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Fara alte comentarii, un paragraf dintr-un articol din Ziarul Lumina:

Va continua omul să evolueze? Da, dar acest lucru nu se poate observa într-o viaţă de om, deoarece evoluţia este foarte lentă. Dacă australopitecul – omul primitiv – avea un creier în jur de 500 cm3 , a fost nevoie de două milioane de ani să se ajungă la media de azi, de 1.380 cm3! Aceasta înseamnă 100.000 de generaţii, adică faptul că s-au adăugat 8,8 mm3 pe generaţie! Evoluţia este demonstrată şi de atrofia şi tendinţa de dispariţie a unor porţiuni din corp care nu mai sunt utile: măselele de minte, degetul mic de la picior ş.a. Se vor selecţiona, în timp, organismele capabile să posede echipamente enzimatice care să anihileze numeroasele toxine ce provin din mediu şi care pătrund în organism prin aer, apă şi alimente.

Editura Enciclopedica: Preotul Constantin E. Moraitakis

Am aflat despre aceasta carte din citeva note de lectura care semnalau prezenta unor documente referitoare la hirotonia IPS Victor Leu ca episcop: am obtinut un exemplar ca sa le studiez. Pentru cei care sperau sa obtina aici dovada care sa inchida cercul disputei din jurul acestui eveniment, impresiile de dupa prima lectura sint amestecate. Pe de o parte, e limpede ca actele acestei hirotonii facute in 1949 la Munchen de doi Arhierei Rusi Albi au existat si au fost expediate parintelui Moraitakis, subiectul acestui volum. Pe de alta, autorul biografiei ne informeaza ca:

“In 1951 Marele Protoprezbiter C. Moraitakis a fost chemat la Constantinopol pentru consultari. Acolo l-a intilnit pe “pseudo-episcopul” Victor Leu, coleg de facultate din Chisinau, care, fugind din tara, fusese “hirotonit” in conditii necanonice ca Arhiepiscop al romanilor de peste hotare. De aceea, Parintele Moraitakis il numeste “pseudo-episcop”. Victor Leu s-a bucurat sa-l intilneasca si l-a rugat ca, prin relatiile pe care le are, sa intervina la Patriarhia Ecumenica sa-l recunoasca drept arhiereu si luptator impotriva comunismului si a Patriarhului comunist al Romaniei Justinian Marina. Parintele C. Moraitakis, desi era in Constantinopol cand Victor Leu cauta o asemenea recunoastere, si-a dat toata silinta ca Patriarhia Ecumenica sa nu-i dea nici o importanta lui Victor Leu, mai ales ca uneltea impotrva Pattriarhului legal al Romaniei, Justinian.

Victor Leu, cunoscand influenta de care se bucura Parintele Constantin, s-a deplasat si la Beirut, cerandu-i sa-l ajute sa dobandeasca autoritate asupra romanilor aflati in Orient. Primind un refuz categoric, Victor Leu l-a acuzat apoi pe parintele ca ar fi “unealta” lui Justinian Marina.”

IPS Victor Leu

Din corespondenta reprodusa in carte aflam ca IPS Victor a trimis copia actului sau de hirotonie parintelui Constantin, rugindu-l sa il traduca. E limpede, pentru mine cel putin, ca acest act era perfect valid din perspectiva ROCOR, insa evident suspect cuiva apropiat de structurile “oficiale” si “legale”. IPS Victor batea, asadar, la porti inchise.

Volumul, pe care vi-l recomand pentru cele citeva documente interesante si extrasele din corespondenta pr. Constantin, contine si citeva informatii importante despre IPS Visarion Puiu.

Istoricul Manastirii Slatioara

Doua carti noi. Gasiti semnalul editorial si informatii despre locul unde pot fi cumparate aici.

