Religion & Beliefs

David Tilman24.08.2025

Christianity appeared during the early Roman Empire, spread throughout the Mediterranean area and beyond it, and within four centuries had become the dominant religion and system of thought in the Near East, North Africa, and Europe. The influence of Christian attitudes toward the natural environment was widespread, particularly in the last few centuries of ancient […]

Prot. Victor Harakas22.08.2025

What is the purpose of the Divine Liturgy? There are several important purposes to the Divine Liturgy. The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is one of a number of different liturgical forms of the Holy Eucharist. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the most common way of celebrating the Eucharist, is the Divine Liturgy of […]

Kirill Benediktov11.05.2025

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is the first American to hold the See of St. Peter. He is an American born in Chicago, but not Anglo-Saxon: his father, a Navy sailor and World War II veteran, is half French and half Italian, and his mother, a librarian, is Spanish by birth. The new […]

Prot. Victor Harakas23.03.2025

This figure is prominent in the writings of St. John in the New Testament (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7). The name comes from the Greek word “antichristos.” It means something or someone opposed to Christ. Generally speaking, any force, person, practice, or behavior which is antagonistic to, and contrary to, Christ may […]

Yuri Chekalin18.03.2025

Einstein once said in an interview in J.S. Viereck’s book “Glimpses of the Great”, in response to a question about whether he believed in God: “Your question [about God] is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question to which I can answer simply ‘yes’ or ‘no’. I am not an atheist. […]

Andrey Vedyaev04.03.2025

Half a century ago, on November 8, 1974, Wolf Messing passed away, a unique Soviet psychic and seer who made a significant contribution to the Victory of the Soviet people over the fascism of Europe. When I am asked what this contribution consists of, I suggest that we first think about the contribution to the […]

Tatiana Kasatkina20.02.2025

“…two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus within himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of […]

Prot. Victor Harakas29.01.2025

To my knowledge, no formal statement on nuclear proliferation has been issued as yet by any official body of the Orthodox Church. Without a doubt, it will become an issue. In my book, “Contemporary Moral Issues”, I address the “arms race.” I believe that it is the Church’s general teaching that war is not good, […]

Alexander Palladin25.01.2025

Ever since 1821, my ancestors, the Palladins, used to live in the village of Dyutkovo not far from Moscow. Some of them served in the local Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, founded in the 16th century. A few years ago, while collecting materials about my family tree, I came across an […]

Yuri Chekalin13.12.2024

Einstein once said in an interview in G.S. Viereck’s book “Glimpses of the Great”, in response to a question about whether or not he believed in God. “Your question [about God] is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question I can answer simply with yes or no. I am not an […]

Christianity and the Natural Environment

Divine Liturgy

In the Vatican, the American Pope

Antichrist

Great Scientists Who Believed in God

Wolf Messing’s Magic is Immortal

About the Publican and the Pharisee

Nuclear War

Eugene de Beauharnais’s Fate for Him Was Fair

The Question of Science and God

Christianity and the Natural Environment

Divine Liturgy

City of Brotherly Love

Trump in Washington — Mayor to a Resort