On Sunday, December 15, 2013, in the Transfiguration of the Lord temple, after the completion of the Divine Liturgy, the clergy and church community had a common prayer for the heroic defenders of the Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square on the night of December 11, for the stability and wisdom to fight for their beliefs, for the unity in love, kindness and dignity of the people of Ukraine.

The matter is not that a man is rich. The matter is his wealth blocks his relationship with God. A man begins to trust only in himself and his wealth. Why is it bad? As a connection with the truth becomes blocked...

When we believe we consume in some way, we take. We say: "Oh Lord, I believe in You! Help me!" When we believe, when we take God as the energy, the truth, almost for 99% we always say: "God, Help us! Help me to do this or that..." We have a consumer-oriented mood to use God. If we do not give...