Istoricul Manastirii Braditel

Thousands of camels will be shot from helicopters and turned into burgers in a bid to halt their trail of havoc across Australia.
Marksmen plan to gun the animals down amid concern the thirsty dromedaries are barging into people’s homes and ripping up their bathrooms looking for water.
Government officials plan to wipe out 650,000 of the feral population in the remote Outback area of the country.
The creatures were first introduced to Australia in the 1840s to help explorers travel through the Australian desert.
There are now about one million camels roaming the country.
They compete with sheep and cattle for food, trample vegetation and invade remote settlements in search of water.
On a number of occasions they have scared residents – tearing apart bathrooms and ripping up water pipes.
Last month, the federal government set aside £9.5m for the cull.
Besides sending in sharpshooters in helicopters and on foot, officials are planning to turn many of the creatures into camel burgers and other treats.
Glenn Edwards, who is working on drafting the government’s camel reduction program, said the camel population needs to be slashed by two-thirds to reduce catastrophic damage.
But some remain opposed to a mass slaughter.
Camel exporter Paddy McHugh, who runs camel catching operations throughout Australia, said a cull would be ineffective.
“What happens in 15 years when the numbers come back again? Do we waste another £9.5m,” McHugh said.
But Tony Peacock, CEO of the University of Canberra’s Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Center, said: “To be shot from a helicopter is actually quite humane, even though that sounds brutal.”
“If I was a camel, I’d prefer to just get it in the head.”

Source: SkyNews

Icoana la pomenirea Sfântului maritului, marelui Mucenic si tamaduitor Pantelimon

Troparul Sfantului Mare Mucenic Pantelimon (glas 3):

“Purtatorule de chinuri, sfinte si tamaduitorule Pantelimoane, roaga pe milostivul Dumnezeu, ca sa dea iertare de gresale sufletelor noastre.”

Condacul 1:

Inaintea celui cu chip si nevinovatie ingereasca, a vrednicei slugi a Domnului nostru, care prin nestramutata credinta s-a invrednicit a sta alaturi de scaunul nemuritorului imparat, Pantelimon, ridicam rugaciunile noastre si cerem sa ne asculte durerile si cu puterea ce-i este data de la Dumnezeu ca un doctor fara de arginti, sa ne cerceteze degrab si sa inlature de la noi bolile sufletesti si trupesti, ca izbaviti cu platosa bunatatii sale, in tresaltari de bucurie, sa-i cantam: Bucura-te, Mare Mucenice si tamaduitorule Pantelimoane!

Icosul 1:

Din pruncie ti-ai pastrat sufletul curat, mucenice, caci maica ta cu mare grija ti-a sadit in inima credinta in dulcele Iisus, pe care mai tarziu batranul Ermolae, stropind-o cu apa cea vie, pe care si el o avea de la imparatul nemuritor, ai parasit paganatatea si ti-ai deschis larg sufletul sa primesti pe Hristos; pentru care iti cantam:

Bucura-te, sfinte cu adanca judecata;

Bucura-te, ca dreapta ti-a fost credinta urmata;

Bucura-te, al pieritorilor zei dispretuitor;

Bucura-te, al blandului Iisus urmator;

Bucura-te, ca dupa Domnul ai insetat;

Bucura-te, ca dreapta rasplatire ai capatat;

Bucura-te, ca n-ai tinut la bogatii pamantesti;

Bucura-te, cel ce ti-ai adunat comori ceresti;

Bucura-te, cel ce stai intre cetele sfintilor;

Bucura-te, ajutatorul napastuitilor;

Bucura-te, podoaba crestinilor cea nepretuita;

Bucura-te, mangaierea noastra mult dorita;

Bucura-te, Mare Mucenice si tamaduitorule Pantelimoane!

Athos, Manastirea Sf. Pantelimon

Condacul 2:

De mic ramas fara mama, sfinte, ai fost dat de tatal tau la invatatura paganeasca si la mestesugul vindecarilor cu puterea zeilor; dar ca o trestie neinfranta ai ramas in mijlocul vanturilor vrajmase si nu ai gasit alinare pana ce n-ai aflat calea Dumnezeului celui adevarat, Caruia ii cantam: Aliluia!

