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Be kinder than is customary, for everyone has a war, battles and losses of their own. Live simply, love generously, attend closely to the needs of another, speak gently... And leave the rest to the Lord. It is love, and not faith, nor dogma, nor mysticism, nor asceticism, nor fasting,
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Deputy Governor of the Central Bank Sergei Belov has told Izvestia in an interview that the Bank has decided to abandon religious buildings altogether as images on banknotes:. "...when we changed the concept of banknote design and moved from the city series to the regional one (each banknote is
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"Saint Tsaritsa Alexandra Ascending to Heaven", Karl Bryullov, 1845. Clad in a golden silk gown and an ermine mantle, the picture shows Grand Duchess Alexandra (1825-1844), the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas I, a beauty and the darling of all. Alexandra Nikolayevna appears before us in an
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At the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, appeared in vestments by the celebrated French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, aged 75, who in his day created outfits for Lady Gaga and Pope John Paul II. For the opening ceremony Castelbajac also designed vestments
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Fortunately, the relic was saved during the fire, and after the restoration the crown was placed in a new reliquary. Here is the reliquary of one of the greatest holy objects of mankind, made in our own day by Sylvain Dubuisson; compare it simply with the reliquary created in the
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Charles de Gaulle A pity that the Christian rulers of Europe parted with this idea so readily
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Mikhail Nesterov. Horsemen (Legend). 1932. Church Archaeology Cabinet of the Theological Academy, Trinity Lavra of St Sergius, Sergiev Posad, Russia
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An interesting observation: Socrates, like Plato, is a baptismal Orthodox name found in the calendar of saints. Socrates appears in the church calendar three times: the Hieromartyr Presbyter Socrates of Ancyra, the Martyr Socrates of Perga in Pamphylia, and the Venerable Martyr Socrates of Tiberiopolis. Plato features in the Orthodox
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Who liked the film "Conclave", and why it has drawn so much attention, I do not know. All of this was already in "The Young Pope" and "The Two Popes", only more interesting and better. All I know is that I would not have