THE COMMUNITY OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE MOTHER OF GOD IS SOVEREIGN

In Russia, over the past thirty years, both the socio-political situation and the religious situation have changed dramatically. Legislation not only declares religious freedoms, but also guarantees them. When religious associations comply with civil laws, the government provides them with the opportunity to act in accordance with their internal...

It is impossible to understand the work of Blessed John and his messianic sacrificial activity without understanding the life of St. Evfrosiniya. However, the word ‘life’ in relation to this great ascetic seems incomplete, truncated and even inappropriate. It suggests a more weighty, capacious, biblical-tinged and loaded word – ‘life of Saint'. ...