“We Don’t Sense Animosity From Everyday Americans”

A talk with Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral)

Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral)

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 9.8|Votes: 31

“We Don’t Sense Animosity From Everyday Americans”

A talk with Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral)

Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral)

His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, tells RIA Novosti about Russian churches in the diaspora, problems they face, what they expect from the future, and how Russian Orthodox communities live in America.

Why do seminarians wear the cassock?

Fr. John Whiteford

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Church History

Rating: 8.5|Votes: 13

Why do seminarians wear the cassock?

Fr. John Whiteford

Seminaries are a relatively recent thing in Church history. The first seminaries were established in the wake of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation in the 16th century, and were only later adopted as a model by both Orthodox and Protestants.

Archaeologists unearth “Footprints of God” possibly dating to time of Jewish entry into Promised Land

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Church History

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Archaeologists unearth “Footprints of God” possibly dating to time of Jewish entry into Promised Land

Six sandal-shaped structures being referred to as the “Footprints of God,” unearthed in Israel, have been garnering a lot of attention lately.

On the Canonization of the Royal Martyrs

Archpriest Alexander Shargunov

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Rating: 9.2|Votes: 46

On the Canonization of the Royal Martyrs

Archpriest Alexander Shargunov

The theme of canonization is truly, above all, the theme of awakening, reflecting on how the people’s memory was stifled, how it was held in a hypnotic state, suggesting that there was nothing, and no tsar. The most forbidden subject was the Tsar.

Are Ecumenical Councils Infallible?

How the Orthodox Church views the Ecumenical Councils

Fr. John Whiteford

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Church History

Rating: 9.5|Votes: 13

Are Ecumenical Councils Infallible?

How the Orthodox Church views the Ecumenical Councils

Fr. John Whiteford

Individual members, and even local Churches may err, but it is not possible for the entire Church to teach that which is erroneous—and Ecumenical Councils are certainly an example of what the Church as a whole teaches.