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ENGLISH VERSION: Igor Knyazev, a Lutheran Bishop. Petition to the authorities of Kaluga Region and the city of Kaluga, as well as to the regional law enforcement agencies

I petition the heads of the administrations of the city of Kaluga and Kaluga Region, the heads of the law enforcement agencies and the mass media: Yesterday, on 20 May 2015, Pastor Dmitry Martyshenko, Senior Priest of St....

Опубликовано: 29.05.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: Petition of evangelical christians-baptists to the state authorities of the Russian Federation with a request to refrain from the registration of religious groups

TO: V.V. Putin, President of the RFCC: S.E. Naryshkin, Chairman of the RF State Duma Y.Y. Chaika, RF Prosecutor General S.V. Smirnov, Chief of Staff of the RF Civic ChamberFROM: the faithful of the Moscow Church of Evangelical...

Опубликовано: 14.05.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: Paschal Epistle of Bishop Gregory (Lourie) of Petrograd and Gdov, Chairman of the Bishops’ Conference of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church

Christ is Risen! Dear Orthodox Christians, Dear everyone who is still only trying on True Orthodoxy, Christ is Risen! This night Christ conquers death. This night Christ conquers sin. This night Christ releases us from defilement. This night...

Опубликовано: 11.04.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: “State authorities allow the Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to make use of their means of repression” - LIUDMYLA ALEXEYEVA, President of the Moscow Helsinki Group

“Portal-Credo.Ru”: Several days ago a group of court bailiffs from Moscow accompanied by armed men from some special task force took the reliquaries of the Suzdal Saints out of the temple of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC)...

Опубликовано: 03.04.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: ROAC-owned reliquaries of the holy relics of the Saints Euphymios and Euphrosynia of Suzdal placed in the ROC MP Convent of the Deposition of the Robe in Suzdal

Wooden reliquaries with the images of the Saints Euphymios and Euphrosynia of Suzdal confiscated on March 25 from the faithful of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) were taken to the only church open to the public in...

Опубликовано: 02.04.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: Suzdal: ROAC Synodal Church re-consecrated; no relics in the reliquaries, reports State TV Company

Special prayer of re-consecration of desecrated temples from the Euchologion of Metropolitan Peter (Mohyla) was read on March 29, on the Fifth Week of the Great Lent, after the Divine Liturgy by Metropolitan Theodore of Suzdal and Vladimir,...

Опубликовано: 01.04.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: Holy relics of the Saints Euphymios and Euphrosynia of Suzdal taken away by court bailiffs from ROAC Synodal Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Suzdal

On March 25 a group of court bailiffs and police officers carried out the enforcement procedures aimed at the confiscation of the reliquaries of the holy relics of the Saints Euphymios and Euphrosynia of Suzdal from the religious...

Опубликовано: 31.03.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: The Theologian of the Name of God: Homily by Bishop Gregory (Lourie) of Petrograd and Gdov on the Second Sunday of Great Lent, in Memory of St. Gregory Palamas, Feb 23/Mar 8, 2015

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today we celebrate the memory of St. Gregory Palamas; from the fifteenth century, when this feast was established, it has become the main...

Опубликовано: 21.03.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: The Vladimir Regional Court denied the appeals against the Ruling of the first-instance Court that the video, which deals with the situation concerning the exemption of the relics from ROAC, be recognized as extremist

“The appeal is denied and the decision of the first-instance Court is to be approved” – such was the Ruling, on February 17, of the Panel of Judges of the Vladimir Regional Court, after the Panel’s consideration of...

Опубликовано: 20.02.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: "We should bind this war!" The post card of Church of the russian lutherans to coreligionists on the situation in Ukraine

Moscow On February, 11th 2015 г Dear brothers and sisters! Any war is a trouble for the person, his family, relatives and friends. Doubly is a trouble, if it is necessary to be at war with the neighbour,...

Опубликовано: 13.02.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: "We have already stood on a firmly name-glorifying position." Statement of the Synod of the GOC(R) in response to the "anathema against the name-worshipping heresy" of the Synod of Met John (LoBue)

The Autonomous Metropolia headed by Metropolitan John (LoBue), with which our True Orthodox Church is in canonical communion, has officially declared an anathema against name-glorifying and its followers. This is a hard, unfortunate fact for us! We have...

Опубликовано: 17.01.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: Nativity Epistle of Bishop Gregory (Lourie) of Petrograd and Gdov, Chairman of the Bishops’ Conference of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church

Angels, shepherd, and wise men – thus were those who became witnesses of the Nativity of Christ. The Nativity of Christ was revealed to the world on high, but hidden from the one below. It was revealed to...

Опубликовано: 06.01.2015

ENGLISH VERSION: The Greatest Theologian of the Twentieth Century. Homily by Bishop Gregory (Lourie) of Petrograd and Gdov on the Feast Day of the Venerable Martyr Anthony (Bulatovich)

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today we celebrate the memory of the Venerable Martyr Anthony Bulatovich. Bulatovich is his family name. Otherwise, of course, it would have been...

