The Christian Message From Moscow (Voice of Russia)

Voice of Russia VOR radio network produces "The Christian Message from Moscow" in English. Web audio not easily available, www.manited.net reproduces this. Podcasting makes it a golden era to learn about our Russian Orthodox Christian compatriots, their rich history, music, composers, performers, writers, sermons, and Saints' lives and works. Listen each week and check out our other offerings on our website. VOR's TCMFM page is http://www.vor.ru/English/Christian_Message/

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Saturday, October 22, 2005

Orthodox author/journalist Alexander Poliakov, 2005-10-22 VOR

Today we'll look at the life and creative effort of contemporary Orthodox author and journalist Alexander Poliakov. Alexander spent his childhood years in a small village in Kazakhstan, where his father worked as a construction engineer. The family later moved to Gatchina outside Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. It was then and there that Alexander fell in love with literature and started writing his first poems. After school he graduated from the Journalism Department of Leningrad University and spent some time traveling across the Soviet Union maturing and honing his reporting skills.

It was much later that Alexander embraced the Orthodox creed – a major turnaround that coincided with his work on his first major novel, “The Fiery Abba”. The book recounts the feats of life accomplished by a Russian count of mixed British and Swedish descent, Edouard Seevers, who later became a Russian Orthodox monk. Next week (Saturday, November 5) we’ll read excerpts from Alexander Polyakov’s novel, “The Fiery Abba”, in the following CHRISTIAN MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW program. Wishing you good listening.

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Saturday, October 15, 2005

"The Travelling Staff" Part II, Vasily Nikiforov-Volgin, Literature 2005-10-15

Part II of "The Travelling Staff," a literature work by a wonderful Russian Orthodox writer and journalist Vasily Nikiforov-Volgin. Born in 1901 to a village shoemaker, they emigrated to Estonia after the 1917 socialist revolution.

Read more "The Travelling Staff" at the Voice of Russia website or visit the Mansfield & United Lutheran podcasts to hear this week's sermon from an ELCA Lutheran perspective.

Saturday, October 08, 2005

"The Travelling Staff" Vasily Nikiforov-Volgin, Literature 2005-10-08

Literature work by a wonderful Russian Orthodox writer and journalist Vasily Nikiforov-Volgin. Born in 1901 to a village shoemaker, they emigrated to Estonia after the 1917 socialist revolution.

The family was poor and Vasily could not get a decent education, but he devoted much time to self-education and became a good journalist and author, naturally not without God's help.

Vasily was a fervent Orthodox Christian. Since childhood he liked to go to church. Later, parallel with his basic literary activities, Vasily served in a church as psalm-reader.

Vasily Nikiforov-Volgin is the author of the book "The Travelling Staff", excerpts from which we are happy present in translation. It has nothing to do with fiction, everything is based on facts, on real stories told him by Orthodox Russians. The narrative is related in the name of an Orthodox priest, whose name the author does not disclose.

Read more "The Travelling Staff" at the Voice of Russia website or visit the Mansfield & United Lutheran podcasts to hear this week's sermon from an ELCA Lutheran perspective.

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Saturday, October 01, 2005

A Priest's Mystery Part-II 2005-10-01 VoR World Service

"A Priest's Mystery," part 2 continues the true story about Father John, a small town Russian parish priest and religious instructor.

Read the whole story of "A Priest's Mystery" at The Christian Message From Moscow website while listening to the podcast or visit the Mansfield & United Lutheran podcasts to hear this week's sermon from an ELCA perspective.

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