from TODAY'S NEWS http://www.3saints.com Cross made of glass installed on a church in St. Petersburg 03.02.2004, YEKATERINBURG, February 3 (www.itar-tass.com) ...
... JRS: However, Ekaterinburg and St. Petersburg are very different cities, located far apart in Russia. Ekaterinburg (or Yekaterinburg) was the site of the...
http://tinyurl.com/32mdc Mass. High Court Rules for Gay Marriage By JENNIFER PETER, Associated Press Writer BOSTON - The Massachusetts high court ruled...
... hope ... I had heard that the crescent was emblematic of the triumph of Christianity over Islam. Does anyone know more about this symbolism? ... Neva's ...
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA...
Europaica 32 Bulletin of the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions The Socio-Political Relevance of Orthodoxy in Russia ...
The Moscow Times http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2004/02/05/044.html Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004. Page 7 Tax Avoidance Is Theft, Says Orthodox Church By Alex Fak ...
The Cross with a crescent at the bottom does commemorate (Russian) Orthodoxy's victory over (Tartar) Islam. I think the Abbot was just being "politically...
A fool for Christ - Mother Maria Skobtsova's faith was passionate, severe, even insane http://www.ncronline.org - Reviewed by JERRY RYAN National Catholic...
TODAY'S NEWS from http://www.3saints.com The miracle-working icon of the Mother of God "Tikhvinskaya" will visit St. Nicholas Cathedral on March 12-14, 2004. ...
Thank you Al Green for posting this review. My heart beats a little faster today, my spirits lifted, to read about this woman who loved so much! Who cuts...
Your reaction warms my heart. Note that the author is a Roman Catholic. Would it not be nice if all adherents of the Latin church were so perceptive about the ...
$100.00 to have a commemoration read at moleibens?????? Well, what can one say? ... From: Al Green [mailto:aggreenjr@...] Sent: Friday, February 06,...
... Well, what can one say? An unfortunate Russian custom...... V. Rev.Archimandrite Maximos <http://monastery.org>Epitropia of the Holy Sepulcher Jerusalem...
... JRS: Perhaps one could say something like this: I know of ROCOR churches where a Pannikhida (or just an added slip at a Pannikhida) cost $65, as of several...
Nothing. Donations are accepted, but we as Orthodox Christians do not pay for prayer. Unfortunately there are places that have "price lists", but that really...
... From: "Fr. John R. Shaw" <vrevjrs@...> The truth is, our people, for the most part, still put only $1 in the Sunday collection plate -- and then,...
Red herring warning. What an idea... that never has been "an unfortunate Russian custom" of that sort. Soviet, maybe, but not Russian for sure. Phil ... Well,...
... they ... bills, ... happen even ... JRS: Yes, thank God, there are still such people -- and in fact, they are often the ones who keep a parish afloat! It...
... JRS: In many or most places, it seems, Moliebens today have become rare -- as compared to Pannikhidas. There is a constant demand for memorials of the...
... the ... ***I think that the sentence would be more accurate if it read "...that most people donate so little." Most people can afford to donate more, but...
... educated so ... down upon ... JRS: In particular, the Slavonic Trebnik has a great richness of special Molebens for various occasions in life: before a...
... JRS: Not just the Protestants: I think any denomination whatever, except our Church, would present far different finances! And, if the various sects did...
... I have never seen price lists anywhere I have been ( Russia, Egypt, Georgia, the Holy Land and the USA) But I have heard tell of such things. Sometimes...
... JRS: In Jackson, NJ, at St. Vladimir's Memorial Church, long ago there were some kindly parishioners who decided that the elderly priest ought to have a...
