Tag: spirituality
member name: Svetlana Goryacheva
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July 06, 2008 06:18 AM EDT --
People usually mix Religion and Faith ,
But these are two very different concepts.
Religion is created by humans, Faith comes straight from God.
Religion is about the outer, Faith is about . . .
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October 08, 2007 04:13 AM EDT --
This little piece was written yesterday for my beloved one, and, after a little editing, I've decided to post it here on Gather, too...
I stand for Peace. I share fully and wholeheartedly . . .
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July 21, 2008 04:52 AM EDT --
All this happened on Great Friday 2005 – the next day after my father's burial. He had passed away suddenly on Tuesday, 26 April 2005 from thrombosis – before my very eyes. Papa was never . . .
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August 24, 2007 08:56 AM EDT --
Dear Gather friends -
Given below is an information I have got today from one of the Orthodox Yahoo! groups I belong to. To realize its full impact, please bear in mind that in my country . . .
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June 28, 2008 09:10 AM EDT --
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you
Matthew 7:7
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
Søren . . .
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October 08, 2008 07:10 AM EDT --
This little piece was inspired by the recent discussion with my dear friend Ann M. regardind dreams and their meaning. For the whole thread, see: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977446259 . . .
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October 02, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
Dear friends -
This and the following quotes (unless otherwise specified) are taken from "God: A Companion for the Seekers" by David Schiller (NY : Workman Publishing, cop. 2002). . . .
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May 10, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
(Inspired by some of my previous discussions with both my friends and opponents here on Gather, and also by the articles I've seen but never commented upon).
If the Bible tells me . . .
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July 17, 2008 08:32 AM EDT --
In the thought of Vladimir Vernadsky and Teilhard de Chardin , the noosphere (sometimes spelled nöosphere ) can be seen as the " sphere of human thought" being derived from the . . .
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May 29, 2007 03:13 PM EDT --
(For the Part 1, please see http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977009848 )
Mullen Library
The next morning after my arrival to Washington (July, 19) I came to pay my appointed . . .
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October 09, 2008 01:44 PM EDT --
A new age of darkness is re-emerging in our time. I tremble for my nation, for Christianity and for the citizens of the world, who have leaders today with such small minds occupying the seats . . .
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October 03, 2007 06:37 AM EDT --
Dear all -
Our today's quote has to do with what is probably the hardest problem of theology ever, namely the so-called theodicy (or, "vindication of God"):
I affirm . . .
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October 13, 2007 02:15 PM EDT --
(Inspired by one of my most beloved books in Hebrew Bible, or TaNaKh... )
I speak on behalf of those who mourn
Over the graves of those they loved.
I speak on behalf of those who cry . . .
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April 26, 2008 06:32 PM EDT --
Ok, my dear friends... everything looks so much like always. And THIS particular night (it is well after midnight in Moscow as I write) is probably the most important for every Russian Orthodox Christian . . .
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May 26, 2007 09:48 AM EDT --
Several months ago, when I first published a few of my "American" pictures, some of my closest Gather friends encouraged me to describe my trip to Washington in more detail - and . . .
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December 24, 2006 05:55 AM EST --
Christmas is the time for love.
Christmas is the time for peace.
Christmas is the time for reconciliation.
Strange as it may sound, on this most special day, December 25, . . .
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July 27, 2006 08:57 AM EDT --
As almost every Russian Orthodox believer, I'm wearing a little golden cross on my neck - this is a centuries-old tradition, as typical for our faith as icons and gilded domes are. This particular . . .
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