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Thoughts on Dostoevsky, Filial Piety, and the Motherly Touch of Spiritual Eldership

De D.C.C.8 septembrie 2022

Motto: „In the face of such icons as the Vladimir one, it is easiest to understand why the veneration of the Mother of God plays such an exceptional role in the history of Christianity… Mankind in the image of the Mother, grieving for the crucified Son, saw the most complete embodiment of that element of…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (XIa) Alyosha Karamazov

De Dostoievski et al.25 august 2022

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series: Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]) Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]) Marie’s Story (from The Idiot,…

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Before and After Elder Zossima (The Brothers Karamazov)

De Karamazov25 iulie 2022

{From the fact that in real life certain people, at a certain stage of spiritual development, and presumably after a certain number of ascending steps taken on the Ladder of askesis and/or suffering, can embody the ‘all are guilty for all ethics’ profitably for themselves and others, it does not seem to follow that anyone,…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (X) Marie’s Story

De Dostoievski et al.25 iunie 2022

Previously in the _Dostoevsky for Parents and Children_ series: Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel _Poor Folk_, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) An Honest Thief (from _Stories of a Man of Experience_, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]) Nellie’s Story (from _The Insulted and Injured_, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]) At The Select Boarding School (from the…

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„Living water” as freedom in a fallen world

De Karamazov22 mai 2022

St. Theophan the Recluse The Lord said: If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed (John 8:36). Here is where freedom is! The mind is bound with bonds of ignorance, delusions, superstitions, and uncertainties; it struggles, but cannot get away from them. Cleave to the Lord and He will enlighten your darkness…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (IX) Foma Danilov – The Russian Hero Tortured To Death

De Dostoievski et al.18 mai 2022

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series: Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V] Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI] At The Select Boarding School (from the…

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Kontoglou on Understanding the Military Saints

De Karamazov7 mai 2022

Saint Demetrios, together with Saint George, are the two brave young lads of Christendom. They are down here on earth, and the two archangels Michael and Gabriel are in heaven. In ancient times they were painted without arms, but in later years they were depicted armed with swords and spears and dressed in iron shirts.…

Dostoevsky: ”I advise you, gentlemen, to direct your attention to the the technical side”

De Karamazov4 mai 2022

„The young generation has not forgotten the face of a young man, a rich landowner, who had studied with the Germans as a laborer in a factory, in a technical plant. He was at a [radical] gathering… ‘I advise you, gentlemen, to direct your attention to the the technical side and study technology.’ ‘Serve a…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (VIII) A Centenarian

De Dostoievski et al.15 aprilie 2022

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series: Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V] Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI] At The Select Boarding School (from the…

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Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (VII) A Little Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree

De Dostoievski et al.31 martie 2022

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series: Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V] Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI] At The Select Boarding School (from…