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CHRIST IS RISEN! XRISTOS ANESTI! XRISTOS VOSKRESE!
Monday, April 20, 2015
Photo Report Thomas Sunday Bulgaria
Thomas Week, (a photo report)-at the Holy Dormition Cathedral, in Sofia, Bulgaria-Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox church
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CHRIST IS RISEN! XRISTOS ANESTI! XRISTOS VOSKRESE!
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CHRIST IS RISEN! XRISTOS ANESTI! XRISTOS VOSKRESE!
Churches in Turkey on verge of extinction
Christ Is Risen! Xristos Anesti! Xristos Voskrese!
Comments of a Greek Orthodox Bishop:
A fascinating article. The author, a Turk, is based in Ankara. She is an expert on Turkey's religious minorities. She has defended Turkey's Jews and Christians in a number of articles and openly state that Turkey is built on the ruins of the Orthodox culture that it ravaged. She identifies herself as being born into Islam. Her views are quite enlightened.
A fascinating article. The author, a Turk, is based in Ankara. She is an expert on Turkey's religious minorities. She has defended Turkey's Jews and Christians in a number of articles and openly state that Turkey is built on the ruins of the Orthodox culture that it ravaged. She identifies herself as being born into Islam. Her views are quite enlightened.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Russia always needs a harsh leader
Present Day Life in the Russian Federation: Russian town of Oryol trapped in Soviet past
Category: Understanding the mind-set and attitudes of various average Russians,
living inside of the Russian Federation, today:
Photos
Category: Understanding the mind-set and attitudes of various average Russians,
living inside of the Russian Federation, today:
"And anyway Russia always needs a harsh leader,"
said one of the leading campaigners. "A firm hand at the top, like
Stalin or Putin."
But then I must
ask: Therefore, is there any real hope for any true or even a serious
degree of, genuine democracy in Russia?....ever? Must it always be ruled
by a heavy handed dictator? Is Russia hopeless?
Rd. Daniel
Photos
Russian town of Oryol trapped in Soviet past
A visit to Oryol brings a strong whiff of nostalgia On
a small stage in a community hall, still grandly called a Palace of
Culture, a powerfully built lady belts out an old Russian gypsy ballad.
Then a choir of podgy teenage girls troops out, all dressed in sky-blue party frocks, like something out of the 1950s.
The mostly elderly spectators, sitting in their raincoats on wooden chairs, listen attentively.
It is a fitting mid-afternoon concert to find in Oryol, a Russian provincial town which prides itself on its cultural heritage, and its links to an extraordinary number of Russian authors.
Ivan Turgenev, the 19th-Century Russian novelist of elegant love stories, came from here. So did Ivan Bunin, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. So did the ingenious storyteller Nikolai Leskov, the poets Tyutchev and Fet, the short story writer Leonid Andreev…
It is as if one small English town had produced Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, the Bronte sisters, T S Eliot and Philip Larkin and many more.
"How did this one place give rise to so much literary talent?" I asked the mayor, Sergei Stupin, who was taking me on a personal tour in his car, to show me all the writers' statues.
"Who knows?" he answered obliquely. "Something in the air, perhaps."
One of Oryol's famous sons - the romantic novelist Turgenev Oryol means "eagle" in Russian - a sculpture on a bridge in the town centre
"We like to call this the third literary capital of Russia, after Moscow and St Petersburg. Last year we had 65,000 visitors. But it could be so much more," she added wistfully.
Like everywhere else in provincial Russia, Oryol is looking to Moscow to furnish more federal funding for upcoming anniversaries. "To rebrand ourselves," says the mayor, a former marketing man.
But there's a long way to go before Oryol becomes a mecca for tourism. It feels trapped in time.
When I arrived by train from Moscow I was struck by how reminiscent it was of the Soviet towns I had known as a student.
Parts of Oryol are poor and dilapidated The town centre had some charming streets and nice views over a high bank where its two rivers meet.
But overall it looked as though it had been largely bypassed by the Russian boom years - roads filled with potholes, abandoned factory sites.