Icosul 2:

Adanc fiind ranit de dragostea in Hristos, cand veneai de la Ermolae si ai intalnit pe copilul muscat de vipera, atunci intaia oara te-ai rugat in genunchi lui Dumnezeu, de la care a si venit mantuirea, caci copilul a inviat, vipera a murit, iar tu ai primit botezul si te-ai impartasit cu trupul si cu sangele Domnului; pentru care te laudam asa:

Bucura-te, tinerete inchinata lui Hristos;

Bucura-te, nadejdea bolnavilor cea cu folos;

Bucura-te, cel ce stii sa inalti la ceruri rugaciuni;

Bucura-te, cel ce peste noi reversi minuni;

Bucura-te, ca Domnul putere ti-a dat;

Bucura-te, cel ce copilul ai inviat;

Bucura-te, bucuria multor indurerati;

Bucura-te, uimirea multor invatati;

Bucura-te, ostas neinvins al lui Hristos;

Bucura-te, ca ai aprins credinta crestina in inimile multora;

Bucura-te, intoarcerea multor rataciti;

Bucura-te, mangaierea celor amarati;

Bucura-te, Mare Mucenice si tamaduitorule Pantelimoane!

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IPS Bartolomeu, frate in credinta cu papistasii

IPS Mitropolitul Bartolomeu Anania despre papa Ioan Paul al II-lea: Noi ne-am rugat si ne rugam pentru arhiereul Ioan Paul al II-lea, pentru ca este fratele nostru intru Hristos, avind succesiune apostolica intocmai ca orice arhiereu din Biserica Ortodoxa Romana. Administrativ, distantele intre noi sunt sau pot parea foarte mari, dar ca arhierei intru Hristos sintem egali, in aceeasi slujire.

An Open Letter to the ROCOR(MP) Hierarch Metropolitan Hilarion.

With sorrow in my soul, I nonetheless decided to describe what I witnessed at the Gethsemane Convent on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The Abbess of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent in Moscow, Natalya Moliboga, flew into Jerusalem in the first week of June, 2009. She met with Hegumena Elizabeth, the Abbess of the Gethsemane Convent. She has tried in the past to convince the Hegumena to give her a large number of relics of Elizabeth Feodorovna for the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent in Moscow, explaining that the Mayor of Moscow, Yuriy Luzhkov, has demanded to take all of the relics of Elizabeth Feodorovna.

In the middle of June, Yekaterina suddenly arrived in Jerusalem by private jet. She is a close friend of Patriarch Kirill and the former wife of the Russian oligarch Vasiliy Anisimov. She claims the Patriarch is her spiritual father. Bishop Mikhail (Donskov) of Geneva arrived with her in the plane. He declared that as a bishop of the ROCOR(MP), he has a blessing from Archbishop Mark (Arendt) of Berlin and Germany, who cares for the Russian convents in the Holy Land, to transfer a significant part of the relics of Elizabeth Feodorovna to the nuns of the convent. All attempts by Hegumena Elizabeth to contact Archbishop Mark were unsuccessful. He would later say that “unknown forces” disconnected his cell phone and he was unable to use it for five days.

The two demanded that they be given the head of the martyred Saint Elizabeth Feodorovna. The Hegumena and the nuns categorically refused to fulfill this demand. Bishop Mikhail (Donskov) insisted that since he had received the blessing of Archbishop Mark, they should voluntarily give what is asked to avoid any conflicts with Mayor Luzhkov. Yekaterina Anisimova also insisted that transferring the relics was a personal request of the Patriarch. The most amazing thing was that neither Bishop Mikhail nor Anisimova could provide Hegumena Elizabeth any document or letter signed by Mayor Luzhkov, Patriarch Kirill, or at least Archbishop Mark.

