Church Of England Issues 9 Social Media Commandments
A comprehensive guide to social media has been issued to clergy and staff of the Church of England. Drawn up by the Bath and Wells diocese, it comprises of nine commandments, which give guidance on how...
View ArticleTechnology and the Spiritual Life
Question: What is the goal of a monk’s life? Fr. Luke: The goal of life not only for monks, but for any person, is deification. St. Athanasius the Great testifies to this: “God became man, that man...
View ArticleHow the Internet Is Taking Away America’s Religion
The increase in Internet use in the last two decades has caused a significant drop in religious affiliation.
View ArticleFree Time and Information Overload
Our Christian forefathers have survived the Turks and the communists and everything else that stood against them not because they knew everything about God and their faith, but because they took the...
View ArticleIs It Good to Watch TV?
If you were given a year to do whatever you wanted, would you really just sit on a couch watching TV and “liking” other people’s FaceBook posts?
View ArticlePatriarch Kirill considers discussions in social nets the vanity fair
“Every person has a chance to say something that becomes known to many other people, especially in social nets. If we examine these spontaneous discussions, we will see the human vanity fair,” the...
View ArticleOn Internet-Abstinence
Much-respected Vladykas; dear Fathers, brothers, and sisters; ladies and gentlemen! It is my special pleasure today to speak to you on May 9, on the celebration of Victory Day. On the one hand, we...
View ArticleValaam abbot gives up Internet, suggests restricting use of smartphones in...
“All these smartphones, large screens are a huge temptation, especially to young monks. I have often heard them say at confessionals that they have again fallen into the sin of using the Internet […]...
View ArticleThe Image of God in a World of Social Networking
When the semester begins, I can tell that my students have trouble going for a few hours without checking their phones to see who’s texted them or posted on their Facebook status. In fact, I now put...
View ArticleNativity Interview with Patriarch Kirill: On the Internet and Ecology
On January 7, 2014, the station Rossiia televised an interview with His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in which he spoke with the journalist Dmitri Kiselev. Continued from part...
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