Опубликовано: 29.12.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Editor-in-Chief of Portal-Credo.Ru, author of “Bailiff Piety” video and Moscow Helsinki Group lodged their appeals with the court challenging its judgment on the recognition of the video as "extremist"

Appeals against the judgment of Oktyabrsky District Court of Vladimir on the recognition of “Bailiff Piety” video linked to Portal-Credo.Ru as “extremist” were mailed to the court of higher instance on 25 December by Alexander Soldatov, Editor-in-Chief of...

Опубликовано: 29.12.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: "Portal-Credo.Ru" expands its presence in the social networks: Facebook community is complemented by pages in Twitter and VKontakte

Editors of Portal-Credo.Ru opened the Portal’s official page in VKontakte, a popular Russian social network, in December 2014. In the meantime another page of Portal-Credo.Ru was established in Twitter. Both pages are technically synchronized with each other within...

Опубликовано: 15.12.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: “Bailiff Piety” video, that had a link to Portal-Credo.Ru, recognized by Oktyabrsky Court of Vladimir as extremist

On 21 November Maxim Ignatovich, Judge of Oktyabrsky District Court of Vladimir, read the resolution part of the judgment on the recognition of “Bailiff Piety” video linked to Portal-Credo.Ru in January 2013 as extremist. As reported by Portal-Credo.Ru",...

Опубликовано: 01.12.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Russias Extremism Law Violates Human Rights. A video deemed offensive to the MP was ruled "extremist" by a city court in Vladimir, chief editor of "Portal-Credo.Ru" Alexander Soldatov now could also be tried for extremism

Last Friday, a video deemed offensive to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church was ruled "extremist" by a city court in Vladimir. While Alexander Soldatov — chief editor of Credo.ru, the website that posted the offending...

Опубликовано: 01.12.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: The Border Service of the FSB replied to the request of the First Hierarch of ROAC about the reasons for which Archbishop Andrei (Maklakov) had been deported from the Russian Federation

The letter addressed curtly to "V.A. Gineyevsky" from the Border Service of the FSB of Russia was received by the Office of the Episcopal Synod of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) on November 13, reports Portal-Credo.Ru. The...

Опубликовано: 15.11.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Court trial in Vladimir initiated in order to recognize the video named “Bailiff Piety” as extremist postponed till November 21; authors of the video will be summoned to court as the persons concerned

Judge Maxim Ignatovich granted the petition of the representatives of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the city of Vladimir to have Mikhail Baranov and Anna Dombrovskaya, authors of the video, summoned to the court as the persons concerned....

Опубликовано: 29.10.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: The Ecclesiastical Union of the Orthodox Community in Resistance with the Church of the True Orthodox Christians of Greece: Objections, Concerns and their Resolution

The God-pleasing Union of the Orthodox Community in Resistance with the Church of the True Orthodox Christians of Greece was brought to fruition, by the Grace of Christ our Savior and by the intercessions of the Theotokos and...

Опубликовано: 15.10.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: “I have two assumptions about the reasons for which Archbishop Andrei (Maklakov) was denied entry to Russia”, says Fr. MIKHAIL ARDOV, Senior Priest of ROAC’s Church of New Martyrs of Russia at Golovinskoye Cemetery in Moscow

Portal-Credo.Ru: On September 16 Archbishop Andrei (Maklakov), administrator of the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) abroad to which you also belong, was stopped at the border control outpost in Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, placed in some...

Опубликовано: 03.10.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: “Archbishop Andrei (Maklakov) is a living reminder of the failure of Putin’s operation aimed at the absorption of ROCOR”, said Fr YAKOV KROTOV, host of "From the Christian Viewpoint" program on Radio Liberty

Portal-Credo.Ru: On September 16 Archbishop Andrei (Maklakov), administrator of the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) outside Russia, was denied entry to the Russian Federation. It turned out that he had been included in a certain...

Опубликовано: 25.09.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Donetsk region, Ukraine: baptist prayer house captured in the town of Anthracite

As reported by Religion in Ukraine with reference to local bloggers, on 8 September the building of the Baptist prayer house in the town of Anthracite (Lugansk Region, Ukraine) was captured by the gunmen from the self-proclaimed "Lugansk...

Опубликовано: 24.09.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Prior to being deported from Russia ROAC Archbishop Andrei (Maklakov) spent almost 24 hours without food in the prison-like premises of a Moscow airport

Some details of the conditions in which Andrei (Maklakov), Archbishop of Pavlovskoye and Rockland, administrator of the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) outside Russia, was placed in Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport were described by his secretary...

Опубликовано: 23.09.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: "Sanctions were applied illegitimately against ROAC Archbishop", says VALENTIN GEFTER, Director of the Human Rights Institute

Portal-Credo.Ru: On 16 September Archbishop Andrei (Maklakov), administrator of the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) outside Russia, was denied entry to the Russian Federation. It turned out that he had been included in a certain...

Опубликовано: 22.09.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Archbishop Andrei (Maklakov), administrator of ROAC parishes in the US, denied entry to and deported from Russia by its authorities

In the morning of September 16 an officer of the Border Guard of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport denied entry to Russia to Archbishop Andrei of Pavlovskoye and Rockland, hierarch of...

