“All alike displayed faith in Christ to their persecutors, they proclaimed the Name and were willing to die.” St. Nicholas Cabasilas Such was the disposition of the Christian martyrs. Martyrs are those who have shed their blood to hold fast the Faith. Yet martyr simply means witness. Christ the Lord tells His disciples, “You shall …
An Olde Irish Prayer for Protection and Guidance
Be Thou with us, O Chief of chiefs, Be Thou Thyself to us a compass-chart, Be Thine hand on the helm of our rudder, Thine own hand, Thou God of the elements, Early and late as is becoming, Early and late as is becoming.
A Free-thinking Cage
“A free-thinker is but the slave of all the current prejudices of his period.” Rene Guenon Free-thinking is one of the greatest phantasies of modern times. The fact is, there is no such thing as “free-thinking.” Every “free-thinker” freely subjects his mind to a certain set of ideologies, uniform or conglomerate. It is through these …
Speak and We Obey!
“In times past, a table used to stand in the corner wherein the holy icons were. Then, however, that space will be occupied by seductive instruments for the deception of men. Many who have departed away from the Truth will say: we need to watch and hear the news. And it is in the news …
A Woman Like No Other
“For the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true forms of these realities” (Heb. 10:1). A fair amount of the Old Testament is concerned with the fact that Israel of old failed to observe the Law and reverence the holy things that the Lord had revealed to …
You’re Free Not to Think
An important goal of secular humanism, one that must be clearly understood, is to stir up issues where they do not, or at best slightly, exist. Class or racial tension must be maintained; in fact, an old communist teaching instructed its adherents: if there are no tensions, they must be created. Our "leftist" humanist friends …
The Self Liquidation of Christianity, a reflection
The article entitled The Self Liquidation of Christianity was written in 1966 by Eugene Rose, more well known as Fr. Seraphim. It was originally published in The Orthodox Word. Fr. Seraphim (Rose) Fr. Seraphim is a penetrating and acute thinker (he passed away in the early 1980's). I would even venture to say he is …
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The War on Peace
A small September, 2023, prologue: I originally penned this post in August of 2017. Sadly, I believe the observations that I made at that time about the mentality of violence and war have only grown more acute. Since then, I have also posted on my blog sections from St. Nikolai Velimirovich's book “The Bible and …
From the Pen of a Martyr
From the diary of the New-Martyr Empress (Tsaritsa) Alexandra Whoever humbles himself within will never be despoiled by his mouth. For no one can bring out through the door of a storehouse that which it does not contain within. The soul that has bad inclination receives ill from everything, even if the thing is beneficial …
The Song of a Child
Necessity is a savage beast, With razor claws and bloodied teeth. Luxury is an opulent whore, With ruby lips and a revolving door. Poverty is a broken man, With tattered clothes and a pleading hand. Contentment is a pure child, With innocent eyes that the world reviled.
The Inkless Pen 