by Fr. Philip LeMasters –
Our Lord’s Nativity is not a momentary escape from reality, but an invitation to enter into reality itself and find the healing of our humanity in Him. [Read more…]
Scrooge Syndrome, A Christmas Carol About Us
by Polina Zhukova –
We are used to thinking of Scrooge as a villain, but Dickens was writing about the tragedy of loneliness. How an icy heart learns to beat again [Read more…]
Christ is the Head – Otherwise, Everything Falls Apart
by Met. Luke (Kovalenko) –
The preeminence of Christ should be in all our life’s initiatives: in words, deeds, conversations, in our relationship to everything happening around us. [Read more…]
10 Essential Conditions for Coming to Know God’s Truth and Finding Life
by Fr. Thomas Hopko –
1. The belief that the truth of things can be known, and the desire to know the truth and to do it, wherever it leads, is most essential. Indeed it is everything. [Read more…]
Rejecting Truth is the First Step Toward Murder
by Paul E. Scates –
Truth is the foundation of a free society. Without universal acknowledgment and acceptance of truth, there is no way humans can live together peaceably. [Read more…]
What is Heresy – An Orthodox Christian Teaching
St. Nectarios Educational Series –
Heresy and heretics have existed from the time of the Apostles and exist today whether as sects outside the Church or heretics in disguise within the Church (or so it appears). [Read more…]
Ungodly Errors and Heretical Teachings of Archbishop Elpidophoros
Archbishop Elpidophoros has a long history of heretical and ungodly behavior. He supports legalizing abortion and gay marriage, and has infamously baptized surrogate children of “married” homosexuals. [Read more…]
Honoring the Memory of Charlie Kirk, a Witness for Christ and Truth
by Fr. Peter Heers –
Charlie Kirk was speaking the days, the hours, the minutes leading up to his assassination, about the things that are blessed, things that are good in terms of the Gospel and Jesus Christ and moral life and all the rest. [Read more…]
Charlie Kirk’s Example is a Lesson for All Orthodox Christians
by Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) –
What is especially admirable about Charlie Kirk is his willingness to go and speak about the Kingdom of Heaven, about traditional values, about conservative principles in the very places that seemed most unsuitable. [Read more…]
Christian Believers Flee Progressive Religion, Many Find Orthodox Christianity
by James Fite –
Religion has been losing ground in American society for years, and there are many reasons for the decline. But one modern trend is driving believers away from their church homes – and right into the ancient arms of Eastern Orthodoxy. [Read more…]