And in some older parts of town residents did not even have indoor toilets or running water. They were collecting water in plastic buckets from a standing tap in the street.
Curiously, the town council is half-controlled by Communists. And far from focusing on the upcoming 200-year anniversary of Turgenev, their current obsession is to put up a statue to Joseph Stalin - to commemorate his role as wartime leader.
It's a talking point which has split Oryol. One young journalist launched an online protest petition, which has already gathered thousands of signatures.
Many Russians still admire Stalin despite his reign of terror in which millions were shot or exiled But most people I spoke to told me a Stalin statue was a good idea: yes there had been repressions during Stalin's years, but what he had done during the war should never be forgotten. "And anyway Russia always needs a harsh leader," said one of the leading campaigners. "A firm hand at the top, like Stalin or Putin."
Meanwhile the mayor, though he is allied to the Communists politically, says he's against it.
"A statue to Stalin would be too divisive in these difficult times," he told me. Possibly toeing the official line from Moscow, was what I thought.
So is this the old story of the Russian provinces - caught in a time-warp through lack of investment and opportunity?
Possibly Oryol's problem is at heart economic - the loss of factory jobs, with nothing to fill the gap. Hence the protest vote for the Communists, whose rule has not helped, given their lack of interest in helping private enterprise to create local wealth.
So everyone is beholden to the authorities. Everyone watches their back.
Below the radar, however, there were some whispered criticisms of President Putin. But only in private. One man even followed me down the street afterwards, scared in case I didn't understand that I shouldn't use his name.
And now Russia is in economic difficulties, and for these provincial towns life has just got much worse.
My guess is that people here will keep their heads down - unless the crisis becomes so deep that they have nothing to lose by speaking out.
Then a choir of podgy teenage girls troops out, all dressed in sky-blue party frocks, like something out of the 1950s.
The mostly elderly spectators, sitting in their raincoats on wooden chairs, listen attentively.
It is a fitting mid-afternoon concert to find in Oryol, a Russian provincial town which prides itself on its cultural heritage, and its links to an extraordinary number of Russian authors.
Ivan Turgenev, the 19th-Century Russian novelist of elegant love stories, came from here. So did Ivan Bunin, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. So did the ingenious storyteller Nikolai Leskov, the poets Tyutchev and Fet, the short story writer Leonid Andreev…
It is as if one small English town had produced Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, the Bronte sisters, T S Eliot and Philip Larkin and many more.
"How did this one place give rise to so much literary talent?" I asked the mayor, Sergei Stupin, who was taking me on a personal tour in his car, to show me all the writers' statues.
"Who knows?" he answered obliquely. "Something in the air, perhaps."
One of Oryol's famous sons - the romantic novelist Turgenev Oryol means "eagle" in Russian - a sculpture on a bridge in the town centre
Old Russia
The director of the Turgenev Museum, an enthusiastic bibliophile called Vera Yefremova, was clearer. "We are in the very middle of Russia," she said. "And in tsarist times Oryol was at the heart of a huge guberniya, or province, which covered a large area and included many estates."We like to call this the third literary capital of Russia, after Moscow and St Petersburg. Last year we had 65,000 visitors. But it could be so much more," she added wistfully.
Like everywhere else in provincial Russia, Oryol is looking to Moscow to furnish more federal funding for upcoming anniversaries. "To rebrand ourselves," says the mayor, a former marketing man.
But there's a long way to go before Oryol becomes a mecca for tourism. It feels trapped in time.
When I arrived by train from Moscow I was struck by how reminiscent it was of the Soviet towns I had known as a student.
Parts of Oryol are poor and dilapidated The town centre had some charming streets and nice views over a high bank where its two rivers meet.
But overall it looked as though it had been largely bypassed by the Russian boom years - roads filled with potholes, abandoned factory sites.
And in some older parts of town residents did not even have indoor toilets or running water. They were collecting water in plastic buckets from a standing tap in the street.
