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Does the Russian Orthodox Church actively support Putin and his war in Ukraine?
Does the Russian Orthodox Church actively support Putin and his war in Ukraine?
The short answer is yes.
Patriarch Kirill gives a go straight to heaven indulgence and remission of their sins any ...
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Does the Russian Orthodox Church actively support Putin and his war in Ukraine?
An article in the U.K. broadsheet newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, dated 16 April 2022, by Charles Moore (former editor of said paper) said this about Vladimir Putin and Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow:
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Is the Russian Orthodox Church pressing the government of Russia to ban Jehovah's Witnesses?
"Not technically."
The Russian Orthodox Church is involved with a subgroup called "Committee for the Salvation of Youth from Totalitarian Cults (“the Salvation Committee”) that's been filing ...
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What is the meaning of the three letters in the halo of the Acheiropoieta?
What is the meaning of the three letters in the halo of the Acheiropoieta?
Image of the Savior Nerukotvorniy (Made Without Hands): a traditional Orthodox iconography in the interpretation of Simon ...
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What is the meaning of the three letters in the halo of the Acheiropoieta?
You are right that the letters are ώ Ό Ν (lowercase omega, uppercase omicron, uppercase nu) and it means "He who is", in reference to Rev 4:8b:
ESV: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God ...
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Who are the people depicted in Dionisius' famous icon of Christ's descent into hell?
Great question!
First off, although I'm not familiar with this particular icon, Eastern Orthodox icon have a strong continuity of style (sorry, Wikipedia source). This icon is the same as many others ...
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What is this icon that Putin touches/kisses at monument of St.Vladimir?
According to the news, https://foma.ru/na-1030-letie-kreshheniya-rusi-v-kremle-vpervyie-sovershili-liturgiyu-pod-otkryityim-nebom.html a shrine with the part of relics of St. Vladimir from the Christ ...
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What is significance of the pallbearers' red-black-red armbands during Navalny's funeral?
In Orthodoxy, the color red is used for the Nativity fast, martyrs, and the Cross, in particular (source/example).
However, it looks like this just a thing among Navalny supporters, from the New York ...
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Was Russia properly consecrated to the Immaculate Heart?
Was Russia properly consecrated to the Immaculate Heart?
The answer is Yes!
Pope St. John Paul II consecrated Russia in 1984 courageously, despite knowing that there are numerous schismatic bishops ...
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The ramifications of the severing of ties between the Eucumenical Patriarchate and the Russian Church
For those not familiar with the situation, on October 15, 2018, a Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church ceased communion with the Patriarch of Constantinople. The Synod's resolution read:
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