“We must stand bravely.” Ss. Juventius and Maximinus. The essential truth and reality of Christian revelation are in no way dependent upon quantitativeness. The revelation of Christ Jesus, given once for all (cf. Jude 3), is itself the fullness of the Faith. It remains so, whether a vast multitude believes in it, or scantily few. …
Considering Fr. Schmemann
“Contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” Jude 3. Fr. Alexander Schmemann is an inevitable figure of influence in 20th century Orthodoxy, most of all in America. His well-known name has arisen once again, this time in connection to an article in The Wheel (a periodical) entitled “Thicket of …
Advice from the Ministers of Modernity
Take advantage of the giver, Contract the most from the poor, Ruthlessly squeeze a dissenter; Make sure you always have more. Destroy all who stand in your way, Crush with luscious burdens too heavy to bear; In secret a man you may slay, But hate with the pretense you care. Play up to those in …
The Cosmic Significance of Tsar Nicholas II
“Give ear, you that rule over the multitudes and boast of many nations. For your dominion was given you from the Lord, and your sovereignty from the Most High, Who will search out your works and inquire into your plans.” Wisdom 6:2-3. The Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II is, I would contend, one of the most significant …
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The Rampant Starless Sky
Woe is me, Cursed am I, Doomed to live Beneath a starless sky. The ancient ones Are gagged and bound, By grinding gears Of electronic sound. Innocence Lost her purity, She's been raped by Modernity. Simple, free Was a child's cry; Now effortless breath As men, they die. To the lowest …
The Religious Phenomenon of LGBTQ-ism
Every person has a worldview - principles, beliefs, and a school of thought - by which one encounters and experiences the surrounding world and its events, together with how one governs his person. Most of the time, at least in “Western” societies, a worldview is self-chosen, and thus for most adults becomes an act …
St. Patrick, in his own words.
"For I know with utter certainty ... without a shadow of a doubt on that last day we shall all rise again in the sun's own brilliant blaze; that is, in the glory of Christ Jesus our Redeemer, as 'children of the living God and fellow heirs with Christ,' still 'destined to be shaped in …
Orthodox Evangelism
“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's (in Greek - euangelion: eu – “well, good” & angelio “to announce” ) will save it.” With these words, Christ the Lord equates the Gospel with Himself, that is the Gospel is an experience …
Slipping Softly Away
In the gathering storm of earthly mortality, I am drip, dripping away. In the scorching heat of senseless brutality I am melting sadly away. The salty tears of my fleshly eyes Swell the burden of my soul; With every step humanity dies From wounds of its own insanity. All the towers of excess material gain; …
A Tree For My Soul
Blind in the tumult of my soul The passions, like a crowd, constrict my gaze; I have no stature, no height By which to obtain a lofty view. Christ is coming, the whisper comes, The multitude is pressing, I cannot see, Seek, O my soul, the tree Whereby you may behold the heavenly horizon. Fear …
