Copy of Nicholas II’s Abdication Sells at Moscow Auction

Paul Gilbert

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Church History

Rating: 10|Votes: 3

Copy of Nicholas II’s Abdication Sells at Moscow Auction

Paul Gilbert

A copy of the act of abdication of Russia’s last emperor Nicholas II went under the hammer during an auction held on 19th February at Sotheby’s Moscow.

Patriarch Bartholomew sues Princeton for Byzantine manuscripts, school not backing down

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Church History

Rating: 7.7|Votes: 23

Patriarch Bartholomew sues Princeton for Byzantine manuscripts, school not backing down

The University of Princeton has denied all allegations that it is unlawfully holding ancient Orthodox manuscripts, as a lawsuit filed by Patriarch Bartholomew charges. The school is also seeking compensation for legal costs.

Belarusian Church celebrates anniversary of council that brought 1.5 million Uniates back to Orthodoxy (+ VIDEO)

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Church History

Rating: 9.9|Votes: 23

Belarusian Church celebrates anniversary of council that brought 1.5 million Uniates back to Orthodoxy (+ VIDEO)

Celebrations in honor of the 180th anniversary of the Polotsk Council that reunited Belarusian and Lithuanian Uniates with the Orthodox Church in 1839 were held on Sunday in the ancient town of Polotsk.

The Rudiments of an Ultra-Ecumenical Project, or Why Constantinople Needed to Introduce the New Calendar

Pavel Kuzenkov, Yuri Pushchaev

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Church History

Rating: 9.3|Votes: 55

The Rudiments of an Ultra-Ecumenical Project, or Why Constantinople Needed to Introduce the New Calendar

Pavel Kuzenkov, Yuri Pushchaev

When and why did the Patriarchate of Constantinople introduce the new calendar? How is it connected with the current Church conflict in Ukraine? We discussed these subjects with Pavel Kuzenkov, Ph.D in Historical Sciences, teacher of the Sretensky Theological Seminary, and expert in Christian chronological systems.

Eternal Present—The Martyrdom of the Romanov Royal Martyrs

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Rating: 9.7|Votes: 32

Eternal Present—The Martyrdom of the Romanov Royal Martyrs

The leaders of that sanguinary and bloodthirsty era, which did come about as Dostoevsky foresaw, indeed founded a kingdom of evil and terror in absolute contrast to the Heavenly Kingdom. Their atheistic and anti-Christian kingdom saw in the person of the Tsar and his family not any possible claimants to the throne, but the epitome of the Russian Orthodox state, the living symbol of the Orthodox Faith and the main defender of Orthodoxy on a worldwide basis.