Church marriage in an Orthodox perspective
Marriage is the union of a man and a woman established by God in Paradise (Gen. 2:18-24; Matt. 19:6). Church marriage is…
Proverbs referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies (2)
FAIRIES Where the scythe cuts and the sock rives,No more fairies and bee-hives. Laugh like a pixy (i.e., fairy). Waters locked! waters…
“Today is a holiday, you can’t wash it!” How to talk to superstitious people?
How to explain to superstitious people that various signs have nothing to do with the Orthodox holiday? The site www.pravmir.ru explains in…
Politics – outside the Church
Author: Joseph, Metropolitan of the USA, Canada and Australia, Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Bulgarian Patriarchate On the occasion of the 50th…
UNODC celebrates International Youth Day by working for and with youth
© UNODC Vienna (Austria), 12 August 2022 – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is proud to recognize International…
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Safety at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement in Support of the IAEA’s Efforts to Promote Nuclear Safety and Security at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant…
Economy in the Conditions of Globalization (Orthodox ethical view)
Globalization – the involvement of the peoples and states of the Earth in common economic, cultural, information, political processes – has become…
Pope Francis met with Russian Metropolitan Antony
On August 5, in the Vatican, Pope Francis met with Volokolamsk Metropolitan Antony, Chairman of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the…
Proverbs referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies
CHAPTER XIII Of Fairies, Witches, Gypsies,My nourrice sang to me ,Sua Gypsies, Fairies, Witches,I alsua synge to thee.” (“Denham Tract.”) DR. KRAUSS has…
The church and social problems
By Prof. George Mantzaridis, Prof. Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Christians have a general awareness of the need for the Church’s…