Today there is a popular myth that the doctrine of karma is most fully developed in Hinduism, while other peoples do not, but in fact it is not. Before the advent of Christianity, reincarnation was one of the significant aspects of the religious beliefs of all European peoples
The methods are simple and detailed in the instructions of Christian activists. To build a church, public hearings are needed, and the churchmen, as usual, bring in mummers who are not residents of the building area, and they attract believing bandits. Maybe it would be more correct to call them "CIRCONS"?
Alexander Glebovich Nevzorov is a legend of Russian television journalism of the nineties. The older generation still remembers his famous "600 seconds", the younger Alexander Glebovich is known on the Internet thanks to his relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church. Who or what made him take up this organization?
A direct participant in the events describes how the country's leading technical university is starting to flirt with religion. The management of MEPhI opens the department of theology, puts a cross instead of a monument, invites Gudnyaev as the most dear guest
The West drew attention to the fact that the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy has now become "impersonal" in Russia according to Orwell
How to make an Orthodox textbook? Very simple. A pseudo-candidate of physical and mathematical sciences is taken, an absurd scientific and biblical text is compiled with insertions "according to the Bible", non-existent positive reviews are added - and, voila, another reason for insulting the feelings of unbelievers is ready
A young, but already well-known in his circles Sergiev Posad photographer Damir Shavaleev, who until recently worked at the "candle factory" of the Russian Orthodox Church corporation in Sofrino, published in his LiveJournal a bold photo report from the birthday of the director of this factory
The Russian Orthodox Church called on to help migrants adapt to life in Russia and to encourage them to participate in the social and political life of the country. This was announced by Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, head of the Synodal Department for Relations between Church and Society
The fact that water changes its properties on certain days is explained by natural, cosmic factors and has nothing to do with the biography of a particular deity. But in the Middle Ages, and today, clergymen deftly appropriate a natural phenomenon for themselves and consecrate cities in bulk, through water canals
The official history of the main Christian holiday - Easter, is associated with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was crucified on the Jewish holiday of Passover as a sacrifice to the Jewish god Yahweh. In turn, bloody Passover is celebrated in honor of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. Then the "good" Yahweh killed all the Egyptian firstborn babies, and the Jews, robbing the Egyptians, made an exodus from the "slavery"
The overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of the Russian Empire are peasants. Today they are trying to say that the Russian Empire is a kind of “ideal” of spirituality. However, the peasants themselves, who were treated like cattle, are clear evidence of this very "spirituality"
Non-religious people face severe discrimination in 85 countries around the world, according to a new report presented this week in the European Parliament
The guard on duty at the place of worship of the Gifts of the Magi from the holy Mount Athos, talks about his impressions of what is happening around the Temple. According to him, behind the external pathos of the event lies cruelty and cynicism
Scientists have found that the effect on parishioners is not only due to the spirit of unity and the power of preaching. So, in experiments on mice, incense showed itself to be a fairly strong psychoactive substance
A new series of articles by Dmitry Mylnikov, in which the author connects his previous constructions with the history of Christianity in Russia. Where did the Romanovs get such love for the Roman pantheon? What role did the two-faced Janus play in this pantheon?
