Victor Aliyev

Victor Aliyev20.02.2026

When ashes fall on the forehead, time seems to slow down — Ash Wednesday — a time when we pause and remember — who are we? Where are we going? What are we doing? Ash Wednesday is a time of preparation for Lent in the Western Church, and everyone who comes is anointed with ashes […]

Victor Aliyev24.12.2025

In our modern world, we all live in a completely new reality compared to the previous century. Today, whether on the subway or on the street, we encounter thousands of strangers. In the past, living in the village, everyone knew each other by sight, perhaps only meeting a few folks during seasonal work. However, today […]

Victor Aliyev06.11.2025

Almost two thousand years ago, the first disciples of Christ were passing on the news of the Resurrection with awe and fear, and the Church was just beginning to emerge in the homes, streets, dungeons, and squares of the empire. Today, it is difficult for us not to wonder: what happened to the one Body […]

Victor Aliyev19.10.2025

Dreams, spiritual visions and revelations in the Lutheran tradition: from Luther and Böhme to modern Protestants. The Orthodox tradition, recognizing in principle the possibility of divine revelations through dreams (this is stated in the lives of the saints), in ascetic practice treats them with deep “sobriety”, as a potentially dangerous area of delusion. The Lutheran […]

Victor Aliyev08.10.2025

Fifteen years of pastoral ministry have taught me a simple truth: being a Lutheran in Russia means constantly answering the question of what Russian Lutheranism is. There is no answer—there are six different answers, six paths that seem to lead to the same goal. The history of this diversity goes back centuries. The first Lutheran […]

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Ashes Instead of a Mask

Can AI Become God?

Two Sides of the Reformation

Dreams in Contemporary Protestantism

6 Lutheran Churches in Russia

The Collapse of the American Two-Party System

Stop AI Before it’s Too Late

No Spin — Just Power

The Andropov Code