Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them.

Patriarch Kirill. I would prefer - because if I say one thing, I have to say another and another and another. I would prefer that what we spoke about, us, alone, will remain only what we said in public.

When we do not profess Jesus Christ, we profess the worldliness of the devil, a demonic worldliness.

The question of truth is really a question of memory, deep memory, for it deals with something prior to ourselves and can succeed in uniting us in a way that transcends our petty and limited individual consciousness. It is a question about the origin of all that is, in whose light we can glimpse the goal and thus the meaning of our common path.

Do not be afraid! Our Father is patient, he loves us, he gives us Jesus to guide us on the way which leads to the promised land. Jesus is the light who brightens the darkness. He is our peace.

Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.

Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother.