“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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Below is a timely word from St. Nikolia Velimirovich. This prophetic call of his to European peoples is recorded by St. Justin Popovich in his book entitled “The Orthodox Church and Ecumenism.” St. Nikolia's word is equally applicable to the United States of America. Moreover, the spirit that he addresses is not one contingent upon …
Dear readers of the Inkless Pen, Thank you for your support in reading my writings and translations. I'm very thankful. I have been writing and publishing on this blog for almost 8 years now. Not long ago, I also started a page on “Substack.” Substack provides an easy method and opportunity for people to become …
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“Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it in order to receive a corruptible crown, but we seek an incorruptible crown,” 1 Cor. 9:25. The true Christian life requires self-discipline. This discipline is known as asceticism. Typically, for the modern person this word evokes images of a hermit …
“Virtue (in the Latin virtus) means manliness, strength, and goodness” Fr. Dumitru Staniloae.1 Bogatyr is an interesting word. It has a varied etymology in Russian. Some sources claim that it comes from the Old Turkic word for “hero” - baytur. Other sources doubt the foreign influence and root the origin in two Russian words: “God” …
“For all things there is a time … a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted” (Eccl. 3:1-2). Certain things must be done in their proper season. I guess that's one of the reasons there is the saying, “strike while the metal is hot.” Certain times in life seem to …
“You have to force behaviors,” Larry Fink of BlackRock. The above quote comes from a 2017 interview that has resurfaced on the internet. In it, Mr. Fink (sounds like a Dickens character, “Squeeze them, Mr. Fink, squeeze them!”) speaks about how force must be used to change behavior and, in basic terms, certain prominent groups …
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I'm very pleased to announce the republication in book form of my translation of select works by St. Dimitry of Rostov. I formerly had a post on my blog with a PDF version, entitled “Instruction on the Path of Virtue.” I have spent a bit of time revising and editing it for publication in print …
Greetings, dear readers! In this post I am providing the top 7 most read articles on my blog for the year of 2022. Links to the articles are embedded in the titles below. For the year of 2022, I posted exactly 40 articles. As a little bonus I am also including the least read post …
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Below is another portion of my current continued effort to translate more of the works of St. Dimitry of Rostov. The preceding translations may be found through these links - Chapter 2: A True Mind and an Evil Mind. Chapter 3: Without the Purification of the Mind, Everything is Foolishness. Here, I offer Chapter 1, …
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