The collection
238 texts, 234 of them analysed
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624
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358
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209
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199
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137
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121
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118
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29
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22
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May a Priest Be Wrong?
Orthodox
· 2025-10-18
· Hamburg
· Deutschsprachige russisch-orthodoxe Kirche
A priest argues that clergy should know their limits, show humility, and not answer categorically, but leave room for the Holy Spirit.
Humility · Patience · Truthfulness
— text from the website
School Theology
Orthodox
· 2025-10-15
· Hamburg
· Deutschsprachige russisch-orthodoxe Kirche
The text argues that children need religious education because they go through a phase of mythological perception, and criticizes the logical contradiction of atheist pedagogy.
Care · Responsibility · Knowledge
— text from the website
Fundamentals of Orthodoxy for Children
Orthodox
· 2025-10-10
· Hamburg
· Deutschsprachige russisch-orthodoxe Kirche
The text presents a book on the fundamentals of Orthodoxy for children, recommended by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Knowledge · Care · Community
— text from the website
The Story of the Popov Brothers
Orthodox
· 2025-10-08
· Hamburg
· Deutschsprachige russisch-orthodoxe Kirche
The text recounts the persecution and death of the priest Dimitry Popov during the Soviet era and connects this with the present-day search for his truth.
Community · Hope · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Hieromartyr Peter, Metropolitan of Krutitsy
Orthodox
· 2025-10-05
· Hamburg
· Deutschsprachige russisch-orthodoxe Kirche
The text describes Metropolitan Peter's resistance against the Soviet schism of the Church and his fidelity to the Orthodox tradition until martyrdom.
Responsibility · Community · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Theology of ecclesial experience.
Orthodox
· 2025-09-27
· Hamburg
· Deutschsprachige russisch-orthodoxe Kirche
A Lutheran professor reports on his conversion to Orthodoxy and emphasizes that Orthodox theology is a theology of ecclesial experience that unites mind and heart.
Knowledge · Community · Repentance
— text from the website
Church History – 20th Century
Orthodox
· 2025-09-25
· Hamburg
· Deutschsprachige russisch-orthodoxe Kirche
The text describes the history of the Russian Orthodox Church from reform efforts through the restoration of the Patriarchate to the severe persecution under the Bolsheviks and Stalin.
Community · Justice · Hope
— text from the website
Detailed Catechism by Philaret
Orthodox
· 2025-08-19
· Hamburg
· Deutschsprachige russisch-orthodoxe Kirche
The text honors Saint Philaret of Moscow and presents his catechism as a central Orthodox teaching text in a modern German edition.
Knowledge · Humility · Care
— text from the website
“Everyone heard them speaking in their own language” (Acts 2:6). The Divine Liturgy in Transliteration
Orthodox
· 2025-07-16
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
A new three-column booklet with the original text, transliteration, and translation of the Divine Liturgy is intended to facilitate understanding of the liturgy in foreign languages.
Knowledge · Community
— text from the website
Discord Server "Apostolic Church"
Orthodox
· 2025-03-07
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The text presents the Discord server "Apostolic Church" as a moderated digital platform for information on Orthodoxy and networking in the German-speaking area.
Community · Care · Knowledge
— text from the website
Divine Liturgy in German
Orthodox
· 2024-10-09
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The text documents the growing spread of the German-language liturgy in Orthodox communities in Germany as a response to the loss of understanding of traditional liturgical languages.
Knowledge · Community
— text from the website
“What is more lovely than the Mother of God?” John of Damascus on the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
Orthodox
· 2024-08-28
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The text presents the third sermon of John of Damascus on the Dormition of the Mother of God and explains its theological significance for the Orthodox tradition.
Hope · Gratitude
— text from the website
"Lord, give me this water of eternal life." An Exegesis of John 4:5-42
Orthodox
· 2024-06-03
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
Jesus offers the Samaritan woman at the well the living water of eternal life; she becomes a witness and leads many to him.
