Let's not read things into the epistle that aren't there, just as Patriarch Alexey's forgiveness of past mistakes ,but no mention of his compromising the...
Dear List, In our recent discussions, in some instances, hints were made to contradictors about their knowledge of history being insufficient. I found this...
Dear Larry, Russia has given to God more martyrs than all nations taken together ever did. The question is: how do we tell true orthodoxy from false orthodoxy,...
Dear List, Speaking about Tarkovsky's Rubliov, I am not sure the film is really orthodox. It is certainly not historical. If I remember, the script goes that...
Dear list, Today I had a very interesting conversation with one of my best friend in Russia. I told her about my sorrow and shame regarding the betrayal of the...
Dera List, It is odd to put Chekhov and Dostoyevsky in the came class. Chekhov's pessimism is viewed by many in Russia as the illness of society that paved the...
The guidelines below have worked well for several lists over the years. The biggest difference between YahooGroups lists such as this, and Listserv lists such...
What can we do? We must live our lives. Yes, we shall live... We shall live through the long procession of days before us, and through the long evenings; we...
Taken from the ROCOR webpage and edited for clarity. Delivered by Protopriest Peter Perekrestov. St. John, Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco and His...
I thought it (the film about "Rubliev") was a blasphemy, and an attempt to prove the triumph of "dvoe-veria" (mixture of pagan and Christian faith) over...
Best wishes for the forthcoming Feast! We've had so many requests over the past years for copies of The Rudder which we could not fulfill that I though perhaps...
Greetings, dear brothers and sisters, in the coming Feast! Please, as you celebrate the Nativity of Our Lord, call to mind the needs of the poorest of your...
WHO AM I? http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/ A lecture delivered at the Russian Orthodox Youth Conference near Sydney, Australia, on 23 December 2003 - (Father...
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WHAT CAN I DO?http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/ A lecture delivered at the Russian Orthodox Youth Conference near Sydney, Australia, on 25 December 2003....
Dear Father Stefan, bless. Considering the many hot confrontations that have taken place on this forum, I think it is appropriate to glorify God whenever, as...
Dear "Podnoss", I love Chekhov, maybe as much as you do. Chekhov used to say that it was impossible to be joyous in our world. In the emigration circles of the...
My understanding was that the first lighter than air flight (Balloon) took place in Russia during the reign of Ivan Grosni. My brother always claimed that the...
... JRS: I went through U.S. grade school and high school, during which I was always told that the United States had won W.W. II virtually single- handed. ...
Blasphemy is a very serious charge against any artist or movie. I don't think the film "Andrei Rublev" was an attempt to "prove" anything, but if it were such,...
... which I ... single- ... This brought to mind that when I was in high school in the '70s, we were definitely introduced to some questioning of this. I can ...
I was told by a Serbian emigre who was a professor of mine in college, that when he was a prisoner of war in a German stalag, when they heard that Hitler...
I also meant no offence to anyone personally. So please forgive me is my choice of words was to strong. A Joyous and Grace filled Nativity feast to all!...
Every blessing to you and your family Father, for the Nativity and Theophany. Fr Michael ... From: Archpriest Stefan Pavlenko To:...
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So much has been conveniently forgotten about the events from February '17 to July '18. On February 26, 1917 there were about 300 000 people on the streets of...
Dear Group Members - My apologies for not posting this yesterday, but with 6 kids (with spouses), 7 grandchildren and one handicapped sister-in-law coming to ...