As Holy and Great Lent fast approaches, I will be taking a little break from posting on my blog. Before that, I want to share with you a collection of quotes I have made from Archbishop Averky of blessed memory. He was a very holy man who strove to conform his mind to the Patristic …
Continue reading Destructive Self-Deception That Leads to the Depths of Hell
One of the physical reasons that the early Church was at times heavily persecuted by the ancient Roman Empire is because She would not proclaim the State and the leader of the State as "god." Ceaser desired to reign supreme over all things. But early Christians would not participate in the cult of the emperor. …
Continue reading Union Under the Kingdom of Man: Incense on the Altar of Caeser
A number of times in past posts, I have compared the spiritual reality of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's false “church” in Ukraine to that of Uniatism. The ultimate goal is to break down traditional Orthodoxy and replace it with a new world orthodoxy. I have repeated this time and again. In the past few days, a …
Continue reading Global-doxy’s Methodical Methods of building False Unions.
“And to the angel of the Church in Pergamos write ...” (Rev. 2:12). The historic church of Pergamos “was planted in the midst of a city extremely corrupted by paganism … In it there was a temple to the pagan god Aesculapius, the patron of physicians. Its sorcerers occupied themselves with medicine and offered great …
Continue reading The Church in Pergamos: Balaam is in Your Midst
With great joy today I received in the mail a copy of the Orthodox Word. One of the subjects in this issue is His Beatitude Met. Onuphry of Ukraine. I will start by encouraging anyone reading this to get a copy and read it, here is a link to the digital copy (hard copies may …
Continue reading Met. Onuphry, Ukraine, and Orthodox Unity in America (and throughout the world)
Below is a translation of a short encouraging word from Met. Luke of Zaparozhye. He is a hierarch in the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. His diocese is located in Western Ukraine, the area where the most intense trials and tribulations are occurring (please see "Orthodox situation in Ukraine" in categories for more on this topic). …
The message to the church of Smyrna is the shortest of the seven letters. “And to the angel of the Church in Smyrna write: “These things says the First and the Last, Who became dead and came to life ...” (Rev. 2:8). Also, see Rev. 1:17-18. Archimandrite Athanasios understands “angel” to refer specifically to the …
True Christianity is concerned with true underlying principles and reality, that is, what are the real factors, the real movers behind a situation? In the book of Revelation when the Lord speaks to the seven churches, He reveals to them the real force behind the immediate physical manifestation of persecution that some were suffering. He …
Continue reading The Power that Pulls the Strings of Anti-Orthodox Intrigue
The Inkless Pen 