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1917: Conflict with the Church
White propaganda associated Bolshevik anti-religious policy with the Apocalypse. This poster quotes from Revelations 6:9-10: “And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Elder Sophrony- short biography
Archimandrite Sophrony was born in 1986, to Orthodox parents in Tsarist Russia. From childhood he showed a rare capacity for prayer and as a young boy would ponder questions heavy with centuries of theological debate. A sense of exile in this world spoke of an infinite always embracing our finitude. Prayer entails the idea of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Jews : Chosen or Cursed?
From a sermon by the new-martyr Saint Cosmas the Aetolian (http://orthodoxwiki.org/Kosmas_Aitolos): “The punishment of the Jews In the old times, the Jews killed all the prophets, all the rig hteous teachers; a thousand times they left Christ and worshipped the devil, and to such an extent, that they made a statue of a [...]
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