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THE CREED (SYMBOL OF FAITH)
I believe in one God, Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; begotten of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, True God from True God, begotten, not made, of One Essence with the Father, through Whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from Heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became Man: And was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried: And He rose on the third day according to the Scriptures: And ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father: And He is coming again with glory to judge the living and the dead; And His Kingdom will have no end: And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of the Life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son is equally worshipped and glorified, Who spoke by the Prophets: And in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the remission of sins. I look for the Resurrection of the Dead; And the life of the Age to come.
Amen.
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CURRENT EVENTS
11.04.05
ARCHIMANDRITE IOANN (KRESTIANKIN) TURNS 95
Archimandrite Ioann (Krestiankin) from Pskov Cave monastery is well-known in many countries. In the past years, due to his age and illness Father Ioann could not receive all those who needed his advice. However letters from all over the world keep coming to Pskov Cave monastery. Father Ioann’s sermons and books keep opening a new, spiritual world for thousands of people and bring yearning souls to God.
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28.02.05
HOLY RELICS OF MARTYRS GREAT DUCHESS ELIZABETH AND NUNMARTYR BARBARA ARE IN MOSCOW
 
On the evening of February 21st the Head of the Russian Orthodox Church received the holy relics of Martyrs Great Duchess Elizabeth and Nunmartyr Barbara, brought to Moscow from the town of Obninsk. Patriarch Alexy expressed his gratitude to the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Metropolitan Lavr and all those who had taken part in the organization of the cross procession with the holy relics. The imperishable relics of the Holy Martyrs have been taken around 61 diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, have been to more than 140 cities and towns of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaidzhan. About 10 million citizens of Russia and neighbouring countries were able to venerate the shrine.
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27.02.05
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA WILL GIVE THE RELICS TO THE MARTHA AND MARY CONVENT OF MERCY IN MOSCOW
 
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia will give the shrine with honorable relics of Holy New Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna and Nun Varvara to the Martha and Mary Convent of Mercy in Moscow after its restoration. It was declared yesterday to journalists by bishop Michael of Boston (ROCOR) at the press conference devoted to results of seven-mouth cross procession with relics in cities of Russia and countries of the near abroad.
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02.02.05
THE OPENING OF THE THIRD ALL-CHURCH EXHIBITION “ORTHODOX RUSSIA”
 
The ceremony of the Festal Opening of the Third All-Church Exhibition “Orthodox Russia” took place in Moscow’s “Gostiny Dvor” Exhibition Center. His Holiness, Patriarch Aleksy II of Moscow and All-Russia along with the Russian Minster of Culture, Alexander Sokolov and Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, led the Festal Opening the press center of the exhibition informs.
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FATHER IOANN (KRESTIANKIN)
Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)
 
The other day my spiritual father Archimandrite Ioann (Krestiankin) of Pskov Pecherski(Cave) monastery called me and said: ‘I am going to die soon. So please do me a favour, write down what you remember and what you want to tell people about me. Because afterwards you all are going to write something anyway and may come up with stories as ridiculous as they did with poor Father Nikolai, who “resurrected cats” and other fables like that. So I want to check everything myself for my peace of mind.”
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH ALEXY OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA ON THE OCASSION OF THE 60-TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
One past unites us, and we must be worthy of the selfless exploits of our fathers and grandfathers in the years of the war. We must not forget what the cost of our Great Victory was, and that we won it fighting shoulder to shoulder, so that our children and grandchildren lived in peace and friendship.
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ST. NICHOLAS’ WATCHFUL EYE
Svetlana Khorkina
 
The heroic achievement of the navigator Albanov who crossed the distance of approximately 420 km, walking on drifting ice to Franz-Josef land, added a glorious page to the history of Russian polar research. This journey had a great scientific significance, and the story itself was well covered in specialized and popular scientific literature of the Soviet period. A famous Russian writer Veniamin Kaverin created the character of navigator Klimov in his novel «Two Captains» with Albanov as his prototype. However the heroic exploits of the navigator is not only the result of his personal courage, but also another evidence of St. Nicholas’ help to «those at sea and travelling».
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DIVIDE AND RULE – THE ANCIENT PRINCIPLE
According to INTERFAX Agency, 407 people have been killed in Moscow in the past several years as a result of terrorist acts. The tragedy in Beslan took away between 338 and 450 lives, including children’s, casualties in Northern Osetia total 1221 people. Not to mention the number of lives wrecked by the tragedies , tears shed and hopes lost. One cannot measure all the pain in the souls of those who have lost their family and friends forever. Witnessing the events and meeting the participants we often hear: ‘Why?’ or ‘What did my nine-year-old do to deserve it? Why did I have to collect her body in pieces after the explosion of the metro car? I have never been interested in dirty political games, black market or oil wars. I love my job. I worshipped my wife and daughter who I have lost…Why?’
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ORTHODOXY IS IN OUR BLOOD
 
Hegumen Josaf (Peretiatko), a monk of the St. Trinity monastery in Kiev, spent seven months in the military conflict region in Iraq. In January 2005 Father Josaf took part in the 13th International Project of Christmas Educational Readings in Moscow and courteously agreed to meet our correspondent.
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WELL-PAID DEFENSE OF THEIR RIGHTS
Oleg Popov
Long ago the time when Russian dissidents and human rights activists had indulged in non-censored gratuitous “social” activities became a thing of the past. They used to follow the principle “I can not be silent!” (Leo Tolstoy). At that time they could be imprisoned for it; at the best they could be deported abroad. Now these activities yet traditionally called defense of human rights are not only non-punishable but even well-paid.
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RUSSIA AND THE PROBLEM OF KURIL ISLANDS. TACTICS OF DEFENSE OR STRATEGY OF SURRENDER?
Natalia Narochnitskaya
 
On the threshold of the current Russian-Japanese Summit talks Russian society follows every word of the leaders of Russia on so-called territorial problem with strained attention. So it did on November 14-15, 2004, when at first S. V. Lavrov, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and then the President himself confirmed “Russia’s allegiance to the commitments, arising from the Soviet-Japanese Declaration of 1956”. Mass media hack writers rushed for comments to diplomats and politicians, deputies from the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the State Duma and leaders of political parties to clear up whether this recurrent declaration is an illustration of willingness “to hand over the administration” of Southern Kurils or “to return” them to Japan.
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AS A POLITICAL INSTRUMENT OF LIBERAL COSMOPOLITAN ELITE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Oleg Popov
 
In 1975 at the summit of the heads of European states, the USA and Canada in Helsinki, an accord which is well known as the Helsinki Agreement was signed. The states of Eastern Europe including the USSR were recognized as “legal”. In exchange for this “concession” from NATO, Soviet leaders agreed to include into this accord a regulation which imposed responsibility of all these states to observe human rights as prescribed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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INDULGENCES IN THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK CHURCH
Sergei Govorun
 
In the 16th—18th centuries the Greek Church, even though limited in its contacts with the outer world to the borders of the Ottoman Empire, came under a great influence of Western Christianity—greater than did the Russian Church. Here Catholic propaganda worked more effectively, especially with the foundation in 1622 of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda of the Faith, for both Greek scholars and theologians had increasing contacts with the West and most of them studied there.
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ABOUT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE: WITH PAIN IN THE HEART
Vadim Venediktov
 
After adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation which enforced deideologization of society our students found themselves in a very tricky situation: no precise guiding lines. And not every one of young people is capable to make independently the path of reason in search of the Truth, find and gain It.
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