Журнал Московской Патриархии 12-2000

ЖУРНАЛ МОСКОВСКОЙ ПАТРИАРХИИ

12-2000

Contents of the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate for 2000

OFFICIAL INFORMATION

       His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
       Message to the Readers of the 'Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate' // 1 || 5
       Christmas Message to the Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics and All Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church // 1 || 6
       Christmas Greetings to the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches and to the Heads of non-Orthodox Churches and Religious Associations // 1 || 9
       Paschal Message to the Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics and All Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church // 4 || 5
       Paschal Greetings to the Primates of Churches // 4 || 8
       Congratulatory telegramme to the President Elect of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin // 5 || 4
       Message to the Hierarchs, Pastors, Monastics and All Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church Concerning the Visit of the Holy Relics of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon from the Holy Mountain of Athos. June-August 2000 // 8 || 4
       Decree on the Inclusion of St. Antipas of Valaam in the Calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church // 8 || 15
       Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Situation in the North Caucasus // 4 || 24
       Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Introduction of Individual Tax Numbers, Electronic Identification Cards and Bar-Codes // 4 || 25
       Statement by the Holy Synod on the wicked murder of Hieromonk Gregory (Yakovlev), rector of the Holy Trinity Church in the village of Tura in the diocese of Krasnoyarsk // 6 || 12
       Message by Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Pastors, Monastics and All Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church // 10 || 4
       Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Situation in Estonia // 12 || 4
       Decisions of the Holy Synod 1999, December, 28-29 // 2 || 4
       1999, December, 29 // 4 || 11
       2000, March, 7 // 4 || 11
       2000, April, 19-20 // 6 || 4
       2000, July, 19 // 8 || 6
       2000, August, 11 // 9 || 4
       2000, October, 7 // 11 || 4

CHURCH LIFE

       Services Conducted by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II In every issue
       His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
       Opening Speech at the Session of the Organizing Committee for the and Celebrating the 2000th Anniversary of Christianity // 1 || 18
       Speech at the Opening of the Fifth Pan-Russian Popular Assembly // 1 || 21
       Speech in the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin // 2 || 21
       Speech at the Jubilee Assembly of the Moscow Diocese // 2 || 26
       Speech at the First Divine Service at the Christ the Saviour Church // 2 || 44
       Speech after the Divine Liturgy and the Solemn Opening of the Metochion (Representation Church) in Moscow of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia // 2 || 52
       The Address at the Opening of the VIII International Christmas Educational Readings // 3 || 47
       Speech at a Reception in Honour of His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II // 4 || 39
       Greetings at the Opening of the 'Orthodox Theology on the Threshold of the Third Millenium' Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church // 4 || 42
       Greetings to the Participants of the Orthodox Media 'Christian Freedom and Journalists' Independence' Congress // 4 || 47
       Greetings to the Participants of the Tenth Theological Conference at St. Tikhon's Theological Institute // 5 || 15
       Speech at the Prayer Service after the Inauguration of the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin // 6 || 25
       Speech at the Prayer Service in the City of Hakodate // 6 || 51
       Speech at the Reception given for the Enthronement of the Primate of the Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church // 6 || 52
       Speech at the Festive Launch of the 'Russian Orthodox Church' Volume of the Twenty-Five Volume 'Orthodox Encyclopedia' // 7 || 11
       Speech at the Session of the Russian Organizational Committee for the Celebrations of the 2000th Year of Christianity and Beginning of the Third Millenium // 7 || 12
       Speech after the Prayer Service to the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, the Evangelizers of the Slavs, on Slavyanskay Square, Moscow // 7 || 15
       Oration after the Divine Liturgy at the Day of Glorification of the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia // 10 || 56
       Speech at the Opening of the Inter-religious Peace Forum in Moscow // 12 || 23

The Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
Moscow, August // 13-16, || 2000

