On May 12, 2013, the second week after Pascha, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the territory of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Beijing in which the Russian Orthodox Mission in China used to be. The Primate of the Russian Church was assisted by Metropolitan […]
The Authority Of The Powerless Church
It seems to me, and I am deeply convinced of this, that the Church should never speak from a position of power.
With One Heart, In One Spirit: Germany’s Only Orthodox Womens Monastery
An Interview with Mother Maria We met Mother Maria (Sidiropoulo), abbess of the only Orthodox convent in Germany, a few years ago in Moscow’s Marfo-Mariinsky Convent of Mercy. On that day, the director and telejournalist from Syktyvkara, Vladimir Krivtsun, was shooting a documentary on Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna. Imagine our surprise when we found a […]
More Orthodox Than Lutherans In Estonia
There are more Orthodox Christians than representatives of other religions among residents of Estonia aged 15 and above. 16% of Estonia’s population call themselves Orthodox, reports Interfax Religion. According to the 2011 population and living space census, 10% of the Estonian population consider themselves Lutherans, reported the Department of Statistics on Monday. At the same […]
VIEWPOINT: In The War Over Christianity, Orthodoxy Is Winning
By Mary Eberstadt Orthodoxy and Orthodox Christian morality for the win. Pay attention, Orthodox Christians. The author is talking about ‘orthodox’ Christianity, not Orthodoxy – as long as Orthodoxy remains orthodox (pardon the pun), there is no limit to our missionary potential in this century. We’re all that’s left. Small wonder, given the harrowing times […]
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