On the appointment of O. Vasilyeva to the post of Minister of Education and Science
Analysis of the report of Patriarch Kirill in Romania
A careful study of the temples and churches of St. Petersburg allows us to draw a conclusion about their original non-Christian origin. Smolny Cathedral is no exception
How often do you think about the universe? Have you thought about what is the true origin of yourself and the planet on which you live? Did you know that the answer to these questions is very close and at the same time so far from you - over your head in the sky. The new part of the series of articles "Through the Looking Glass" will tell you
Balls, champagne and … slavery, although they replaced this word with another, Russian word - serfdom. The idealization of tsarist Russia, as an ideal Christian country, reminds in reality, only predatory plunder and obsessive "Christian" servility to the golden calf
The irony and sarcasm of the non-Russian tsar of all Russia was that in 1699 he invented a new phrase - he combined the Russian word NEW with the English word GOD, and the sound came out - "HAPPY NEW YEAR", and in meaning - "HAPPY NEW GOD" - Jewish SAVIOR
This story should be the first to be read to all schoolchildren in their religion lessons. Our children have the right to know the historical truth about how Judaism was born on earth and how Christianity was born, and that the Jews all the time wanted to kill Jesus Christ
When I was 12-13 years old, my mother fell into Orthodoxy and began to educate me in a religious spirit. By the age of 16-17, in my head, except for the church, there was nothing at all. I was not interested in peers, music, or parties, I had one path - to and from the temple
Elena Petrovna Blavatsky
Today, in addition to the canonical Gospel literature, there is a sufficient number of materials that clarify, and in many cases in a new light represent the life of Jesus Christ
About religion
This is another chapter of the new book "Where to Get the True Teachings of Christ?"
The ancient manuscript is believed to have been made in German Lübeck and was written around 1486 and 1488. It is considered one of the first maps to describe the state of the world between 639 and 1514. An ancient manuscript mentions the emergence of Islam, talks about the Antichrist and the Day of Judgment
Coming to a famous Orthodox monastery in Russia or attending an ordinary church "in the area", believers buy candles, icons, oil and other paraphernalia - as it should be. At the same time, prices in temples are very different, and in tourist places they even make you round your eyes
In this issue of the video almanac Eduard Khodos gives a detailed answer to the appeal of Deacon Vladimir Beloshitsky and repeats his limited on the Internet, as well as a very important and interesting 18th issue of the video almanac "666: Fifty Days Before the Apocalypse." Walpurgis night for Donbass from Poroshenko
This article is my response to the statement of US President Donald Trump, who announced to the whole world a few days ago: "The US officially recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and begins the process of moving the American embassy there - it is now in Tel Aviv."
One of the most popular fairy tales in the world is the myth of the Tower of Babel. It seems that more is known about her than about Gagarin's flight. I think that if on the street you ask random passers-by two questions, for example, who is Karbyshev, and what is the Tower of Babel, then hardly half will answer the first question, but the absolute majority knows about the Babylonian pandemonium
Faith is just a license to deny reason, a dogma that followers of religions give themselves out. The incompatibility of reason and faith has been an obvious fact of human knowledge and social life for centuries
The second person in world Buddhism after the Dalai Lama was convicted of sexual abuse, keeping a harem and spending donations on alcohol and tobacco
Contemporary Christian propaganda has declared the Cossacks "a bulwark of the Christian faith." "Warriors of Christ" - Cossacks, perhaps, many do not even know, as well as the bulk of the deceived Russian people, about the true attitude of the Cossack freemen to the Church for many centuries
Jesuits are spies and contract killers of the Catholic Church. Those who believe that the Jesuit Order is a religious organization are gravely mistaken. They are and have always been a political structure in all respects. It is a political tool for influencing society with the help of fairytale characters and rituals borrowed from more ancient religions
Artistic works sometimes allow us to better understand the absurdity of our reality than some documentary articles. Here is an excerpt from the work of Stanislav Lem, in which the author pondered a little about the missionary role of the church on other planets
Fragment of the book "Demon of Power" by Oleg Markeev, Alexander Maslennikov and Mikhail Ilyin. This is a scientific and artistic study of the most exciting problem of our time - the problem of Power
The structure, towering over the lush greenery of the central part of Java, evokes ambiguous emotions. The casual traveler will not immediately guess about the functional purpose of the building, but he will certainly marvel at its unusualness. From the side it seems that this hen is sitting in the grass: a bird's head, an open beak, a tail that strangely resembles a peacock
Many factors contributed to the renunciation of the cult Russian writer, Count Leo Tolstoy from the church. We will analyze step by step under what circumstances this happened and how it is related to Tolstoyism