Serbian Conversations, Part 2

At long last, I present the second interview with Fr. Daniel Sysoyev and Yuri Maximov which they gave in Serbia. “O Lord, open Thou my lips and my mouth shall declare Thy praise” Stanoje Stankovic: The first question: What do you think about missions in the world, that is, in Africa, in Russia, in Serbia, [...]

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Serbian Conversations, Part 1

The following is the first part of a translation I’ve slowly been working on in my web-log absence. It is one of the last interviews that Fr. Daniel Sysoyev gave. Serbian Conversations Father Daniel Sysoyev and Yuri Maximov “Shining as a star” A few words about Father Daniel Sysoyev from Yuri Maximov Late on the [...]

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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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The Final Interview with Father Daniel Sysoyev: Hasten to Heaven!

The following short interview (if one question comprises an interview I will not argue with as that is how it is stated in the original) is from the November issue of “Neskuchnyi Sad,” a popular mission- and social-oriented Orthodox magazine. Source. Citizens of heaven were what the Christians of the pagan Roman Empire called themselves [...]

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Feast Day of Sts. Kirill and Methody

To fill a small part of the void while ROCOR United is on vacation, I am reporting on one of Sunday’s happenings in Moscow on the feast day of Sts. Kirill and Methody (also, by the way, the name’s day of the Patriarch). I started translating the following article and got worn out with the [...]

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St. Gabriel (Igoshkin), Confessor of Melkess

Today is the feast day (according to both Gregorian and Julian calendars) of St. Gabriel (Igoshkin), Confessor of Melkess. Below I present my translation of his life. Troparion, Tone 3: The brightness of thy life of struggle has been shown to us/ confessor of Christ Gabriel;/ for the sake of the love of Christ thou [...]

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Battling Russian Bureaucracy One Bite at a Time

During a quarrel with his ex-wife, who was staying in his flat, the man tore out the page showing her right to live there and ate it… I tell you what, since living in Russia I’ve wanted to take a few bites out of various things as well…

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