In November of 2019, I wrote an article entitled The Narrow Blindness of False Unity, an Appeal to Orthodox Greeks. Almost seven years later, I am republishing the appeal. Since 2019, the situation surrounding the “recognition” of the structure called the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCU) has only become more disastrous. The violent persecution of …
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Social Trauma, Dr. Fauci, Covid Mandates, the Church, and Forgiveness.
It's now public knowledge. Originally, I didn't make it public. In 2022, A fellow online who was one of my detractors posted it. At that point, I found it strange. How did he come to know? At that time, as far as I knew, it wasn't widespread news. A portion of his public post read, …
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Mother Alaska: The Heartland of Orthodox Missions in America
“You have a place in which God wanted you to be born, and that nation, that country in which you were born, has a history. You have to come into Orthodoxy with the whole destiny of the American people because they have to find Christ Jesus, to be saved .. you come with the destiny …
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The Conspiracy to Distract to Destruction
“Each day has enough trouble of its own,” Matt. 6:34. We live in a world full of trouble. Another word that could be used is care: “the cares of this life.” Christians throughout all times have faced the cares of this life. The aim is not to let them choke out the harvest of the …
The Parable of the Tree in Me
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field,” Matthew 13:31. Creation is a book of teaching. One of many given by God. “It is clear that whoever reads the natural without knowing the spiritual content and significance of what he reads, reads death, …
The Daily Choice of the Cross
Dear readers, below you will find a very beautiful word from Met. Luke of Zaporozhye. The original in Russian may be found here. On the Sunday of the Cross, may we truly remember that our Lord Jesus has overcome all the darkest inhumanities of mankind. The world seeks power through bloodshed, control, and tyranny. All …
An Incomprehensible Triumph: The Church in the Crucible of Trials
By Met. Luke of Zaporozhye Translated from Russian, the original may be found here. Today, when we hear the words of the Apostle Paul to the Romans, we're not hearing simply a text from an ancient manuscript. We are hearing a bold, and almost deafening challenge thrown in the face of the entire created world, …
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The Times They are not a’changing
What follows is a letter from Archbishop Theophan of Poltava, of blessed memory. He penned this letter on 4/31/36, in the short calm between two World Wars. The fact that the themes he touches upon are so close to those of our times shows that modern man has learned very little. Today, secular leaders speak …
Must Christians Bless the Modern State of Israel?
“His disciples came to him and showed him the buildings of the temple. But Jesus told them, 'You see all of these things, do you not? Amen, I tell you that not one stone will be left standing on another; all will be thrown down,'” Matthew 24: 1-2. After years of Jewish resistance to the …
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Call No Man Father! Don’t You Read the Bible, Bruh?
“Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven,” Matt. 23:9. Every so often, a goodhearted Protestant will post this verse in the comment section of my social media. “Matthew 23:9, what are you doing, brother?” “Call no man father … whatever Jesus!” I appreciate their …
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