Опубликовано: 17.09.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Entering the Divine Tabernacle Through An Uncomfortable Life: A Homily on the Transfiguration by Igumen Gregory (now Bishop of Petrograd and Gdov), August 6/19, 2008

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today we celebrate the Transfiguration of the Lord. Today this feast might not be entirely clear to the majority of those who read...

Опубликовано: 18.08.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: A Letter of the Holy Orthodox Metropolis of Boston about the Epistle of Metropolitan Raphael about Name-Glorifying

Beloved Orthodox Faithful, Recently, there been an exchange of letters between the primates of two old calendar jurisdictions, the synod of Metropolitan Raphael (Prokopyev Motovilov) of Moscow and the synod of Metropolitan John (LoBue) of New York, concerning...

Опубликовано: 01.08.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: One of the judges of the RF Constitutional Court supported the position of the First Hierarch of ROAC according to which the holy relics cannot be considered as the "objects of civil rights"

The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation declined the complaint from Metropolitan Theodore (Gineyevsky), First Hierarch of Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC), concerning the unjustified application of Article 128 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation to...

Опубликовано: 24.07.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Confession of Faith of the True-Orthodox Church. Received by the Local Council of the TOC(R), July 13-14, 2014

?The Saving Nature of the Confession of the True Orthodox Faith For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:10). Following upon this – the Apostle’s expression of...

Опубликовано: 20.07.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: "Our episcopate was compelled to receive consecration from ecumenist bishops..." Statement of the Local Council of the TOC(R)

The True Orthodox Church regards as its primary mission on earth the preservation and preaching of the inviolate, that is, of True Orthodoxy. In various historical periods, the devil, by various means, has tried to damage True Orthodoxy,...

Опубликовано: 17.07.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Worshipping God and saving the immortal souls of the faithful – such is the key objective of the faithful of the ROAC. Article published by Suzdal official newspaper in pursuance of the court decision dated June 16

Openness of the Orthodox faith for all and freedom of human person are the most important principles of the Orthodoxy. According to its doctrine, a human being is free ad initium, and the goal of spiritual life is...

Опубликовано: 08.07.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Crimea: raids, violence, threats – but what protection do victims get?

About 30 armed officers from a number of Russian security agencies conducted an early-morning raid on a madrassah (Islamic religious school) close to the Crimean capital Simferopol on 24 June, Forum 18 News Service notes. The staff and...

Опубликовано: 30.06.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: On Name-Glorifying. A Talk by Bishop Job of Lutsk and Rivne (Ukrainian Autonomous True Orthodox Church) at a seminar on ecclesiological problems in the True Orthodox Church

Your Grace, dear Fathers, Brothers, and Sisters! I would like to touch briefly on a question that concerns me personally and that, I think, cannot but worry people for whom Christ is the meaning of life, for whom...

Опубликовано: 27.06.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Suzdal: The ROAC faithful concluded an amicable settlement agreement with Suzdalskaya Nov newspaper for the publication of unbiased information about their Church

On June 16 Judge Olga Kondratieva of Suzdal District Court announced the ruling on the case regarding the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation of the clergy and the laity of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC)...

Опубликовано: 25.06.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: One more church building confiscated from ROAC in Suzdal

Church of the Saints Boris and Gleb, historical monument built in the town of Suzdal in late XVII – early XVIII century, was confiscated from Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) which had been using it since early 2000s....

Опубликовано: 24.06.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Kyiv Greek Catholic archbishop tells "Orthodox brothers" not to believe propaganda, look at the truth. Mgr Sviatoslav Shevchuk makes an appeal for reconciliation, following Moscow Patriarchates attacks

Through AsiaNews Mgr Sviatoslav Shevchuk makes an appeal for reconciliation, following Moscow Patriarchate's attacks. "It is time to recognise the dignity of the Ukrainian people and Church." Against the backdrop of the Ukrainian crisis, tensions are getting worse...

Опубликовано: 23.06.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: On the Names of God. Letter by Metropolitan Rafael of TOC(R) to Metropolitan John of New York

Your Beatitude, Dear Vladyka! It was with great joy that I received your brotherly epistle, filled with genuine concern for the correctness of our True-Orthodox Confession of Faith, the glory of the good name of our holy Church,...

Опубликовано: 16.06.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: What the Civilian Population Can Learn from Holy Warriors. Sermon by Bishop Gregory (Lourie) of Petrograd and Gdov on the Day of St. George the Trophy-Bearer

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today we celebrate the memory of one of the most highly-venerated warriors among the people: the Holy Great-Martyr George. It is no wonder...

Опубликовано: 14.06.2014

ENGLISH VERSION: Ukraine: Rector of ROCOR’s Parish in Berdyansk was beaten by Alexander Makedonsky, Deputy of Berdyansk City Council

Priest Oleg Nikolayev, Rector of ROCOR’s St. John (Maximovich) Parish in Berdyansk, Ukraine, was beaten up on May 21 near his home by Alexander Makedonsky, Deputy of Berdyansk City Council from Rus Party. This outrageous fact has become...

Опубликовано: 10.06.2014