In the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI died at rest. Bibleist Andrei Desnitsky tells what role he played in the history of modern Christianity Pope Benedict XVI in September 2014. Vatican. Tiziana Fabi / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On December 31, the Holy See reported the death of the Pope at the rest of Benedict XVI. He was 95 years old. Benedict XVI-in the world, Joseph Alozu Ratzinger, was elected dad in 2005 and renounced the throne in 2013, explaining his decision to deteriorate health.

Andrey Desnitsky Alpina Non-Fixes Publishing House represents Andrei Desnitsky’s book “The Bible. What was "actually"? Tanya/Old Testament. " Were kings Saul, David and Solomon, who was the author of the Pentateuch and what events described in the Old Testament actually took place? Disassembleing the most complex puzzles of biblicalism, the Russian scientist Andrei Desnitsky asks the question: is it legitimate to consider the Holy Scripture as a historical source?

On July 12, the science of the Sergius, who captured the Central Monastery, who seized the Middle Urish monastery, in his next video demanded from Vladimir Putin to temporarily lay down the presidential powers and transfer them to him. In case of refusal, the priest threatened to begin the "full -scale spiritual war." Previously, he also demanded that Patriarch Kirill free up the place of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the rib of St. Nicholas, brought from the Italian city of Bari, where the main part of the body of this very revered saint in Russia rests, is exhibited to worship. Thousands of people (it is necessary to say that not all of them are in ordinary church services) stand in a long line in front of the temple, as in 2011 they stood to the Virgin’s belt in order to worship and ask for something. What is the reason for such popularity?

Tomorrow, April 5, the Supreme Court may recognize the extremist religious movement “Jehovah's Witnesses”. Prior to this, on March 23, the Ministry of Justice suspended the activities of its head structure, the management center of Jehovah's Witnesses. The reason for the introduction of “witnesses” in the list of extremist organizations is their printed products in which the ideas of superiority over other faiths were found for violence.

The Western world is preparing to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation next year-in fact, the anniversary year began on the last day of October of this year, when the Reformation Day was celebrated. It was on this day that the little -known monk Martin Luther spoke with his 95 theses (although, they say, he still did not naive them to the gates of the cathedral), in which he criticized the abuses of the then Catholic Church.

Moscow Patriarch and Pope meet in Cuba to discuss the persecution of Christians in the Middle East. This is not an official visit which dad applied to Constantinople in November 2014. In addition, it is clear in advance what can be said here, so no one expects any breakthrough decisions from this meeting. Nevertheless, almost everyone talks about her. Why?

Two high -profile resignations took place in the Russian Orthodox Church on the New Year's Eve, 2016 and in anticipation of the Bishop Cathedral, which should take place in early February. First, the responsible editor of the “Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate” (“ZhMP”) was dismissed - the intra -church “conservatives” wished for this resignation, and it was quite expected. And a week later - Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, who was responsible for the connection of the Church with the Society.

The Orthodox know that the main dogmas of their faiths were formulated on universal cathedrals - for example, Constantinople and Chalcedon, although there are no more names on the map of the modern world, there are only Big Istanbul. The most important issues of church life were discussed at the cathedrals and dogmatic formulations were accepted. True, such cathedrals were no longer gathered for more than a thousand years (there were seven universal cathedrals in total).

We all remember these touching personnel: Stirlitz sits in a cafe and carefully does not look at his wife. He is a utterly classified spy in the very heart of the Third Reich, and he does not have time for love, when the fascist reptile is finished off in her lair, and the illegitors are ready to go with the reptile for the world. Love will be someday later, in the next life. I wonder if he had children?

A survey of citizens on the renaming of the Voikovskaya metro station, named after Peter Voikov, the revolutionary and the Soviet functionary, who played a key role in the execution of the royal family, has begun in Moscow.

If the president has made a legislative initiative - consider that the law has been adopted. This time it is proposed to free quotes from the Holy Scriptures from checks for extremism. It can be glad that at least some limit will be ecstasy to combat extremism, otherwise the Jewish Bible, for example, began to check in Yekaterinburg last summer in Yekaterinburg. But the Jews are a quiet people, and then appeals to the president did not lead to anything.

The liberal public with satisfaction met the verdict Dmitry Tsorionov, also known as Enteo, for the pogrom arranged by him at an art exhibition in the arena. Ten days of arrest are not a symbolic fine, they will be remembered and many will repel the hunt to protect the feelings of believers with strength methods. On the other hand, still not a “two-legged” that would make a martyr from Tsorionov for faith. But the truth is that the same sentence Pussy Riot is immediately recalled.

In Moscow, Orthodox extremists again tried to defeat the exhibition in the arena. In St. Petersburg, without unnecessary disputes and demonstrations, they simply shot down from the facade of the “House with Mephistopheles”, the monument of the Russian Art Nouveau at the beginning of the 20th century, the stucco sculpture of the demon - because on the contrary, the Orthodox church is now being built.

Clericalism walks around the country. The people of the Church are more and more willing to take power and expand their zone of influence when the state approves. Support on the Absolute At first it was decided to build two hundred Orthodox churches in Moscow: it is quite logical, there are no temples in sleeping areas. Then the idea arose to convey to the Church Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, and there are more questions, because in the center of St.