greek version has already been released and an English version is underway.