       Oration of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Russia after the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin at the Day of Opening of the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church // 9 || 12
       The Report by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Russia at the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church // 9 || 16
       The Decision of the Holy Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Report of the Synodal Commission on Canonization // 9 || 55
       The Action of the Holy Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church to Glorify a Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the 20th Century as Saints of Russia // 9 || 56
       The Action of the Holy Jubilee Bishop's Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Concerning Canonization // 9 || 69
       Troparion, Condakion and Prayer of the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia // 9 || 72
       The Decision of the Holy Jubilee Bishops' Council Concerning Matters of Internal Life and External Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church // 10 || 13
       The Decision of the Holy Jubilee Bishops' Council Concerning Ukrainian Orthodox Church // 10 || 19
       The Decision of the Holy Jubilee Bishops' Council Concerning the Status of the Orthodox Church in Estonia // 10 || 20
       The Decision of the Holy Jubilee Bishops' Council Concerning the By-Laws of the Russian Orthodox Church // 10 || 21
       The Decision of the Holy Jubilee Bishops' Council 'Main principles of Russian Orthodox Church's Attitude Towards Other Christian Denominations' // 10 || 21
       Main Principles of Russian Orthodox Church's Attitude Towards Other Christian Denominations // 10 || 22
       The Decision of the Holy Jubilee Bishops' Council Concerning 'The Basic Principles of the Social Doctrine of the Russian Orthodox Church' // 10 || 36
       The Report of 'The Basic Principles of the Social Doctrine of the Russian Orthodox Church' by Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the Chairman of the Department for the External Church Relations // 10 || 36

The Solemn Ceremony Dedicated to the 2000th Anniversary of the Nativity of Christ

       Speech by His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia // 11 || 13
       Greetings by His Holiness and Beatitude Elijah II, Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia // 11 || 18
       Greetings by His Holiness Theoktist, Patriarch of Rumania // 11 || 20
       Greetings by His Holiness Maxim, Patriarch of Bulgaria // 11 || 22
       Greetings by His Beatitude Savva, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland // 11 || 24

Visits by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II

       Holy Days in the Holy Land by O. Kiryanova // 2 || 28
       The Primate's Visit to Siberia by O. Kiryanova // 3 || 31
       The Visit by His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, to the Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church by M. Zhilkina // 6 || 27
       His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II in the Far East by M. Zhilkina // 7 || 17
       Visit by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II to the Petrozavodsk Diocese by M. Zhilkina // 7 || 38
       Pilgrimage by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II to Valaam by M. Zhilkina // 8 || 21
       Pilgrimage by His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy to the Holy Trinity St. Seraphim Diveyevo Convent by M. Zhilkina // 9 || 73
       Pastors' Visit by His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy to Saransk Diocese by M. Zhilkina // 9 || 84
       The Pastoral Visit of His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, to the Dioceses of Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk by M. Zhilkina // 11 || 33

Nominations and consecrations

       Nomination and Consecration of Archimandrite Serafim (Tsudzie) as Bishop of Sendai (Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church) // 3 || 9
       Nomination and Consecration of Archimandrite Evstafy (Evdokimov) as Bishop of Chita and Transbaikalia // 3 || 16
       Nomination and Consecration of Archimandrite Mercury (Ivanov) as Bishop of Zaraisk, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Moscow // 3 || 23
       The Nomination and Consecration of Archimandrite Diomid (Dzyuban) as Bishop of Anadyr and Chukotka // 11 || 25

