The local Council of Moscow of 1917– 1918 is without doubt the greatest event in the recent history of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was the first council convoked since 1667 and the result of an astonishing renewal— scarcely known until then—of Russian Orthodox theology at the beginning of the twentieth century. This council addressed, with exceptional courage, the myriad questions that the ...

S t. Agatha classically has been the patron saint of breast cancer patients. She had her breasts mutilated in the 3rd century by a pagan governor in Sicily because she refused to accede to his sexual demands or to sacrifice to the Roman gods. As a martyr, she thus became the patron of nursing mothers and nursemaids who pray to her for healthy breasts and a good supply of milk. Patients with dis...

The multiple similarities between the Greek and Syriac eucharistic liturgies of Antioch its hinterland on one hand Jerusalem Liturgy Saint James other situate within a single cultural area as regards liturgical life. Compared with Antioch, however, we have much more early evidence for Hours in Jerusalem. Main sources, which are briefly presented paper, a) Itinerary Egeria, who 380s produced ext...

В данной статье будут приведены все имеющиеся на данный момент сведения и версии о происхождении преподобного Савватия Тверского. Возможно, это первая попытка наиболее объективно интерпретировать дошедшие до наших дней его жизни. Некоторые современные исследователи пытаются связать происхождение Тверского становление как монаха с исихастской традицией Палестинского монашества. Для достижения це...

Over the Book “Bogdaj” Bitola. [For publisher Tomislav Karadži?; consultant Mirjana Glišovi?; technical arrangement Dušan Soluji? Sole]. Vra?evšnica [— Gornji Milanovac: Grafoprint], 2019. 158 pp. The charitable activity of Bishop Nicholai Velimirovich is little known. Although his work and service from time before First World War until end life was associated with various activities, care for ...

The study is devoted to the main musical symbol of Ukrainian people. It revealed that work has a high prophetic symbolism regarding evolutionary development country. method analysis spiritual content melodies helps identify systematic objectification its potential, based on category “spiritual reality”, and considered from musicological point view. melody reveals symphonic technique proto-inton...