After many hours of heated and harsh negotiations, Hegumena Elizabeth eventually did agree to let them have a piece of Elizabeth Feodorovna’s arm, on the condition of a written agreement, which was drafted and signed. The agreement states that no one from the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent or any representative of the Moscow Patriarchate will ever again request all or any part of the relics of the Grand Duchess. The agreement also states that this matter will never be discussed again.

The visitors kept saying that Mayor Luzhkov will continue to use any means he can to transfer all of the relics of Elizabeth Feodorovna to Moscow. They said that he has all the necessary paperwork. When asked by the nuns how Bishop Mikhail happened to arrive in the plane with this delegation, he answered that they “just happened to meet me in Rome and took me along.” It was an unbelievable tragedy for those nuns who were present and witnessed to see how the piece of the forearm was broken off and taken away as the agreed-upon relic. The situation was so tense, that it seemed a major uproar would break out. It was very difficult for the nuns to remain calm. Outside the walls of the Gethsemane Convent, three black Mercedes waited and the delegation later got in and left with the relic piece. Along the way to the airport, they were joined by the Abbess of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent, Natalya Moliboga, who had remained hidden in the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission the whole week in anticipation of these events.

It is well known that the centennial of the founding of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent in Moscow will be celebrated in September of this year. One of my spiritual daughters, who had been in Moscow, told me that a crypt for the relics of the Grand Duchess has already been prepared in the Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent. Apparently, it contains the vestments of the Grand Duchess and her pectoral cross. Even though it is known that these items were not on her, when Sokolov, the investigator, exhumed the body of Grand Duchess from the mineshaft near Alapaevsk. My calls to the bishops of the ROCOR(MP) were not answered. I hope that the Hierarch of the ROCOR(MP), Metropolitan Hilarion, will still reply to these unfortunate events, though these hopes are fading. I believe that a desecration of the relics of Elizabeth Feodorovna
has occurred on the eve of the celebration of centennial of the founding of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent, and that it can be compared only to her murder in 1918.

A ROCOR(MP) Priest, Holy Land, July, 2009
Source: NFTU.

by Archbishop Averky (Taushev)

I am come to send fire on the earth,
and what will I, but that it be already kindled?
Luke 12:49

The chief thing in Christianity, according to the clear teaching of the Word of God, is the fire of Divine zeal, zeal for God and His glory — the holy zeal which alone is able to inspire man in labors and struggles pleasing to God, and without which there is no authentic spiritual life and there is not and cannot be any true Christianity. Without this holy zeal Christians are “Christians” in name only: they only “have a name that they live,” but in reality “they are dead,” as was said to the holy Seer of Mysteries John (Apocalypse 3:1). True spiritual zeal is expressed, first of all, in zeal for God’s glory, which is taught us in the words of the Lord’s Prayer which stand at its very beginning: Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:9).
Those who are zealous for God’s glory themselves glorify God with their whole heart — both in thought and feeling, both by words and deeds and with their whole life — and naturally desire that all other people should glorify God also in the same way, and therefore they cannot, of course, endure with indifference when in their presence, in some way or other, the name of God is blasphemed or holy things are mocked. Being zealous for God, they sincerely strive to please God themselves and serve Him alone with all the power of their being, and they are ready to forget themselves all the way to sacrificing their very life in order to bring all men to the pleasing and the service of God. They cannot calmly listen to blasphemy, and therefore they cannot support communion with and have friendship with blasphemers and mockers of the Name of God and despisers of holy things.
A striking and extremely clear example of such fiery zeal for God’s glory comes to us from the depths of antiquity of the Old Testament in a great Prophet of God, the flaming Elias, who grieved in soul when he saw the apostasy from God of his people, led by the impious King Ahab, who introduced into Israel the pagan worship of Baal in the place of the true God.
I have been very jealous for the Lord God Almighty — thus did he exclaim many times, expressing his grief — because the children of Israel have forsaken Thee: they have dug down Thine altars, and have slain Thy prophets with the sword, and I only am left, and they seek my life to take it (3 Kings 19:10 LXX – 1 Kings KJV).
And behold, this holy zeal aroused him, by the power of the grace of God which reposed on him, as a chastisement of Israel which had apostatized from God, to “close heaven” (3 Kings 17:1; 18:42-45 LXX – 2 Kings KJV), so that there was neither rain nor dew for three years and six months.
This same zeal later aroused Elias to slay the false prophets and priests of Baal, after the miraculous descent of the fire from heaven on Mt. Carmel, so that these deceivers might no longer turn the sons of Israel away from the true worship of God (3 Kings 18:40 LXX – 2 Kings KJV).
By the power of the same Divine zeal, St. Elias brought down fire from heaven, which burned the captains and their fifties which had been sent by the king to seize him (4 Kings 1:9-14 LXX).
That all this was in reality holy zeal which was pleasing to God is testified to by the fact that the Holy Prophet Elias did not die the usual death of all men, but was miraculously raised up to heaven in a chariot of fire, as if signifying his authentically fiery zeal for God (4 Kings 2:10-12 LXX).
But even then, in the severe Old Testament, the Lord Himself showed to His true servant that one can have recourse to such severe measures only in extreme cases, for the Lord was not in the great and strong wind rending the mountains and crushing the rocks, and not in the earthquake, and not in the fire, but in the voice of a gentle breeze (3 Kings 19:11-12 LXX).
This is why, when James and John, who were especially fervent in their zeal for the glory of their Divine Teacher, wished to bring down fire from heaven, imitating the Holy Prophet Elias, so as to punish the Samaritans who did not desire to receive Him when He was walking through the Samaritan village to Jerusalem, the Lord forbade them to do this, saying: Ye know not of what spirit ye are, for the Son of Man came not to destroy the souls of men, but to save (Luke 9:51 – 56).