Communist influence
In political terms Oryol is also a throwback.Curiously, the town council is half-controlled by Communists. And far from focusing on the upcoming 200-year anniversary of Turgenev, their current obsession is to put up a statue to Joseph Stalin - to commemorate his role as wartime leader.
It's a talking point which has split Oryol. One young journalist launched an online protest petition, which has already gathered thousands of signatures.
Many Russians still admire Stalin despite his reign of terror in which millions were shot or exiled But most people I spoke to told me a Stalin statue was a good idea: yes there had been repressions during Stalin's years, but what he had done during the war should never be forgotten. "And anyway Russia always needs a harsh leader," said one of the leading campaigners. "A firm hand at the top, like Stalin or Putin."
Meanwhile the mayor, though he is allied to the Communists politically, says he's against it.
"A statue to Stalin would be too divisive in these difficult times," he told me. Possibly toeing the official line from Moscow, was what I thought.
So is this the old story of the Russian provinces - caught in a time-warp through lack of investment and opportunity?
Possibly Oryol's problem is at heart economic - the loss of factory jobs, with nothing to fill the gap. Hence the protest vote for the Communists, whose rule has not helped, given their lack of interest in helping private enterprise to create local wealth.
So everyone is beholden to the authorities. Everyone watches their back.
Below the radar, however, there were some whispered criticisms of President Putin. But only in private. One man even followed me down the street afterwards, scared in case I didn't understand that I shouldn't use his name.
And now Russia is in economic difficulties, and for these provincial towns life has just got much worse.
My guess is that people here will keep their heads down - unless the crisis becomes so deep that they have nothing to lose by speaking out.
Friday, April 17, 2015
more Kremlin abuse of captive ROC-MP Church
... And More Kremlin 'use' for its captive ROC/MP 'church'-
Comment: I do not understand the humorous meaning of the insertion here, of this Three Musketers video, or its connection to 'Pat'. Kyrill, etc. ... but as to the article itself, I will say a few words:
What is actually happening at this disgusting cornerstone blessing event?
The false-'Russian Church' organization, instituted by Joseph Stalin in 1943, and now lead by KGB special agent Kyrill Gundaev, pretending to be the authentic Russian Patriarch, and dressed in that theatrical costume, is publically honoring a genuine old-Russian national hero, PLUS,...TOGETHER WITH.... all those of the rotten corrupt vile communist era- those murderers of the Russian Church and people, as if, there is any real connection, as if, all.... have been true 'Russian National Patriots'!!!...as if, by implication, current Putin's KGB agents are also, 'national Russian heros working for Russia', etc.!
Such is the spiritual filth and pollution of neo-soviet hangover, dictator 'ex-KGB agent' (!), Vladimir Putin's current oppressive police-state, 'Russian Federation' terror regime, and its adjunct 'church' the ROC/MP....i.e. it blesses both good and evil, TRUTH AND LIES, as if, both...... are united and equal, the SAME!
It is evil USING the influence and trappings of holiness, in order to confuse and mislead and to control, the masses.
It is the same, in the end analysis, as declaring that God and the Devil...are equal!
What pagan anti-Christian atheist blasphemy!
This is the typical mode of action and the mind of Antichrist, and his servants, who appear as all good, all-holy,...as if GOD HIMSELF, but underneath are evil incarnate, the 'whited sepulcher, full of dead men's bones' of the Gospel.
Rd. Daniel
Russian language original article:
http://internetsobor.org/
It is the same, in the end analysis, as declaring that God and the Devil...are equal!
What pagan anti-Christian atheist blasphemy!
This is the typical mode of action and the mind of Antichrist, and his servants, who appear as all good, all-holy,...as if GOD HIMSELF, but underneath are evil incarnate, the 'whited sepulcher, full of dead men's bones' of the Gospel.
Rd. Daniel
Russian language original article:
http://internetsobor.org/
Russian original article, found on:<http://internetsobor.org>
Sorry: A rough machine-English translation:
Patriarch
Kirill (Gundiaev) April 15 consecrated the foundation stone in the
foundation of the temple in honor of St. Fyodor Ushakov in the Moscow
area of fuss.
