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The Way of the Saints – Certain Characteristics Belong to All Saints
12/12/2023 - by Fr. Thomas Hopko – There are certain characteristics which belong to all of the saints, whoever they were and whenever they lived. Among these ...
The Lord Directly Commands That We Rebuke a Sinning Brother
11/29/2023 - by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) – In order to strengthen their shaky “position”, such false preachers of this trendy, pseudo-“Christianity” ...
Lazar Puhalo: Morality and Virtue are Evolutionary Constructs
11/15/2023 - Deposed Deacon Puhalo, who masquerades as an “archbishop” with the blessing and implicit consent of the OCA Synod, continues to spread ...
A Calling to Beauty, A Calling to Holiness
10/10/2023 - by Fr. Gabriel Rochelle – “Beauty will save the world,” said the great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. But what is that beauty? Not simply ...
Warning to America: Atheists and Leftists Infiltrated Russia’s Schools Mortally ...
09/20/2023 - by Michael Spreng – A century ago, the Russian people did not just wake up to an accidental Atheist takeover. Secular intellectuals had already ...
Orthodox Church Has Mission to Guard the True Faith Against False Prophets, ...
09/07/2023 - by Fr. Basil Ross Aden – A primary mission of the Orthodox Church is to guard the true faith against false prophets, teachings, and practices. To ...
Giacomo Sanfilippo: Ukraine Should Take Out the Russian Patriarch
08/13/2023 - by Jennifer Davis – Giacomo (Peter) Sanfilippo, the defrocked priest, proud homosexual, and vocal supporter of the LGBTQ agenda, has sunk to a new ...
Pride Month is Demonic, It Devours Children and Families
06/13/2023 - by Fr. Seraphim Holland – Pride month is the voice of the demons. We now are in the midst of a month where people are bragging about their sin. ...
Celebrate Humility and Chastity, Not Pride and Sin
06/11/2023 - by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius – If you want something to celebrate this June, then celebrate humility and chastity, not pride and sin. Let humility be ...
Melissa Walker Braun Proudly Supports Homosexuality, Bisexuality, Transgenderism, ...
06/06/2023 - by Jennifer Davis – Melissa Walker Braun describes herself as a “Proud Pride Mom” and an LGBTQ “Mama Bear.” For several ...
June is Orthodox Christianity Month, We Celebrate Humility
06/02/2023 - by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius – June is Orthodox Christianity month. We celebrate humility. We celebrate holiness. We celebrate righteousness. We preach ...
Apostasy in the Orthodox Church Supported by Certain Clergymen and Hierarchs
05/25/2023 - by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) – The enemy of the human race is employing all his efforts and all his means to pull it [the Orthodox Church] down, ...
Homosexuality is Sinful and Contrary to Nature, Evidence of Man’s Rebellion ...
05/15/2023 - by Fr. Thomas Hopko – The most direct reference to homosexuality in the New Testament, as we have seen, is in St. Paul’s letter to the ...
Nicholas Denysenko: Official Church Teaching on Homosexuality Doesn’t Represent a ...
05/02/2023 - Excerpts from To Baptize or Not: God’s Love and Image article written by Dcn. Nicholas Denysenko in defense of Abp. Elpidophoros baptism of surrogate ...
Fr. Christopher Calin Hides His Cross for Photo Op at Interfaith Celebration
03/24/2023 - At the conclusion of the 14th annual gathering of Spiritual Sounds (2023), held at Fr. Christopher Calin’s own Orthodox Cathedral of The Holy ...
Carrying the Cross of Truth and Righteousness
03/09/2023 - by Fr. Peter Olsen – When we avoid the truth, we drift into the realm of not only falsehood but also dishonesty. Life can be very confusing and ...
Drifting Away From the Christian Faith
02/28/2023 - by Fr. Luke A. Veronis – Many people in our society have turned away from faith, from faith communities and from the faith in which they were ...
Letting Go, Letting God – Only Christ Can Save Us
02/17/2023 - by Regis Martin – When the wise and virtuous men of old looked upon the world, they saw it in the light of eternity. In the shadow of that ...
Transgender Ideology is Anti-Christian, Anti-Science, and Marxist
01/26/2023 - by Fr. Zechariah Lynch – Modern gender ideology is a form of radical iconoclasm. It seeks to destroy the God-created icon of male and female. ...
Sermon on the Nativity of Christ by St John of Kronstadt
12/24/2022 - by St. John of Kronstadt – The Word became flesh; that is, the Son of God, co-eternal with God the Father and with the Holy Spirit, became human ...