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Недеља правослаља је служба која се у званичним екуменистичким црквама већ деценијама изоставља. Ако се понегде и служи, служи се у скраћеном симболичном, уопштеном виду без анатемизама на јереси. Анатематизме још само произносе Руска Загранична Црква (пре пада Лавра у унију са МП), Руска Катакомбна Црква и Грчки старокалендарци. Српска Истински Православна Црква спојила је разне анатематизме како из Руских тако и Грчких служби, те је служба или чин Недеље православља у Србији и ове године произнесен у целини. Ова служба је намерно предата забораву јер како да се анатемишу они са којима су званични православци у органском јединству Екуменистичког Савеза Цркава? Лепо је чути да је у Србији барем на једном месту торжествено произносе. Овај снимак је сведок да Србија још дише православљем, макар и у илегали Истинског Православља.

Forced abortions. Mass sterilization. A “Planetary Regime” with the power of life and death over American citizens.
The tyrannical fantasies of a madman? Or merely the opinions of the person now in control of science policy in the United States? Or both?
These ideas (among many other equally horrifying recommendations) were put forth by John Holdren, whom Barack Obama has recently appointed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology — informally known as the United States’ Science Czar. In a book Holdren co-authored in 1977, the man now firmly in control of science policy in this country wrote that:

• Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not;
• The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation’s drinking water or in food;
• Single mothers and teen mothers should have their babies seized from them against their will and given away to other couples to raise;
• People who “contribute to social deterioration” (i.e. undesirables) “can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility” — in other words, be compelled to have abortions or be sterilized.
• A transnational “Planetary Regime” should assume control of the global economy and also dictate the most intimate details of Americans’ lives — using an armed international police force.

Impossible, you say? That must be an exaggeration or a hoax. No one in their right mind would say such things.

Well, I hate to break the news to you, but it is no hoax, no exaggeration. John Holdren really did say those things, and this report contains the proof. Below you will find photographs, scans, and transcriptions of pages in the book Ecoscience, co-authored in 1977 by John Holdren and his close colleagues Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich. The scans and photos are provided to supply conclusive evidence that the words attributed to Holdren are unaltered and accurately transcribed.

Read the article here.