“Life in the one true God and Lord Jesus Christ is really our only true life because it is wholly eternal and completely stronger than death” St. Justin Popovich. Our Sweetest Lord Jesus has come to destroy sin, death and the devil. He has come to bring Life, and life most abundantly (cf. Jn 10:10). …
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The Sign of the Ages
While the Lord Jesus was yet a forty day old child, the Elder Simeon proclaimed, “This child is set for the falling and rising of many in Israel, and as a sign which is spoke against” (Lk. 2:24). The sign is the sign of the Cross. St. Paul teaches, “The word of the cross is …
Theology Gets Its Second Dose
Back in February I wrote a post entitled “Theology got vaxxed?” I've been told that someone wrote a counter piece to it. Nice to hear. I have yet to try to find and read it. Yet, I did encounter and read a document from what is called “The Orthodox Theological Society in America” that addressed …
Announcement: Fearmongering Portions of Bible Must be Removed for the Well-being of Humanity
A new announcement from the Council for Religious Unity, Fraternity, and Serenity in Social Affairs (CRUFSSA). In previous announcements CRUFSSA found it best for the well-being of humanity to offer a New Revised and Redacted version of Scripture. It has also issued hymns which the Council still recommends for use in all its societies. As …
Health Passports, Economic Coercion, and the Number of a Man
“Revelation tells us that the Antichrist will use a mark for economic reasons” Elder Athanasios (Mitilinaios). I have long asserted, based on my reading of various saints and elders, that the whole current c-19 “crisis” is being used to advance underlying sinister agendas. At current, riding on the fear-mongering of the media and various government …
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A Good and Faithful Guide
The reader will find below more of my translation work from Russian of St. Dimitry of Rostov's writings. In this segment we are reminded of our utter need for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our lives. At the end the reader will find a beautiful pray by St. Dimitry to the Holy Spirit. …
Orthodoxy and the Religion of Today
“A teaching that pleases the ears, calms the conscience, and makes people happy creating the impression that everything is wonderful is most likely counterfeit” Elder Athanasios (Mitilianos). Today there is a war being waged for the souls of mankind. It is an ancient war. Yet, for those of us today, the current battles being fought …
How to be Saved from Disease
Below is a translation from Russian of portions of a sermon given by the New Hieromartyr Peter (Zverev) during the time of a severe cholera epidemic in Russia during the year of 1910. It is extremely relevant to our times and circumstances. Such examples are of the utmost value for us at current. They reflect …
The Science of sciences
“'My counsels are not as your counsels, neither are your ways My ways,' says the Lord. 'But as heaven is distant from earth, so is My way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from My mind” (Is. 55:8-9). The ways, counsels, and thoughts of fallen man are as distant from the way of the …
A Saint, Prophecies, Globalism, and the Antichrist
“Little children, it is the last hour; and even as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, from which we know it is the last hour” (1 Jn 2:18) The coming in the flesh of the Divine Person of the Logos has initiated the “last hour” on earth. In …
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The Inkless Pen 