"In this temple we especially pray for those employees of the state security, who died in the performance of his official duty, died in peace, protecting our homeland," - said the head of the ROC at the ceremony.
As he noted, was canonized by the Moscow Patriarchate Fyodor Ushakov, erected in honor of whom the temple was invincible warrior.
"He was ready to give his life for his homeland, he wisely governed troops entrusted to him, the Black Sea Fleet, he made an amazing victory and remained a holy man," - said the Primate ROC.
At a ceremony attended by, among others, FSB director Alexander Bortnikov, State Duma deputy, advisor for the construction of the Patriarch Vladimir Resin, a former commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Valuev, representatives of the military departments.
The temple will be built in memory of the employees of the state security who died in the line of duty. The project is part of the program of construction of new Orthodox churches in Moscow, as well as in nationwide charity event "The silent echo of the war," which holds the interregional public organization "Veterans of Military Counterintelligence," reported "Interfax-Religion" in the press service of Vladimir Resin.
Earlier, Vladimir Resin said the agency, which is expected to temple complex will be fully operational next year. Five-domed church will be designed for 500 parishioners. Next to erect a house of the clergy with a belfry.
In South Butovo particularly revered famous Russian Admiral: in his honor named street, Central Avenue and the metro station. There is also a monument to Admiral, near which the clergy and parishioners of the future church regularly perform prayers and spend holidays.
Fyodor Ushakov (1745-1817) - the world's only naval commander, distinguished among the saints. He was canonized in 2001 on the initiative of members of the public and the navy. Celebrations on the occasion of the canonization took place in Sanaksar Monastery in Mordovia, where the tomb of the admiral and his uncle - the Reverend Theodore Sanaksar.
Fyodor Ushakov of the many battles did not lose a single one. None of his sailor was captured. His victories over the Turks, he secured the Russian Crimea, made a special contribution to the school of naval warfare in the creation of the Black Sea Fleet and Sevastopol device, to the liberation of the Ionian Islands and the writing of the first Greek Constitution of modern times. Notable for mercy to the prisoners, works of charity, piety. Not being never married and spent the last years near Sanaksar Monastery, leading a lifestyle, close to the monastic.
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From the comments on the article:
Sorry: A rough machine-English translation:
Patriarch Kirill (Gundiaev) in the presence of the head of the FSB in Moscow, made a dedication-blessing, of the foundation corner-stone of the temple to be built to commemorate all dead intelligence officers-
Author: Vera nun incl. April 17, 2015. Posted in the Moscow Patriarchate (Views: 21)Patriarch
Kirill (Gundiaev) April 15 consecrated the foundation stone in the
foundation of the temple in honor of St. Fyodor Ushakov in the Moscow
area of fuss."In this temple we especially pray for those employees of the state security, who died in the performance of his official duty, died in peace, protecting our homeland," - said the head of the ROC at the ceremony.
As he noted, was canonized by the Moscow Patriarchate Fyodor Ushakov, erected in honor of whom the temple was invincible warrior.
"He was ready to give his life for his homeland, he wisely governed troops entrusted to him, the Black Sea Fleet, he made an amazing victory and remained a holy man," - said the Primate ROC.
At a ceremony attended by, among others, FSB director Alexander Bortnikov, State Duma deputy, advisor for the construction of the Patriarch Vladimir Resin, a former commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Valuev, representatives of the military departments.
The temple will be built in memory of the employees of the state security who died in the line of duty. The project is part of the program of construction of new Orthodox churches in Moscow, as well as in nationwide charity event "The silent echo of the war," which holds the interregional public organization "Veterans of Military Counterintelligence," reported "Interfax-Religion" in the press service of Vladimir Resin.
Earlier, Vladimir Resin said the agency, which is expected to temple complex will be fully operational next year. Five-domed church will be designed for 500 parishioners. Next to erect a house of the clergy with a belfry.
In South Butovo particularly revered famous Russian Admiral: in his honor named street, Central Avenue and the metro station. There is also a monument to Admiral, near which the clergy and parishioners of the future church regularly perform prayers and spend holidays.
