The eleventh issue of the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate for 2024 has been published

The eleventh issue of «Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate» for 2024 has been published.

The editorial board's address to readers reads:

«We are alive

These words of St. Paul, spoken in connection with the enumeration of the many hardships he endured (2 Cor. 6:9), we can relate them to the trials that have been in history and that the Church is experiencing today. Christ guides His people with His almighty right hand, giving strength and courage, spiritual strength and grace of heart, so that the faithful may fulfill what is due. The example of unchanging self-denial and sacrificial service is exemplified by our High Priest, who takes care of all the affairs of Church administration, strengthens and instructs his children through prayer and preaching. The works of the Holy Synod, High Church Council, communion with hegumens and abbesses and meditations on the essence of the monastic feat, visits to the Northern Capital, Smolensk and Sochi — these are the milestones of His Holiness' ministry, about which we are telling. On the Kursk land the peaceful course of life was interrupted by the invasion of a cruel and ruthless enemy. The grief of their neighbors did not frighten Orthodox people. Helping refugees fleeing from death and wounds, The graceful power of the faith of Christ, perceived in ancient times, has nourished the Russian soul throughout the centuries, helping even under the hardships of the triumph of godlessness to remain faithful to the Gospel. The gracious power of the faith of Christ, perceived in ancient times, for centuries nourished the Russian soul, helped even in the harsh conditions of the triumph of godlessness to remain faithful to the Gospel, to which the contemporary of Sainted Tikhon — the martyr Michael Novoselov strove creatively and fearlessly. Orthodoxy in all ages has left material evidence of the confession of truth. This is true even for the present day: from the modest possibilities of the Soviet time, the church production in Sofrino has developed into a complex complex, producing everything that is necessary for worship and pious life. Let them recognize us by it.

Contents of the issue

 Official Chronicle

• Services and meetings of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
• Patriarchal visit to the St. Petersburg Metropolis
• Patriarchal visit to the Sochinsk Eparchy
• Priarchal visit to the Smolensk Metropolis
• Report of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the Meeting of Abbots and Abbesses of Monasteries Russian Orthodox Church
• Determinations of the Holy Synod
• The naming and consecration of archimandrite Vyacheslav (Sorokin) as Bishop of Kansk and Boguchansk
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• The naming and consecration of archimandrite Theognost (Ilnitsky) to bishop of Bronnitsky
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Diocese

• Metropolitan Herman of Kursk and Rylsk. At the heart of pastoral ministry — reverent standing before God
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• Alexei Reutsky. In the rear of the front line. Kursk Diocese in the conditions of the counter-terrorist operation

Church and society

• Alexei Reutsky. I have never prayed like this. The abbot of Sujan temple saved about a hundred fellow countrymen

Life of the Church