“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 …
Tag: Orthodoxy
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 …
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 …
Dehumanized Humanism
Humanism is not by default a bad thing. There have been, in the past, positive humanists. This positive humanism sought to lift mankind up through higher principles, culture, and beauty. Most importantly, positive humanism never viewed humanity and the material world as the end-all. Humanity was striving towards something sublime, something that is greater than …
Antichrist is a Nice Guy
In the person of the Antichrist resides the culmination of a whole spiritual trajectory of fallen humanity and its rebellion against God. He is the ultimate manifestation of mankind's desire to live without God. This desire is not strictly atheistic, that is, a complete and total rejection of the idea of God. The spirit of …
The Good
Edmund Burke, an Irish born classical political thinker of the late Seventeen and early Eighteen hundreds, coined the oft-quoted phrase: “the only thing needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” I am an Orthodox Christian. The Good is objective reality. It is not subjective. In fact, it is better …
Silence
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The Inkless Pen 