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Invention of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God
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According to legend, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was written by holy apostle and evangelist Luke during the life of the Virgin on the board of the table at which Christ, Mary and Joseph had refected. The icon remained in the Jerusalem until 450. When Theodosius the Younger ruled, the icon was moved to Constantinople. At the beginning of the XII century the Patriarch Luke Hrisoverg sent a special copy of it as a gift to the Grand Duke of Kiev Yuriy Dolgorukiy...
How to understand and to keep God’s Сommandments?
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- Written by Archpriest Maxim (Bykov)
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The soul comes in this world and gets the greatest gift from God – it is life. The Lord gave Ten Commandments to humanity for its salvation; in these Commandments the rules of life are described. The Lord gave the choice to people – to keep God’s Commandments or to ignore them. It is sometimes very difficult to make this choice. Why?
About the young rich man, about true treasures and about the way to the Kingdom of God
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- Written by Bishop Basil (Nesterenko)
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Today God does not expect from us to give up everything material we have and follow Him. We cant physically follow Him today. But we can follow Him in own thoughts. And every person follows Him on his own way. We have a chance to help others. And a lot of people need help right now. And all our country needs help...
About the unforgiving debtor, about Russian aggression and about inevitability of retribution
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Now when we look at the situation in Ukraine we see that Russia shakes us and says: “Ukraine! Give back everything, what you have, because I think that you own me maybe since USSR.”…
The greeting of Archbishop Alexandr with the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
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Glory to Jesus Christ!
Dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, I congratulate you sincerely with the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord!
An event that happened on Mount Tabor is the absolute confirmation of Jesus’ Christ words that He is God’s Son.
The Lord took the human image to lead people to salvation!...
About the miracle of having the faith as small as the grain of the mustard seed and about Jesus’ sufferings because of lack of people’s faith
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- Written by Bishop Basil (Nesterenko)
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We see how the son of one man suffered and that man asked Jesus for help. His son was epileptic. In fact, if that boy had a faith, if he believed in God, any evil spirit could enter his soul. But the lack of faith raises in people an obsession of sins and passions...
About the miracle of walking on water and about the faith, that changes the conscience of people
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- Written by Archbishop Alexander (Nehodenko)
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Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but we are also God’s children. It is our perspective. So I want to wish you do not lose this perspective. Because we came from the ground despite we have heavenly spirit and heavenly fire. We are the creations of the Earth and the creations of the Lord. If we are creations of the Earth, so our time here is short. And this time, which is given to us, we would like to live more perfect....