In society Does the Church need a patriarch? December 4, 2012 Alexey Makarkin The question of the need for patriarchate for the Russian Church was raised repeatedly at different periods of its history. This topic arose now, when a number of actions of Patriarch Kirill cause disputes both in church and secular circles. But one thing is a personality, and quite another is an institution whose fate should not be associated with the peculiarities of the activity of a particular Primate.

In society Rehearsal of the end of the world December 4, 2012 Anton Oresh They say that the effectiveness of the authorities is checked in critical situations. Perhaps so. And we can say in a different way: the effectiveness of the authorities is checked in the ability to work correctly in ordinary, everyday situations that do not require heroism. To be everyday life and there were.

In society What are we building the future Russia? December 4, 2012 Igor Kharichev The basis of modern civilization is the recognition of the value of the personality. Including self -esteem. (The latter is not a pride when pouting cheeks and chest with a wheel, but such an attitude to himself, in which a person will not allow to drop his honor, make meanness, betray.) Yes, it is the absence or presence of respect for the personality that sets the type of state and society.

The Orthodox aid service “Mercy” has launched a charity event “Give Joy for Christmas” - collecting gifts for orphans, elderly and lonely people in hospitals, homeless people, disabled children, as well as large and single-parent families. To make someone’s dream come true, just go to the website www.dari.miloserdie.ru , choose a gift and bring it to the gift collection point.

Another criminal case has been opened against Left Front activist Leonid Razvozzhaev. This time - about illegal border crossing. According to the Investigative Committee, he, fearing persecution from the authorities, in mid-October bought a train ticket to Kyiv in the name of his brother and, therefore, left his homeland in a criminal manner.