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Incidentally, Gaudí's legendary creation, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, will be completed in just a few months. The longest architectural project in the world has now been under construction for 144 years, and according to the calculations of the foundation managing the works, the building will definitely be
Faith · The East · Cinema · Society
Mel Gibson Intends to Make a Series about the Siege of Malta. Well, it is high time to recall the triumph of the Christian defenders of a tiny island in 1565, when an Ottoman armada descended upon it. The Siege of Malta is one of the most heroic and most
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The State Duma has passed in first reading a bill banning the use of images of places of worship and religious objects without their religious symbols. The ban is to apply to the media, the internet, advertising, goods, signage, and state and municipal emblems. Thank God, and about time! But
Faith · Geography · Society
Between 2010 and 2020, the world's religious landscape changed considerably. Here are some statistics from the latest report by the Pew Research Center: Christianity remains the largest religion in the world: over the decade the number of Christians grew by 122 million, reaching 2.3 billion by 2020.
Faith · Society · Rome
Regrettably, the discord between calendars no longer allows Christians to celebrate together the most important feast of the liturgical year, which causes pastoral problems in communities, divides families and weakens trust. Pope Leo XIV, speaking in honour of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, proposed establishing a single
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“You shall come to the heavens, you shall traverse the sky, you shall be joined to the star gods. Praises shall be raised to you in your barque, and all the gods shall rejoice when they see you, king of the heavens.”
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Church of the Holy Trinity, designed by Vasily Polenov, village of Bekhovo. The church was consecrated in 1907
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A droning bell calls us to prayer, Ringing on sunbeams over the cornfields; The distance of the water-meadows drowns in blue, And the river on the meadows sparkles and burns. And in the village since morning the liturgy goes on in the church: The whole ambo is strewn with
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Deuteronomy 28:43-44
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Both sides noted the great personal contribution of Pope Francis to strengthening relations between Russia and the Holy See. It was agreed to continue efforts aimed at the further development of these ties in the interests of building a more just world order. Particular attention was given to the situation