Sorry, this entry is only available in Russian.   ЖИЗНЬ И ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ СВЯЩЕННОЙ МИТРОПОЛИИ АБХАЗИИ в 2016–2022 годах    Итоговый отчет председателя Совета СМА архимандрита Дорофея (Дбар), представленный на III Церковно-Народном Собрании СМА. Новый Афон, 28 мая 2023 г.      І. ПАСТЫРСКАЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ Духовенство СМА В 2016–2022 гг. число православного духовенства Священной Митрополии Абхазии (далее СМА) составляло всего два человека: архимандрит Дорофей (Дбар) и иеродиакон Давид (Сарсания). Оба клирика

Sorry, this entry is only available in Russian.   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

  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 came

    Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) Development involves participation in global processes Reply to Khabug Lakerbaya Before the Lent 2023, I posted the following text on Facebook: ХӘАЖӘКЫРА. February 27. Clean Monday. Beginning of Great Lent.Жәабранмза 27. Ашәахьа. Хәажәкыра ҳацҵоит, Ачгара Ду ҳаҵалоит. The period of Khuazhkyra (Хәажәкыра) is coming to an end. Tonight, according to the Abkhaz folk Christian tradition, a special prayer is performed. The head of the family,

    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 the

  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 Abkhazia

  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 the

    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 great

  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 Sciences,

     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 Academy

  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 course

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 the