Becasue ‘faith without works is dead.’ Currently Russian Church’s first priority is creating ‘homes for moms,’ who refuse to perform an abortion (sometimes after the actions and rally’s of believers against abortion). Before the Revolution of 1917, many bemoaned the fact the Russian Orthodox Church did not perform enough social ministry. Today, that is very […]
Terrorist Act Averted at Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra
The Orthodox are no strangers to Christophobia, persecution, or terrorism. It is not an intellectual exercise to us. As learned from a source in the Federal Security Service [FSB], a terrorist act was averted in the largest men’s monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church with several centuries of history—the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. According to sources, […]
Russia is a Bastion of Traditional Values which is Resisting Western Neopaganism
Someone is calling it like it is. Finally. In his recent article published by the RT’s Arabic service, the Lebanese journalist Habib Fuani stressed that today’s Russian leadership is guided by traditional values, in contrast to neopaganism of the West. “As opposed to ex-President George Bush Senior, who served as witness at a same-sex wedding […]
Russia Able to Become Biggest World Supplier of Ecologically Clean Food
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the country to completely supply itself with foodstuffs by 2020. Russia could become the largest world supplier of ecologically clean and high-quality foodstuffs, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. “We are not only able to feed ourselves taking into account our lands, water resources – Russia is able to become […]
Our Times, the Future of Russia, and The End of the World
by Fr. Seraphim Rose Every Orthodox Christian is placed between two worlds: this fallen world where we try to work out our salvation, and the other world, heaven, the homeland towards which we are striving and which, if we are leading a true Christian life, gives us the inspiration to live from day to day […]
Russia and the West Have Swapped Spiritual and Cultural Roles
by Iben Thranholm “Russians are returning to Christianity in a modern and contemporary context” “They are familiar with the bitter fruit of atheism and have no appetite for the bleak and barren wasteland it produced” “in Russia, Christianity is associated with being modern and progressive” “the young, the hip, the wise and the wealthy, express […]
How to Build a Chapel in a Day – Without a Single Nail
On July 5, Kolomenskoye Park was the scene of the Russian Field (Russkoye Polye) Slavic Culture Festival, dedicated to the 700th anniversary of the birthday of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh. The festival’s main aim was to acquaint visitors with ancient Russian culture and show them how Russians’ ancestors lived, as well as building a […]
Whose Side Is God On Now?
By Patrick J. Buchanan In his Kremlin defense of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Vladimir Putin, even before he began listing the battles where Russian blood had been shed on Crimean soil, spoke of an older deeper bond. Crimea, said Putin, “is the location of ancient Khersones, where Prince Vladimir was baptized. His spiritual feat of […]
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Russia’s Anti-Gay Law & LGBT Rights
The following is the executive summary of an extensive analysis of the “anti-Gay” laws so much in the news in the run up to the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. The author of the report (who is openly gay) is keen for it to reach a wide audience. The full white paper is over 100 […]
What Is Glory?
by Fr. John A. Peck If I have any part of this story wrong, I defer to Fr. Michael Oleksa to set the record right. This is it as well as I can remember it, with apologies to him. This really happened. As a student at St. Herman Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska, I had the […]