–   Архимандрит Дорофей (Дбар) ОДНИМИ ПЛАКАТАМИ СОБСТВЕННОЙ СТРАНЕ НЕ ПОМОЖЕШЬ! С прошлой недели в абхазском обществе не утихает обсуждение темы задержания правоохранительными органами нескольких молодых людей (в их числе девушки), которые развешивали по Сухуму плакаты с лозунгами и цитатами в поддержку независимости Абхазии. Все эти молодые люди являются активистами группы «Ҳара ҲПицунда» («Наша Пицунда»). Я очень хорошо понимаю настрой молодых людей, поскольку сам, можно сказать, всю жизнь был «бунтарем»,

–   Archimandrite Dorotheos Dbar “When The Blind Lead The Blind, Both Will Fall Into a Pit” Once again about vandalism at the Lykhny Glade[1] It has come to light that an act of vandalism at the historically significant site for Abkhazians, the Lykhny Glade (and, as far as I know, not only there), was perpetrated by “newly enlightened” Abkhazians with the “blessing and guidance” of an Orthodox priest who

–     Архимандрит Дорофей (Дбар) Развитие предполагает участие в мировых процессах Ответ Хабугу Лакербая Перед началом Великого Поста 2023 г. я опубликовал в Фейсбуке следующий текст: ХӘАЖӘКЫРА. 27 февраля. Чистый Понедельник. Начало Великого Поста. Жәабранмза 27. Ашәахьа. Хәажәкыра ҳацҵоит, Ачгара Ду ҳаҵалоит. Завершается период Хуажукыра (Хәажәкыра). Вечером этого дня, согласно абхазской народной христианской традиции, совершается особое моление. Глава семьи, встав впереди всех лицом к востоку и взяв в руки

–     Archimandrite Dorotheos Dbar ON VANDALISM AT LYKHNY MEADOW SUKHUM / AQW’A ― Archimandrite Dorotheos Dbar, the chairman of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia, expressed his concern over the vandalism of the centuries-old linden tree in the historical Lykhnashta meadow, emphasizing the need for self-reflection and accountability within the Abkhaz community. Dbar highlighted the hypocrisy in the public outcry, urging people to consider their own actions contributing to

–   Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar), Doctor of Theology, Lecturer at the Department of History, Archeology and Ethnology of Abkhazia Of the Historical Faculty of ASU THE ORIGINAL FORM OF THE ABKHAZ SURNAME GRIVAPSH Report at the Scientific Conference of Professors Of the Historical Faculty of the Abkhaz State University. Sukhum, 23 March 2023.   In 2022 Abkhaz Institute of Humanitarian Researches named after Gulia of the Academy of Sciences of

–   Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) Lessons of Apsuara: Restraint in the Manifestation of FEELINGS FOR CHILDREN   In 1869 Bishop Gabriel of Imereti, who also temporarily ruled the Abkhaz Diocese, went to review the Abkhaz and Samurzakan parishes (church communities). On 4 October of the same year, he, together with the head of the Sukhum military department, General Gaiman, left the village of Psyrtskha (in the modern-day New Athos) along

–     Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar)  TWO EPIGRAPHS TO TWO FILMS I have rewatched two well-known films recently – Mel Gibson’s Apocalypse (2006, three Oscar nominations) and Katherine Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008, six Oscars). Most of all, my attention was drawn to the epigraphs these films begin with. At the beginning of the Apocalypse, the following words are given by the American historian and philosopher William Durant (1885–1981): «A

–   Dorotheos (Dbar), archimandrite. Letters from Patriarch of Constantinople St. Nicholas I Mystikos to the Abkhazian kings and Christianization of the Alans // Christianity in the North Caucasus: history, culture, modern society: collection of scientific articles / Government of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Diocese of Vladikavkaz and Alan, North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Research named after V. Abaev Vladikavkaz Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of

–      Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar), leading researcher at the department of history of Abkhazian Institute for Humanitarian Research named after D. Gulia ASA Study of the issue of localization of the city of Koman on the territory of Abkhazia, which began in the Abkhaz Scientific Society and continued in the Abkhazian Institute for Humanitarian Research   Report at the International Scientific Conference “Abkhaz Scientific Society – Forerunner of the

–   Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) CURRENT ROLE EXAMPLE   «Η Ποίηση έγινε για να διορθώνει τα λάθη του Θεού· ή εάν όχι, τότε, για να δείχνει πόσο λανθασμένα εμείς συλλάβαμε την δωρεά του»   Οδυσσέας Ελύτης[1]   When I was studying in Greece, I bought a three-volume book entitled “100 Μεγάλοι Έλληνες. Οι κορυφαίοι όλων των εποχών (100 Great Greeks. Luminaries of all epochs)”. From time to time, in the

– The article discusses the version of the origin of the hanging seal of the Byzantine type in the 11th century with an inscription in the Kartli (Georgian) language in the asomtavruli script, proposed in the works of V. Chkhaidze and E.K. Endoltseva. The seal was found in the sea, in the area of the southern Crimean coast (Sudak?) or in the waters of Taman. The above researchers are considering

–   Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar), Akhra Smyr CULTURE OF BEHAVIOR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ABKHAZIA In recent years, more and more people take interest in mountain recreation in Abkhazia – both tourists and local residents. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people visiting mountainous Abkhazia have no idea at all about the basics of a culture of behavior in the mountains, and it has a catastrophic effect both on changes in