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There are 11 item(s) tagged with the keyword "religion".
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- 1. Whoosh, Bark, and Boo
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This week was a grab bag of jobs well done, tear-jerkers, and meta-scary stories. Buckle up!
- By Irina Bukharin
- 2. Butina, Babies, and Baby-making
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This week, depressing news about divisions and birth rates can only really be counteracted with a smile over the Orthodox church’s new take on sex.
- By Irina Bukharin
- 3. The Ancient Past, the Near Future, and a Sheepish Present
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Time got a little bit wibbly-wobbly and timey-wimey as Russia traveled to the future, to the past, and back to the present (and all in one week)!
- By Irina Bukharin
- 4. Saints Cyril and Methodius
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A few words about two brothers who rejected their family's wealth and became known as the Apostles of the Slavs. They never visited Russia, but they translated the Gospel into Slavonic.
- By Linda DeLaine
- 5. Who Invented the Ancient Slavic Gods, and Why?
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How it was that in the eighteenth century Russian mythology was trumped-up in the Western manner? Who wanted it? And where did we get Lel, Yarilo and Zimtserla? We explain everything you'd want to know about Russian fakelore.
- By Kasya Denisevich
- 6. Five Wild Facts about St. Basil's Cathedral
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On October 14, 1991, St. Basil’s Cathedral was reopened after six decades. Here are five fun facts in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Cathedral’s rebirth.
- By Alice E.M. Underwood
- 7. Great Lent
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The Great Lent is forty days when the Church is involved in repentance, fasting, prayer and almsgiving.
- By Linda DeLaine
- 8. Easter Reborn
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Easter survived by stealth and cunning through the Soviet era. Now it is making a triumphant comeback in Russia as the country grasps religion anew.
- By Maria Kolesnikova
- 9. Byzantine Catholic Church in Russia
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Examination of the history of this Christian tradition, which is in full communion with the Church of Rome.
- By Linda DeLaine
- 10. Orthodox Christian Canonization
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Canonization, in the Orthodox Church, is different from sainthood in the Catholic Church. Learn how and why individuals are added to the canon and the role this plays in Orthodox spirituality.
- By Linda DeLaine
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