Wonderworking Reproductions of Icons: How Does the Church View Photo-Reproductions of Holy Images?

Part 1: The “Ecclesiological” Arguments Against the Veneration of Icon Reproductions

Vladimir Nemychenkov

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Orthodoxy Today

Wonderworking Reproductions of Icons: How Does the Church View Photo-Reproductions of Holy Images?

Part 1: The “Ecclesiological” Arguments Against the Veneration of Icon Reproductions

Vladimir Nemychenkov

The described wonderworking icon is nothing more than a reproduction on paper of the “St. Seraphim—Diveyevo Tenderness” Icon. That is, this is the same kind of “photo-reproduction” denigrated by some people.

Regarding Revelation

Archpriest Victor Potapov

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Theology

Regarding Revelation

Archpriest Victor Potapov

What we know of God has been given to us through revelation. While remaining unfathomable to the human mind, God revealed Himself to us and gave us the fullness of the truth and the promise of eternal life through His Son, Who became the Son of Man to share our fate and save us from the power of sin and death.

Moses the Historian Leads Us to the Mysteries of God

The Doctrine of the Creation of the World, Part 3

St. Innocent of Kherson

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Theology

Moses the Historian Leads Us to the Mysteries of God

The Doctrine of the Creation of the World, Part 3

St. Innocent of Kherson

Is Moses’ description pure historical truth, or is there an admixture of poetry in it?

On Objections to the Church’s Teaching

The Doctrine of the Creation of the World, Part 2

St. Innocent of Kherson

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Theology

On Objections to the Church’s Teaching

The Doctrine of the Creation of the World, Part 2

St. Innocent of Kherson

Last question: When did the world come about? There are two sides to this question, which must be distinguished by the one answering it.

Created Out of Nothing from the Will of God

The Doctrine of the Creation of the World, Part 1

St. Innocent of Kherson

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Created Out of Nothing from the Will of God

The Doctrine of the Creation of the World, Part 1

St. Innocent of Kherson

That the will of God has such creative power is evident from the fact that even now this creativity is partially expressed in our will.