The Power of Love and Not Force – Interview with Fr. Vladimir Vorobyov

During the patriarchal ministry of Patriarch Alexey II a completely new task stood before the Church: to learn to be self-sufficient and be independent in relationship to the government. According to Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov, the rector of St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Humanitarian University, not one patriarch of Russia had so much work to do. Until Patriarch [...]

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Language of the Church

I happened to be in attendance at the presentation recently reported on by ROCOR United and here present a few impressions. One thought which Dr. Sedakova expressed which I had never heard before was the idea that the language of the Slavic Church has never been simply understandable to every Peter, Paul, and Mary that [...]

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Christmas Message of Patriarch Alexey II

Shortly before Patriarch Alexey had reposed on December 5 he had prepared his Christmas message. Follows my translation of that epistle. Christmas Message of Alexey II, Patriarch of all Russia to the Bishops, Priests, Monastics and All Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church “Glory to God in the highest!” is heard from the incorporeal [...]

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“I had to go to the bathroom, honestly!!!”

First Hierarchs of Constantinople and Russian Orthodox Churches lead Divine Liturgy at Vladimir Hill His Holiness Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexey II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos, and Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania Anastasii performed a Divine Liturgy before a memorial to Equal to [...]

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Forsaking the world

Illiteracy and poor literacy in religious affairs, indifference and coldness of the public, including the clergy – all this could push an individual toward an irrational retreat to a cave.Patriarch Alexey II Tags: Patriarch Alexey II, illiteracy Powered by Qumana

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On that note

I’ll have you know that I was not one of the 121.976 people that contributed to Barack Obama’s sweeping win in Russia. On the infamous declaration of Kosovo I might echo the words of Patriarch Alexey and say, that it “is an anti-historic event that upsets the global balance and that may lead to very [...]

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Let the Heavens rejoice!

The Russian Church, having gone through the crucible of persecution, and having co-suffered with Christ, conquered the division.Patriarch Alexey II Патриархия.RU

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