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Recollections of the Triumph of Orthodoxy in Moscow, 1914
It was 1914. Moscow. The first Sunday of Great Lent — “The Sunday of Orthodoxy.” On that day, all lovers of church splendor flock to the Uspensky Sobor, the Dormition Cathedral,...
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill attend Sunday of Orthodoxy reception given by...
March 27, 2013 On 26 March 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia attended reception given by H.E. Michael Spinellis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the...
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The finding of the relics of Hieromartyr Nicodemus (Kononov) included in the...
March 27, 2013 With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia, the commemoration of the Finding of the Holy Relics of St Nicodemus (Kononov), Bishop of Belgorod...
View ArticleThe Triumph of Orthodoxy is not the Triumph of the Orthodox over other people
We are keeping today, as every year at the end of the first week of Lent, the Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. And every year we must give thought to what is meant, not only as a historical event,...
View ArticleWe Remember and We Honor Because It Matters
We all take Orthodoxy for granted and we forget all about Synods, Saints and Holy Fathers. We are mostly ignorant that torture, prison, exile, even death were things experienced by previous...
View ArticleIcons are Much More than Art in Orthodoxy
One of the first things people notice when visiting an Orthodox church is that nearly every inch of the walls and ceiling are adorned with images of Christ, his mother and the saints. These pictures...
View ArticleTriumph, but not Triumphalism: On the Sunday of Orthodoxy
Do many today in the West read the works of the ascetic and spiritual writers of the ancient Church? But the Orthodox – monks and laity – read these books and guide their spiritual life by them.
View ArticleOn Sunday of Orthodoxy, Patriarch Kirill celebrates Liturgy at the Church of...
Among his concelebrants were many bishops and priests as well as Moscow representatives of the Orthodox Churches of Antioch, Serbia, Bulgaria, the Czech Lands and Slovakia, and the Orthodox Church in...
View ArticleVenerate Icons by Becoming One: On the Sunday of Orthodoxy
One of the great dangers of our age is the tendency to set our sights too low, to expect too little of ourselves and others. It is so appealing to think that being true to ourselves means indulging...
View ArticleSunday of Orthodoxy: Holding Forth Our Truth
Today we celebrate our Christian Faith in an important way. We gather in our churches bringing the Sacred Icons in solemn procession to mark the restoration of the Icons in 843 under the Empress...
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