Fyodor Ushakov (1745-1817) - the world's only naval commander, distinguished among the saints. He was canonized in 2001 on the initiative of members of the public and the navy. Celebrations on the occasion of the canonization took place in Sanaksar Monastery in Mordovia, where the tomb of the admiral and his uncle - the Reverend Theodore Sanaksar.
Fyodor Ushakov of the many battles did not lose a single one. None of his sailor was captured. His victories over the Turks, he secured the Russian Crimea, made a special contribution to the school of naval warfare in the creation of the Black Sea Fleet and Sevastopol device, to the liberation of the Ionian Islands and the writing of the first Greek Constitution of modern times. Notable for mercy to the prisoners, works of charity, piety. Not being never married and spent the last years near Sanaksar Monastery, leading a lifestyle, close to the monastic.
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From the comments on the article:
Comments
# RE:
Patriarch Kirill (Gundiaev) in the presence of the head of the FSB in
Moscow made a bookmark of the temple in memory of the dead
intelligence officer - Eugene 04.17.2015 4 p.m.
# RE:
Patriarch Kirill (Gundiaev) in the presence of the head of the FSB in
Moscow made a bookmark of the temple in memory of the dead
intelligence officer - Eugene 04.17.2015 twenty-nine past four p.m.
I
want to separately add that to the blessed memory of Fyodor Ushakov my
comment has nothing to do ... It's more of a protest against the
attempts of our "valiant bodies" to stand with him on the same level
....
+1 # RE:
Patriarch Kirill (Gundiaev) in the presence of the head of the FSB in
Moscow made a bookmark of the temple in memory of the dead
intelligence officer - Nun Vera 17/04/2015 14:12
""
In this temple we especially pray for those employees of the state
security, who died in the performance of his official duty, died in
peace, protecting our homeland, "- said the head of the ROC at the
ceremony." Their official duty consisted primarily in the destruction of the Orthodox Church.
# RE:
Patriarch Kirill (Gundiaev) in the presence of the head of the FSB in
Moscow made a bookmark of the temple in memory of the dead
intelligence officer - Internet Cathedral 17/04/2015 15:10
Duc, he employee bodies, and because "life", then die in the line of duty 
Paschal Epistle of Vladyka Sofrony
ROCA: The Paschal Epistle of Vladyka Sofrony, in original Russian and in a human-translated English
*THANKS to the translator!
*THANKS to the translator!
Shared on Bright Thursday, 2007-
Original Russian language Paschal Epistle of Archbishop Sofrony:
Paschal Epistle of the Most Reverend Sophronius,
Archbishop of Saint Petersburg and Northern Russian
“The myrrh-bearing women at deep dawn, having stood before the tomb of the Life-giver, found an angel sitting upon the stone…”
From the teachings of
the holy Fathers, we know that the Lord was crucified on the sixth day
of the week, that is, on Friday, because in the beginning man was
created on the sixth day. And in the sixth hour of the day, the Lord was
hung upon the Cross, because at that hour Adam stretched forth his
hands and touched the forbidden tree and died. For it was necessary that
at the very same hour in which he destroyed himself that he also be
recreated. The Lord was buried in a garden because Adam also fell in
Paradise, and from that hour the gates of Eden were shut. The thief
inserted the key – the words addressed to God: “Remember me” – and he
opened the locked doors of Eden. The first who entered into Paradise was
the thief, and the first who was brought down to the bottom of hades
was Christ’s apostle who had fallen away [Judas]. And so, how all this
occurred is a great lesson for us. It is said that in that place where
Christ, the head of all things, was crucified, the skull of Adam lay,
and thus it was washed by Christ’s blood which dripped down. The place
is called “of a skull” because when the soil of the earth rose upwards
from below during an earthquake, then one of Adam’s bones appeared on
the surface. Out of respect for the primogenitor, King Solomon with all
his soldiers covered this bone with a pile of stones; therefore, from
that time this place was also called lithostroton – the stone bridge.
