Rating: 8.6|Votes: 58

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev): The Current situation creates a threat of schism for Universal Orthodoxy

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

We have made this statement today in the hope that they will reconsider their decision, that no exarchs will go to Kiev. However, in the event that the decision is not reconsidered, we will be forced to think of retaliatory measures. At the moment, such measures are being discussed by our Holy Synod.

Rating: 7.5|Votes: 39

Icons Painted by St. Luke

Archimandrite Job (Gumerov)

Today we celebrate one of the world’s most beloved icons of the Mother of God—the Vladimir icon. Tradition has it that this icon, which is now preserved in a church attached to the Tretyakov Art Gallery in Moscow, was originally painted by the holy Apostle Luke.

Rating: 9.2|Votes: 25

Repentance and not Autocephaly is needed to heal the schism in Ukraine

An interview with the Archbishop Theodosy (Snigiryov) of Boyarka

Sergei Geruk, Archbishop Theodosy (Snigiryov) of Boyarka

The 1030th anniversary celebration of the Baptism of Rus’ revealed new tendencies in the church life of Ukraine, made manifest in the hidden attitudes of society towards the church. What were the spiritual results of this anniversary? Has the danger of the non-canonical legalization of the schism ceased? What is the spiritual status of the Ukrainian flock? When will peace finally come to Ukraine?

Rating: 8.4|Votes: 21

The Historical Aspects of the Transfer of the Kievan Metropolia to the Moscow Patriarchate

Sergei Kuznetsov

The History of the Russian Church, as well as that of the Kievan Metropolis, separated between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, can be characterized mainly in the light of: a) The weakness at the center of the Patriarchate of Constantinople; and b) The strong influence of Catholicism on the Ukrainian lands controlled by Poland.

Rating: 10|Votes: 3

Archaeologists May Have Discovered a Church Built on the Site of Constantine the Great’s Conversion to Christianity

During work along the right bank of the Tiber this summer, the archaeological group Cooperativa Archeologia uncovered what was first thought to be a villa, but later considered to be a church.