February 28, 7534
“And a heavy darkness… then covered Russia.” — Andrey Denisov, Funeral Oration for Peter Prokopyev Ты была Христова До шездесят шестова… (You were Christ’s Until sixty-six…) — Old Believer spiritual verse, “On the Nikonians” Long before the onset of Nikon’s “ventures” in Russia, when nothing seemed to foreshadow the impending catastrophe that would befall the…
At the start of the 21st century, no one disputes that the church schism of the mid-17th century was one of the most tragic and bloody chapters in Russian history. The church reformation, initiated 350 years ago by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Patriarch Nikon, not only split the Russian Church but also divided Russian history…
We are living through dreadful days. The years pass swiftly, years filled with ominous and apocalyptic events. By God’s permission, “wickedness has multiplied in the world, and everywhere evil deeds are committed.” Before our very eyes, people are turning into ravenous worms, groveling in the dust of the earth. Caught up in the hustle and…
T.S. Tulupov Until the year 1054 A.D., the Greek Eastern and the Roman Catholic Churches were united in faith and formed a single Church. But in that year, all the Eastern Churches excommunicated the Roman Catholic Church for many innovations in faith that were contrary to the Word of God, and chiefly for the Catholics’…
T.S. Tulupov When engaging in conversations with Baptists, it is best to begin from a historical perspective—that is, by indicating the time when the sect under discussion appeared and identifying its founder. After this, one should move on to clarifying the dogma of Holy Tradition, with the goal of firmly establishing the teaching of the…
T.S. Tulupov It is necessary to baptize children. All people are sinful—corrupted by the leprosy, the sickness of sin. “There is no man that sinneth not upon the earth,” says Solomon (3 Kings 8:46), or in another of his expressions: “There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not” (Ecclesiastes…
We all slumber, brethren, not only the young but also the old. God reminds us of the approaching Dreadful Hour with earthquakes, hurricanes, and various calamities, yet we remain in a state of slumber. Will the universal Judgment Day find us asleep as well? Involuntarily, the words of Holy Scripture come to mind: “Behold, the…