Remembering and empathizing with these events of the Lord’s holy
passion, we stand with you with lighted candles in our hands as a sign
that the light of the Godhead in Jesus Christ did not grow dim even
during His passion on the Cross, and till now that light descends on the
Lord’s tomb on the eve of holy Pascha. In this saving night the Church
sings: “Now all things are filled with light, both heaven and earth, and
the nether regions. Let all creation, therefore, celebrate the rising
of Christ…” But those truly celebrate who have opened their hearts for
the conscious acceptance of this joy. We must remember that we will not
have a genuine Pascha, a genuine change and rebirth, if we do not ascend
Golgotha. Without Golgotha there is no Pascha. However, in our daily
life, we are often resentful when afflictions come, and we want only
paschal joy. We satisfy ourselves with thoughts as to how the Lord
should arrange our earthly life. After all, we have received the seal of
the gift of the Holy Spirit, we have become followers of His teaching.
We forget that the Lord has already paid the price for us and that for
this he was reckoned among the transgressors. If He walked along such a
path, how can we resent this path and reject it? And they shall consider
us to be transgressors, and they shall revile us, and they shall buffet
and spit on us for preaching His unlying Truth. But let the light of
the Godhead, which now proceeds from the Lord’s tomb, illumine our
thorny path and assist our rebirth, so that we may make room for the joy
of the Lord’s Resurrection and be conscious of it.
I congratulate all the pastors worthy of honor, the monastics and the
faithful children of our diocese on the occasion of the bright feast of
the Lord’s Resurrection, and together with you and the angels I raise
up the paschal greeting
Christ is risen!
Sophronius
Archbishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia
Pascha of the Lord, 2015
Original Russian language Paschal Epistle of Archbishop Sofrony:
found on:<http://internetsobor.org>
Пасхальное послание Преосвященнейшего Софрония, Архиепископа Санкт-Петербургского и Северо-Русского
Автор: Митрополит Агафангел вкл. 14 Апрель 2015. Опубликовано в РПЦЗ (Просмотров: 26)
"Мироносицы жены, утру глубоку
представша гробу Жизнодавца,
обретоша Ангела на камени седяща..."
представша гробу Жизнодавца,
обретоша Ангела на камени седяща..."
Из
поучений святых отцов мы знаем, что Господь распят был в шестой день
недели, то есть в пятницу, потому, что в шестой день вначале был
сотворен человек. А в шестом часу дня Господь повешен был на Кресте,
потому что в этом часу Адам простер руки и коснулся запрещенного древа и
умер, ибо надлежало, чтобы в тот же самый час он был и воссоздан, в
который погубил себя. В саду был погребен Господь, потому что и Адам пал
в раю, и от того часа были затворены врата Эдема. Разбойник вложил
ключ— слово, обращенное к Богу: "Помяни меня", и открыл запертые двери
Эдема. Первым, кто попал в Рай, был разбойник, а первым, кто во дно
адово, низведен бысть— отпавший апостол Христов. И то, как это всё
происходило, — для нас великий урок. Говорят, что на том месте, где был
распят Христос — Глава всех, лежал череп Адамов, таким образом он был
омыт капавшею вниз кровью Христовой. Место называется Лобным, потому
что, когда во время землетрясения снизу кверху поднялась земная почва,
тогда на поверхности появилась одна кость Адамова. Эту кость из уважения
к прародителю царь Соломон, со всеми своими воинами, прикрыл грудой
камней, поэтому и место это с того времени называлось лифостротон—
каменный мост.
