Depuis le 12 décembre 2022, la région de l’Artsakh, où vivent 120 000 Arméniens, est bloquée par l’Azerbaïdjan. Avec l’aide de la Croix-Rouge internationale, de l’aide humanitaire, constituée de médicaments et de denrées alimentaires, a été acheminée dans la région. Depuis le 7 juillet 2023, l’entrée en Artsakh est entièrement fermée, y compris pour les […] The post “Le monde entier reste silencieux au sujet de l’Artsakh” : 120 000 personnes sont bloquées, dont des enfants en bas âge. appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more

Since December 12, 2022 the region of Artsakh, where 120,000 Armenians live, has been blockaded by Azerbaijan. With the help of the International Red Cross, humanitarian supplies were delivered to the region, including food and medicine. Since July 7, entry has been completely closed for those as well. There is a shortage of food in […] The post “The whole world is silent about Artsakh.” 120,000 people are in the blockade, among them small children appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more

If there is any virtue that seems completely foreign to our culture today, it is patience.  From fast food to cell phones, from transportation to losing weight, we want instant results and think that something is wrong if we do not get what we want immediately.  Thoughtful people learn, however, that disappointments and delays are […] The post The Importance of Patiently Letting Down Our Nets in Obedience appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more

My dear brothers and sisters, to preach is a joyous but also a grave endeavor. The gospel teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ is not something boring or mundane. It is something powerful and life giving. Since it is dynamic and spirit filled and powerful, we should have a reaction to the words of the […] The post Do We Have A Reaction To The Gospel? appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more

The cross of Christ, the Lord’s triumphant and life-giving death whereby He destroys death, is so important for us to understand and internalize as Orthodox Christians, that the Church gives special significance and specific Scriptural readings for both the weekend before the Feast and the one that follows. This Sunday after the Exaltation, the Church […] The post What Does the Cross Mean for us Today? appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more

The word of the day is “boast.” Our society sees achievement as a sufficient reason be proud of ourselves. It sees nothing wrong with football players who do a  dance of exaltation when they score or sack the quarterback. But today in our reading of 2 Corinthians 10:7-18, Paul joins the Lord who criticized the […] The post Of Boasting and Modesty appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more

Years ago when I was traveling by car through the countryside of Syria a charming scene caught my eye. On a hillside across from a narrow river a shepherd and his flock were moving along lazily. Such sites were familiar to me growing up in rural Greece. But this pastoral scene in Syria was different. […] The post For My Sake and the Gospel’s appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more

The condition of the Primate of the Russian Church is satisfactory. The post His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Contracted the Coronavirus appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more

The 4th Plenary Session of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church took place from September 19 to 24, in Moscow. The Moscow Patriarchate membership included Bishop Gennady of Kaskelen – co-chairman; Hieromonk Stephen (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations – secretary; S. G. Alferov, DECR staff. The Coptic side […] The post 4th Plenary Session between ROC and Coptic Church Held appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more

The Patriarch noted that fraternal peoples should not be separated by an "impenetrable wall of hatred." The post Patriarch Kirill: The Church Prays for the Fraternal Strife to End as Soon as Possible appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website ..read more