       Session of the Russian Organizing Committee for Preparations in Greeting the Third Millenium and Celebrating the 2000th Anniversary of Christianity // 1 || 18
       The Fifth Pan-Russian Popular Assembly // 1 || 20
       Final Document of the Fifth Pan-Russian Popular Assembly // 1 || 23
       The Russian Convent in the Holy Land. Interview with Hegumen Seraphim (Melkonyan) // 1 || 63
       Jubilee Assembly of the Moscow Diocese on the Occasion of the 2000th Anniversary of the Nativity of Christ // 2 || 20
       The Interview of the Responsible Secretary of the Union of Orthodox Pedagogues, the Priest Sergy Rybakov // 3 || 62
       The Spiritual Enlighteners of Russia. The Outstanding Persons of the Russian Orthodox Church in the end of XVII - beginning of XX in portraits, icons, autographs // 3 || 82
       The 'Orthodox Theology on the Threshold of the Third Millenium' Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church // 4 || 41
       Final Document of the Orthodox Media Congress // 4 || 70
       Jubilee Conference at St. Tikhon's Theological Institute // 5 || 13
       The History of the Second Invention of the Relics of St. Alexander of Svir // 5 || 17
       Hieroschemamonk Antipas of Valaam // 8 || 42
       Historical Information on Ss. Sergius and Herman of Valaam // 8 || 57
       His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy Meets With the President of Yugoslavia Voislav Kostunica // 12 || 16
       Inter-religious Peace Forum in Moscow // 12 || 22
       Final Document of the Inter-religious Peace Forum // 12 || 25
       Statement of the Participants of the Inter-religious Peace Forum // 12 || 26
       Orthodox Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: History and Contemporaneity by S. Gasratyan // 1 || 25
       St. Leo the Great by D. Zotov // 1 || 88
       Speech at the Jubilee Assembly of the Moscow Diocese by Metropolitan Juvenaly of Kolomna and Krutitsy // 2 || 23
       A 'Christmas Present' for Moscovites by V. Safonov // 2 || 48
       Congratulatory Speech to His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia by Metropolitan Juvenaly of Kolomna and Krutitsy // 2 || 50
       The VIII International Christmas Educational Readings by O. Kiryanova // 3 || 40
       Orthodoxy and Science on the Eve of the Third Millenium by Hegumen Ioann (Economtsev) // 3 || 52
       The Meeting of the Primate of Russian Orthodox Church with the Chiefs of Diocese' Departments of Education by V. Safonov // 3 || 57
       The Union of Orthodox Pedagogues by A. Stepenko // 3 || 61
       At the Source of Christian Pedagogues by A. Rogozyansky // 3 || 68
       The Name's Day of His Holiness the Patriarch by O. Kiryanova // 4 || 30
       The Visit by the Primate of the Armenian Church by O. K. // 4 || 34
       The First Orthodox Media Congress by E. Polischuk // 4 || 45
       The Mass Media of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Threshold of the Third Millenium by Archbishop Tikhon of Bronnitsy // 4 || 48
       The Foundation of Christian Education by A. Rogozyansky // 4 || 73
       A Feast Day in Sergiev Posad by V. Safonov // 5 || 9
       The Archpastor's Jubilee by A. Fedotov // 5 || 26
       The Foundation of Christian Education by A. Rogozyansky // 5 || 30
       'Through Love and Unity We Are Saved' by O. Kiryanova // 6 || 17
       The Cathedral Church of the Resurrection in Tokyo in the History of the Japanese Orthodox Church by E. Sablina // 6 || 54
       The Mystery of the Origin of the Image on the Shroud of Turin by A. Belyakov // 6 || 68
       The Execution of the Writer's Last Will by M. Zhilkina // 7 || 48
       The Tenth Year Anniversary of the Enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II by M. Zhilkina // 7 || 51
       Against Shteiner: Orthodox Christianity and Waldorf Teaching Methods by Priest Pavel Khondzinsky // 8 || 71
       The Jubilee Festivities in Moscow by M. Zhilkina // 10 || 55
       Against Shteiner: Orthodox Christianity and Waldorf Teaching Methods by Priest Pavel Khondzinsky // 10 || 62
       The Main Task is to Teach the Child to Think... by O. Kiryanova // 11 || 65
       Orthodox Mission 'on Wheels' by O. Kiryanova // 12 || 28
       Bringing Former Glory Back to Life... by O. Kiryanova // 12 || 32
       The Jubilee Celebrations of a Protopresbyter by V. Safonov // 12 || 36
       Some Problems of the History and Contemporary State of Education in Russia by Archbishop Yevgeny of Vereya // 12 || 45
       Pedagogics in the Mirror of Modern Life by A. Rogozyansky // 12 || 51