Вспоминая и сопереживая те события святых страданий Господних, мы с Вами стояли с зажженными в руках свечами в знак того, что свет Божества в Иисусе Христе не померк и во время Его крестных страданий, и до ныне этот свет сходит на гробе Господнем в канун святой Пасхи. В эту спасительную ночь Церковь поет: "Ныне вся исполнишася света, небо же и земля и преисподняя, да празднует убо вся тварь восстание Христово...", но истинно празднуют те, кто открыл свои сердца для осознаного принятия этой радости. Мы должны помнить, что у нас не будет подлинной Пасхи, подлинного изменения и перерождения, если мы не будем восходить на Голгофу. Без Голгофы нет Пасхи. Однако в своей повседневной жизни мы зачастую негодуем, когда приходят скорби, и хотим только пасхальной радости, тешим себя мыслями, что Господь должен устроить нашу земную жизнь, ведь мы приняли печать дара Духа Святаго, стали последователями Его учения. Мы забываем, что Господь уже заплатил за нас цену и Его за это со беззаконными вменили. Если Он шел таким путем, то как мы можем на этот путь негодовать и отвергать его? И нас будут беззаконными считать, и нас будут поносить, и нам будут давать заушения и оплевания за проповедь неложной Правды Его. Но пусть же свет Божества, ныне исходящий от гроба Господня, освещает наш тернистый путь и помогает нашему перерождению, чтобы мы могли вместить, осознать радость Воскресения Господня.
Всех досточтимых пастырей, монашествующих и верных чад нашей епархии, поздравляю со светлым праздником Воскресения Господня и вместе с Вами и ангелами возношу пасхальное приветствие
ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ!
Вспоминая и сопереживая те события святых страданий Господних, мы с Вами стояли с зажженными в руках свечами в знак того, что свет Божества в Иисусе Христе не померк и во время Его крестных страданий, и до ныне этот свет сходит на гробе Господнем в канун святой Пасхи. В эту спасительную ночь Церковь поет: "Ныне вся исполнишася света, небо же и земля и преисподняя, да празднует убо вся тварь восстание Христово...", но истинно празднуют те, кто открыл свои сердца для осознаного принятия этой радости. Мы должны помнить, что у нас не будет подлинной Пасхи, подлинного изменения и перерождения, если мы не будем восходить на Голгофу. Без Голгофы нет Пасхи. Однако в своей повседневной жизни мы зачастую негодуем, когда приходят скорби, и хотим только пасхальной радости, тешим себя мыслями, что Господь должен устроить нашу земную жизнь, ведь мы приняли печать дара Духа Святаго, стали последователями Его учения. Мы забываем, что Господь уже заплатил за нас цену и Его за это со беззаконными вменили. Если Он шел таким путем, то как мы можем на этот путь негодовать и отвергать его? И нас будут беззаконными считать, и нас будут поносить, и нам будут давать заушения и оплевания за проповедь неложной Правды Его. Но пусть же свет Божества, ныне исходящий от гроба Господня, освещает наш тернистый путь и помогает нашему перерождению, чтобы мы могли вместить, осознать радость Воскресения Господня.
Всех досточтимых пастырей, монашествующих и верных чад нашей епархии, поздравляю со светлым праздником Воскресения Господня и вместе с Вами и ангелами возношу пасхальное приветствие
ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ!
+ Софроний,
архиепископ Санкт-Петербургский и Северо-Русский.
Пасха Господня 2015 г.
архиепископ Санкт-Петербургский и Северо-Русский.
Пасха Господня 2015 г.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Holy Week & Pascha in Attica, Greece
*The GOC-Kallinikos Synod, a sister church to our ROCA, under our Vladyka Metropolitan Agafangel-
CHRIST IS RISEN! KRISTOS ANESTI! KRISTOS VOSKRESE!
CHRIST IS RISEN! KRISTOS ANESTI! KRISTOS VOSKRESE!
WARNING: Some of these photos may appear and then disappear...then appear again. Why? I do not know.
*The in-Russian, translated articles with these photos and reports from Greece are on:<http://internetsobor.org> ...but again, the photos here, may appear and then disappear.
*The in-Russian, translated articles with these photos and reports from Greece are on:<http://internetsobor.org> ...but again, the photos here, may appear and then disappear.
Great and Holy Friday in Attica: many photos
http://imab.gr/index.php/
http://imab.gr/index.php/
Holy Diocese of Stockholm
General Sharing: The Holy Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden
Russian translation from the English, with photos:
http://internetsobor.org/
http://internetsobor.org/
English original article, with photos:
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