Patriarch Kirill said that in the age of globalization and blurring of the boundaries between good and evil, Russia has a special mission to help humanity push back the apocalyptic end. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said this at the opening of the XXIV World Russian People’s Council, Interfax reports.
On Sunday, October 23, Patriarch Kirill consecrated the Annunciation Cathedral of the Diveevo Convent and called upon the faithful to pray for the retreat of hostilities to St. Seraphim of Sarov, whose name is inseparably linked to the history of the Convent.
October 30 is a day when Russians recall those who fell victim to political repressions in the Bolshevik period of the USSR. The repressions, triggered off by the 1917 October Wall Street-sponsored regime change, were directed against the nobility, the well-to-do peasants, and other social groups. But what the Bolsheviks actually unleashed against the Russian Orthodox Church, amounted to a full-scale war of annihilation. From its very first days, the Soviet state sought to completely destroy the Orthodox Church and did it with unbelievable cruelty.
Though they’re very real, castles are still the stuff of dreams and legends. From the glories of King Arthur in Camelot to the fairy tales of Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and of course Cinderella, a castle always plays a starring role. Then the castles from our legends found homes in Disney parks all over the world.
On March 8, a top German court in Cologne ruled that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could be labelled a ‘suspected threat’ to Germany’s constitution. The verdict is arguably one of the most important court decisions in modern German history, effectively marking a major turning point in the country’s democracy. With the decision, the court effectively cancelled an entire political party with thousands of members and millions of votes from the political map.
The abuse of Christian worshipers comes just as occupation forces are carrying out violent attacks against Muslim worshipers at the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Ukrainian and British intelligence services are preparing a provocation in Lysychansk to report ‘Russian atrocities.’ This was stated by the head of the National Defense Control Centre Mikhail Mizintsev.
The descent of the flame in Kuvuklia on Great Saturday on the eve of Easter symbolizes the light of the Resurrection of Christ, believers consider it a shrine. The Holy Fire descended on the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Channel One, Russia-1, NTV and Spas TV channels are broadcasting live from the temple.
YOU WON’T READ THIS IN MAINSTREAM: On Sunday, clashes erupted in Swedish cities for the second time in four days over rallies by anti-immigration and anti-Islam group Hard Line. Both cities were havens of tranquillity before the liberals and leftists used migration as a cudgel to ‘beat the racism out of ethnic Swedes.’
There are two things certain in life so it is said; death and taxes. To this might be added regrets and who better to ask what these might be than the angels of mercy, those nurses in palliative care. What are deathbed laments of regret?
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