In Memoriam

       He Died With the Departing Century. In Memory of Metropolitan Serapion of Tula and Belyov by Archpriest Sergy Rezukhin // 2 || 55
       In Memory of Abbess Seraphima (Chernaya) by Archbishop Gregory of Mozhaisk // 2 || 58
       In the Memory of P. I. Bulychev // 3 || 92
       Archpriest Arkady Stanko // 5 || 48
       To the Radiant Memory of Evgeny Alexeyevich Karmanov by A. Buevsky // 5 || 50
       To the Memory of Schema-Nun Daniela (Machkina) by I. Bykova // 5 || 60
       Archbishop Michael (Mudyugin) by Archpriest Alexander Ranne // 7 || 57
       Archpriest Vyacheslav Marchenkov by Priest Alexander Marchenkov // 7 || 61
       Archpriest Alexander Yegorov // 7 || 65
       Archpriest Anatoly Rodionov by Archpriest Anatoly Rodionov // 7 || 71
       Schema-Archimandrite Maximilian (Kudelin) by Archimandrite German (Popkov) // 7 || 73
       Archpriest Boris Shishko // 8 || 84
       In Memory of Schema-Hegumen Ioann (Zubkov) by Nun Margarita (Zubkova), V. Kositsina // 8 || 86
       Archbishop Seraphim of Penza and Kuznetsk by Archbishop Sergy Loskutov, A. Dvorzhansky, T. Belguzova // 10 || 77
       Bishop Sergei of Novosibirsk and Berdsk by Archpriest Boris Pivovarov // 12 || 62

In the Dioceses

       The Righteous Men from Kudykiny Hills by S. Vaulichev // 5 || 38
       The Diocese of Blagoveschensk: the Rebirth of Church Life by Archimandrite Tikhon (Romanov) // 5 || 43
       Carved Gables for the Twenty-First Century by A. Starikov // 5 || 45
       The Holy Land of Albazin by Hieromonk Ignatius (Chigvintsev) // 12 || 59

The Centenary Commemoration of the Death of Vladimir Solovyov

The Inheritance of Vladimir Solovyov a Century Later by S. Khoruzhy // 11 || 67

SERMON

       IV Homily on the Nativity of Our Lord by St. Leo the Great // 1 || 81
       V Homily on the Nativity of Our Lord by St. Leo the Great // 1 || 84
       Sermon on the Day of the Repose of St. Sergius of Radonezh by Priest Vladislav Kumysh // 11 || 85
       Sermon for the Feast Day of the Protecting Veil of the Most Holy Mother of God by Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov // 12 || 69

THE LIFE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

       Message by the Primates of the Orthodox Churches on the Occasion of the Inception of the Celebration of the 2000th Anniversary of the Nativity in the Flesh of Our Lord Jesus Christ // 2 || 61
       The Pectoral Panagia of Elijah Karam, Metropolitan of the Hills of Lebanon by S. Gnutova // 5 || 66
       A Testimony to Spiritual Unity: An Interview with Metropolitan Sergy of Solnechnogorsk // 7 || 75

CHURCH AND SOCIETY

Civil Religion and Christianity by V. Legoida // 2 || 65
Civil Religion and Christianity by V. Legoida // 5 || 76

THEOLOGY

       An Evaluation of the State and Perspectives for the Development of Modern Orthodox Theology by Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk // 4 || 82
       The Akathist in the History of Orthodox Hymnography by Archpriest Maxim Kozlov // 6 || 83
       The Church Council and Church Reform Movement by Priest Georgy Orekhanov // 12 || 72

BIBLIOGRAPHY

       Nun Ignatia. Spiritual Eldership in Russia by Priest Valery Stepanov // 7 || 77
       The Cathedrals of Petrozavodsk by T. Sorokina // 7 || 78
       Kunitsyn's Monograph 'The Legal Status of Religious Associations in Russia: Historical Experience, Peculiarities and Relevant Problems' by S. Petrov and V. Usanov // 11 || 87
       The New Student Journal 'Stupeny' by I. Vyzhanov // 12 || 81
       Archbishop Philaret (Gumilevsky) as Hagiographer by Yu. Maximov // 12 || 82

Advice for Parish Wardens

       Oil for Icon Lamps by V. Petrov // 2 || 76

       New Materials on the Web-Site of the Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate by Ye. Polischuk // 12 || 85
       The Contents of the 'Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate' for the Year 2000 // 12 || 86