Hope · Community · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Roman-Orthodox Hieratikon Available as a Liturgical and Study Edition
Orthodox
· 2024-04-09
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The first volume of the Roman-Orthodox Hieratikon is available as a book on demand and contains liturgical texts in German and Arabic.
Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
Georgi W. Florowski's Deconstruction of a Catholic Principle of Tradition
Orthodox
· 2024-03-06
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
Florowski deconstructed the Vincentian Canon, since a faith that was always, everywhere, and by all believed would be historically impossible.
Knowledge · Truthfulness
— text from the website
"Guten Rats [sic!]"! – The Rum-Orthodox New Year's Prayer
Orthodox
· 2024-01-04
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The text compares the origin of the greeting "Guten Rutsch!" with Arabic and Hebrew New Year expressions and humorously proposes "Guten Rats!".
Knowledge · Community
— text from the website
Troparion of Saint Martin of Tours (11.11.)
Orthodox
· 2023-11-07
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
Announcement of a new German Orthodox troparion for the feast day of St. Martin of Tours, with a call for donations.
Gratitude · Community
— text from the website
Governing with the Sermon on the Mount? | Prof. Dr. Assaad Elias Kattan
Orthodox
· 2023-11-04
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
A theological appeal that uses the Sermon on the Mount to break the cycle of violence in the Israel-Palestine crisis and to call for proportionality.
Mercy · Humility · Justice
— text from the website
Time to Close the Orthodox Parenthesis … | Prof. Dr. Assaad Elias Kattan
Orthodox
· 2023-08-22
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The text calls on the Orthodox churches to break free from the Byzantine symphonia with the state and to participate in global civilization.
Repentance · Justice · Knowledge
— text from the website
For the Birthday of Jalil Schwarz, the Peace Chef
Orthodox
· 2023-08-18
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The text honors Jalil Schwarz, a Christian of Palestinian origin in Germany, for his interreligious engagement and wishes him God's blessing on his birthday.
Community · Care · Hope
— text from the website
How Putin Takes Revenge on His Own History | Prof. Dr. Assaad Elias Kattan
Orthodox
· 2023-08-08
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
Putin takes revenge on his own history by destroying the cradle of Russian civilization in Kyiv, rather than attacking the West.
Truthfulness · Justice
— text from the website
Pavel Florenskij and the Song of Brotherly Love | Hans-Peter Arnold
Orthodox
· 2023-07-27
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The text presents Florenskij's chapter 'Friendship' from 'Pillar and Ground of the Truth' and emphasizes the Church as the place where love between individuals is perfected through grace.
Community · Patience · Knowledge
— text from the website
A Jesuit College on Mount Athos? (Part 2)
Orthodox
· 2023-07-16
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The text analyses three failed Jesuit attempts in the 17th century to establish a Catholic settlement on Mount Athos.
Knowledge · Community
— text from the website
A Jesuit College on Mount Athos? (Part 1)
Orthodox
· 2023-07-14
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
The text refutes the thesis that Jesuits trained Orthodox monks on Mount Athos and places the Catholic college in its historical context.
Knowledge · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Vitae parallelae || Parallel Lives
Orthodox
· 2022-11-14
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
A fictional dialogue between Martin of Tours and John Chrysostom on their parallel lives in the 4th century.
Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
"Thy Will Be Done" – Review of G. Martinis, "Salziger Ziegenkäse …"
Orthodox
· 2021-12-28
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
Review of an autobiographical book about a personal journey of faith, shaped by familial encounters and the problem of not understanding the liturgy.
Community · Patience · Responsibility
— text from the website
The "Carnival of Evil" Is at the Door
Orthodox
· 2021-10-27
· Analogion – orthodoxes Lesepult
An Orthodox Christian text that rejects Halloween as neo-pagan and offers parents practical alternatives for raising their children.
Responsibility · Care · Knowledge
— text from the website
Worship Services for the Current Month
Orthodox
· 2012-06-07
· Hamburg
· Deutschsprachige russisch-orthodoxe Kirche
Worship schedule of an Orthodox community for September 2026, with liturgical dates, access requirements for the sacraments, and a hagiography of Cyril and Method.
Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
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