Publications
Polina Skolkova
V. Schwartz. Palm Sunday in Moscow Under Aleksey Mikhailovich. Procession of the Patriarch on a Donkey, 1865.
The Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem, Fig Sunday, Flower-bearing Sunday, or just Palm Sunday—it’s a holiday that has been observed the week before Easter since the very first centuries of Christianity. Hardly anyone knows that in medieval Russia this holiday was celebrated with a colorful procession, involving both the tsar and the patriarch.
On Palm Sunday Christians remember an event that happened two thousand years ago—the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into...
On July 12, eminent hermit of Athos, reverend Paisios the Athonite was praised. Being one of the most famous monks of Athos of 20th century, he helped to revive the spiritual life at the St. Panteleimon's Monastery at the end of 20th century and was an apprentice of a Russian monk himself. Representative of St. Panteleimon's Monastery under the Sacred Kinot of the Holy Mountain hieromonk Cyrion tells about it.
– Father Cyrion, today is the memory day of Reverend Paisios the Athonite. Is this Greek hermit respected in a Russian monastery on Athos?
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Will the 21st century become the time of christianophobia? Why precisely this religion became the aim for both Western liberal globalists and pseudo-Islamic radical extremists? And above all – what can we set against the crackdown on traditional values? This was the topic of the round-table discussion organized by the Expert Centre of the World Russian Public Assembly.
The cause for this discussion was a report, prepared by the experts of the World Russian Public Assembly (WRPA), “Global Challenges: Religion and Secularism in the Modern World”. The main topic of the report is harassment of...
Russian speech may be heard in a small Hungarian resort town Heviz even more often, that Hungarian. Thus, the news about building a church for a recently created parish, which came at the end of the previous year, was not surprising. Father Nikolay (Kim), born in St. Petersburg, has lived and served in Hungary since 2000 and was named its rector.
‒ Father Nikolay, we are now holding our conversation at a church, which does not seem to be quite orthodox….
Orthodox service on Easter day in Heviz (2013). Photo from personal website of Father Nikolay Kim
‒ Indeed, it...
On Tatiana’s Day, the Moscow State University, the People’s University of Russia, the Federation Council and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior—the most notable of the forum’s sponsors—will host the 24th International Christmas Readings. This time, the Christmas Readings will bring together a record number of people—over 17,000 guests from 18 countries.
The topic chosen for the Christmas Readings in 2016 is as polemical as ever: “Traditions and Innovations; Culture, Community, Individuality.”
“There is a stereotype that the church endorses nothing but traditions,...
Father Claude Robinet has an exceptional biography. He began studying Russian in Belgium and Belarussian in Rome. In Belgium he study theology and joined the Jesuits. In Rome he worked for Vatican Radio and became head of Saint Anthony Abbot on the Esquiline, the Russian Catholic church. He also wrote texts for Pope John Paul II. The fates of an enormous number of Russians – Catholic and Orthodox, communists and aristocrats – have been intertwined with his life.
– How did you begin to study the Russian language and take interest in Russian culture?
– I was born in a small town in the south of...
