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Orthodox ultranationalists bond with nuclear forces on Novaya Zemlya
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (952+ words) An archconservative and xenophobic organisation with ties to the Moscow Patriarchate was represented at the opening of a new cathedral in Belushya Guba, the town that serves Russia’s Arctic nuclear test site. There was a solemn celebration in the far…...
The Country That Is Living in a Different Year
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (220+ words) Today is a special day for the world. How many of us believe that everyone in the world follows the same calendar and lives in the same year? But today …...
NSDC center condemns ROC Patriarch's visit to wounded metropolitan - Спілка православних журналістів
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (267+ words) The Center for Countering Disinformation of Ukraine's NSDC criticized the visit of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow to the wounded Metropolitan Mitrofan of Horlivka and Sloviansk. The agency described the meeting of the ROC head with the hierarch as an example…...
'More patriotic than priestly' uncovering of Dmitry Donskoy’s relics
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (336+ words) ‘More patriotic than priestly’ uncovering of Dmitry Donskoy’s relics orthodoxobserver.org ‘More patriotic than priestly’ uncovering of Dmitry Donskoy’s relics In a recent article for Carnegie Politika, historian Alexander Zanemonets examines the increasingly close relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church…...
Russian officials are calling the discovery of a medieval prince’s relics a miracle and plan to send a fragment to the front. But why do people venerate relics — and does Lenin’s body count? — Meduza
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1087+ words) Later in antiquity, the idea took hold that a saint’s body could be moved from one grave to another, or even divided, so that the saint’s patronage could reach as many people as possible. Veneration of saints’ body parts is…...
Draft crackdown could bring thousands of Breslov Hassidim to Meron
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (295+ words) Breslov Hassidim are planning to significantly expand this year's Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) gathering at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in the northern Israeli town of Meron for Hassidim remaining in Israel instead of traveling to the…...
A Russian strike destroyed the humanitarian hub of the “Ukraine for Christ” mission
2+ week, 2+ day ago (521+ words) The regional branch of the “Christian Missionary Society ‘Ukraine for Christ’” reported the loss of the humanitarian center. The organization is currently assessing the extent of the damage. The destroyed facility served a much broader purpose than a typical warehouse....
The Lavra: Who is the master of the house? - Спілка православних журналістів
2+ week, 6+ day ago (299+ words) Neither the authorities nor the OCU actually need Orthodox churches. What they need is to show who is in charge of them. All this was held under the patronage of Olena Zelenska, as part of her Summit of First Ladies…...
After Lavrov meeting, Archbishop Gallagher says Ukraine war must end
2+ week, 5+ day ago (970+ words) A Vatican archbishop underlined the urgency of ending the Ukraine war Tuesday, following a meeting with Russia’s foreign minister in Moscow. Addressing the media after the Aug. 25 meeting with Sergey Lavrov, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher noted that the conflict continued…...