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The 2026 American film Project Hail Mary, which is, incidentally, excellent in every respect, and was based on the novel of the same name, reached Russian cinemas not under its original title, «Project Ave Maria», but in an adapted version, on what ground

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The 2026 American film Project Hail Mary, which is, incidentally, excellent in every respect, and was based on the novel of the same name, reached Russian cinemas not under its original title, «Project Ave Maria», but in an adapted version, on what ground

The 2026 American film Project Hail Mary (incidentally, excellent in every respect), based on the novel of the same name, reached Russian cinemas not under its original title, «Project Ave Maria», but in an adapted version (on what grounds, it is unclear), «Project End of the World», which in principle

By Alexandr Radayev
Now let us praise the all-ruling keeper of heaven, the Lord's almighty power, his good and wise counsel, and the creation of the giver of glory, how he, the eternal sovereign, gave a beginning to every wonder

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Now let us praise the all-ruling keeper of heaven, the Lord's almighty power, his good and wise counsel, and the creation of the giver of glory, how he, the eternal sovereign, gave a beginning to every wonder

Now let us praise the all-ruling keeper of heaven, the Lord's almighty power, his good and wise counsel and the creation of the giver of glory, how he, the eternal sovereign, gave a beginning to every wonder. He made a lofty roof for the children of earth,

By Alexandr Radayev
On 3 June 1929 the philosopher Alexei Losev and his wife Valentina were secretly tonsured as monastics by the Athonite elder Archimandrite David, taking the names Andronik and Athanasia

Faith · Books · Mores · People

On 3 June 1929 the philosopher Alexei Losev and his wife Valentina were secretly tonsured as monastics by the Athonite elder Archimandrite David, taking the names Andronik and Athanasia

It was a monastic tonsure "in the world", that is, without withdrawal to a monastery. The person goes on living an ordinary life, but takes monastic vows. For decades neither students nor colleagues, for the most part, suspected anything; the secret was confided only to a chosen few

By Alexandr Radayev
Rehabilitation of Metropolitan Joseph (Chernov) of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan (1893-1975), accused after the war of collaborating with the occupiers, has recently been revoked

Almaty · Faith · Society · People

Rehabilitation of Metropolitan Joseph (Chernov) of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan (1893-1975), accused after the war of collaborating with the occupiers, has recently been revoked

Metropolitan Joseph was a man whom many tipped as Patriarch of All Russia after the death of Alexy I. He is also the author of the legendary retort to the remark that Yuri Gagarin had flown into space and not seen God, which ran as follows: Yuri Gagarin did not

By Alexandr Radayev
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