January 31, 7534
For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded…
– By Roman Atorin The righteous Nicholas Cabasilas Chamaetos, a saint of the 14th century, was an Orthodox theologian, lay ascetic, encyclopedic scholar, mystical philosopher (in the Orthodox sense of the term), and one of the holy fathers who clearly expressed in his works the Orthodox teaching grounded in the concept of hesychasm. St. Nicholas…
-By Roman Atorin The study of the ascetic practice of hesychasm gains particular relevance in light of the contemporary spiritual situation. The hesychast movement, which spread widely in Byzantium, penetrated Rus’ in the mid-fourteenth century. Hesychasm exerted a significant influence on the ecclesiastical worldview of Ancient Rus’. The theoretical core of Russian hesychasm is the…
The spiritual condition of modern Russian society, living in the postmodern era, is characterized as secularized. Our present time is marked by the fact that the overwhelming majority of our fellow citizens do not connect their lives with any religious norms, customs, or traditions. Despite the church revival of the late 20th and early 21st…
By Roman Atorin The past thirty years in Russia have been marked by a growing interest in faith, religion, and spirituality. Old Belief, as one of our traditional and culturally formative confessions, has not remained apart from these developments and is now the subject of extensive study by many researchers. Indeed, the true causes of…
By Roman Atorin Modern sociocultural transformations in Russia have led to a growing interest in Orthodox culture as a whole, and in ecclesiastical art in particular. Orthodoxy serves as a conduit of Old Russian culture and art, a bearer of traditions, and a source of spiritual and historical values. Today, the study of the development…
The legacy of early Christian thinkers had a primary influence on the formation of the Christian worldview paradigm. Under the influence of the spiritual experience of ancient Christian writers, the foundations were laid, and the platform for the cultural existence of civilization was formulated. Grace—a concept repeatedly encountered in the Old Testament—is, in its essence,…