Requirements for Becoming a Catechumen: Experience the Transfiguration Brotherhood in the Context the Catechetical Practice of Ancient Church [PDF]
This article is devoted to identifying the basic requirements for future catechumens by taking the Transfiguration Brotherhood and the ancient church as examples, and using their sample experience to analyze conditions under which these requirements can ...
Maria Dikareva
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The Procatechesis, or Prologue to the Catechetical Lectures of our Holy Father Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem. Translation by Lora Gerd, foreword and comments by Kirill Mozgov, Olesya Sidorova [PDF]
The Catechetical and Mystagogic Lectures by St. Cyril of Jerusalem are one of the most important sources of 4th c. Christian catechetical tradition. These instructions became widely known and were translated into several languages as early as the 5th ...
Lora Gerd +2 more
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Anthropological lexicon of the Septuagint: turning to spiritualization and rethinking of traditional hebrew semantics [PDF]
The article is dedicated to the comparison of anthropological models of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Bible (Septuagint). Through lexical and theological analysis, the article reveals the correlation of typical anthropological ideas of the Hebrew Bible ...
Zykov Vyacheslav
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“Serving to unity”: how to correctly raise the question of primacy at the universal level [PDF]
Primacy in the Church at the universal level is the key issue in the current Orthodox-Catholic dialogue. The most promising theological approach seems to be one that combines historical research with systematic investigation.
Adalberto Mainardi
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The image of Christian unity in the theological thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer [PDF]
The article is devoted to the analysis of the theme of the church’s unity in the theological works and pastoral practice of the German theologian and martyr pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Julia Shtonda
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On the history of the Liturgical practice of orthodox church in the XX century: the use of holy objects and substances [PDF]
The article focuses on the research of possible outer and inner reasons of certain peculiarities of eucharistic worship concerning usage of bread, wine, holy vessels and vestments in Russian orthodox church in XX century in time of persecutions ...
Maxim Zelnikov
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The Theological Heritage of Fr. Alexander Schmemann [PDF]
September 2021 marks 100 years since the birth of Fr. Alexander Schmemann. This interview focusses on the main significance of his work for Christian theology in the fields of liturgical revival and Eucharistic Theology. Fr.
Fr. Georgy Kochetkov +4 more
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The Principles of the Pastoral Ministry of Nikolay Neplyuev, Founder of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Labour Brotherhood [PDF]
The present article uses the example of the activity of Nikolay Neplyuev (1851–1908), founder of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Labour Brotherhood, to consider pastoral care as an activity of gathering church assembly (Fr.
Dmitry Gasak
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Mother and Bride: Ecclesiology, Christology, and Anthropology [PDF]
In the 20th century reflections on the Church developed primarily in the context of eucharistic ecclesiology, according to which the Church community is a local congregation united around the Eucharist.
Fr. John Behr
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TO THE QUESTION OF SEARCHING FOR WAYS OF LEGAL UNDERSTANDING [PDF]
The article presents an alternative view of the legal understanding, the author analyzes possible ways of solving methodological problems of law ...
Aleksey V. Alekseev
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