Rating: 6.4|Votes: 5
In response to numerous requests from our readers, the editors of Pravoslavie.ru present an English translation of the text of the film, “The Fall of an Empire—the Lesson of Byzantium.”
His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, congratulated His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, on his 80 th birthday today.
His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus of Eastern America and New York, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, celebrates his 80 th birthday on January 1.
On December 23-25, 2007, a joint pastoral conference of the Berlin Diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate and the German Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia was held. This was the first such conference of the Russian Orthodox Church since the reestablishment of the unity within the Local Church.
Rating: 10|Votes: 3
The biggest impression on me was the divine service in the heart of Russian Orthodoxy, under the vaulted ceilings of the grandiose Uspensky Cathedral of the Mother of God, the resting place of the Moscow Primates. Here lies St Ermogen, a shining example of staunchness in the Orthodox Faith during the Time of Troubles. His guidance led our ancestors to stand firmly for their faith, their Fatherland, and during his imprisonment, yet with his blessing, Archimandrite Dionisy of Holy Trinity-St Sergius Lavra and Avraamy Palitsyn, his protector, sent missives to inspire the defenders of the Muscovite state.