Those Who Worshipped the Stars
12/20/2022 - by Fr. Alexander Shargunov – Astrology was a symbol of all man’s delusions, and that is why the Lord had to reveal a real Star. Who were the ...
The Nativity of Christ as Our Joy and Judgment
12/12/2022 - by Met. Athanasios of Limassol – By their prayerful experience, the holy fathers of the Church have proved that every time we stand before God in ...
Christians Cannot Watch Indifferently and Allow Evil to Abuse Good and Destroy ...
10/25/2022 - by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) – When a gentle word of persuasion has no effect, when people are so steeped in evil that they do not yield to any ...
Woke Academics Promoting Homosexuality and Subverting Orthodox Christianity in US
10/19/2022 - Listed below are Part 1 and Part 2 of the full transcript of a documentary film entitled ‘The Secret Subversion of American Orthodoxy‘. The ...
Focus on God Instead of Ourselves
10/08/2022 - by Fr. James Guirguis – The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (6:22-33) Our Lord says “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, ...
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A Scattered Life and an Attentive Life
12/09/2023 - by St. Ignatius Brianchaninov – The sons of the world consider distraction to be innocent, but the Holy Fathers consider it to be ...
Impossible to Follow the Crucified Lord Without Your Cross
09/17/2023 - Whoever desires to follow Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. (Mark 8:34). It is impossible to follow the ...
Faith and Good Works are Essential for Success in Spiritual Life
07/02/2023 - by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) – Spiritual life is born in man through faith in God and in His Revelation. However, faith without ...
Give Me Christian Mothers and I Will Give You Saints
05/14/2023 - “Give me Christian mothers and I will give you saints to change the world.” ~ St. John Chrysostom Ikos 8 Give me Christian ...
Both Virtues and Vices Start from Slight Things
05/08/2023 - “When someone begins to say, ‘What does it matter if I say that word, eat that little morsel, feast my eyes on that?’ ...
Control Your Body To Control Your Inner Thoughts
04/28/2023 - “Do not believe brother, that inner thoughts can be controlled without the control of the body. Fear bad habits more than ...
Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete – First Week of Great Lent
02/27/2023 - by Chris Banescu – During the first week of Great Lent, the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete is sung (chanted) in the evening ...
Make the Sign of the Cross for Anything You Do
02/23/2023 - by Elder Cleopa of Romania – Do not do anything without signing yourself with the sign of the Cross! When you depart on a ...
The Violent Love of God
02/04/2023 - by Fr. Thomas Hopko – Thus we come to see that as there is no resurrection without crucifixion, there is also no sanctification ...
Nativity of Christ: Sign of God’s Boundless Love and Humility
12/23/2022 - by Chris Banescu – The Feast of Christ’s Nativity is not only a cause for celebration that God is with us and true joy has come ...
Man’s Unhappiness and Despair Caused by His Alienation from God
11/21/2022 - by Fr. Thomas Hopko – We have abandoned communion with God and have gone off on our own, following our own ideas, enacting our ...

Moral Issues

The Lord Directly Commands That We Rebuke a Sinning Brother
11/29/2023 - by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) – In order to strengthen their shaky “position”, such false preachers of this ...
Pride Month is Demonic, It Devours Children and Families
06/13/2023 - by Fr. Seraphim Holland – Pride month is the voice of the demons. We now are in the midst of a month where people ...
Celebrate Humility and Chastity, Not Pride and Sin
06/11/2023 - by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius – If you want something to celebrate this June, then celebrate humility and chastity, not ...
June is Orthodox Christianity Month, We Celebrate Humility
06/02/2023 - by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius – June is Orthodox Christianity month. We celebrate humility. We celebrate holiness. We ...
Homosexuality is Sinful and Contrary to Nature, Evidence of Man’s Rebellion ...
05/15/2023 - by Fr. Thomas Hopko – The most direct reference to homosexuality in the New Testament, as we have seen, is in St. ...
Letting Go, Letting God – Only Christ Can Save Us
02/17/2023 - by Regis Martin – When the wise and virtuous men of old looked upon the world, they saw it in the light of ...
Christians Cannot Watch Indifferently and Allow Evil to Abuse Good and Destroy ...
10/25/2022 - by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) – When a gentle word of persuasion has no effect, when people are so steeped in ...
Scandalous Activists Attack OCA Synod For Rejecting Same-Sex Unions and LGBTQ ...
08/01/2022 - by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius – Faith is Fear, Tradition is Tyranny, Sin is Virtue, Truth is Falsehood, Order is ...
All Mount Athos Monasteries Denounce Scandalous Conduct of Elpidophoros on Baptism ...
07/28/2022 - Monks and Abbots of Mt. Athos – It is clearly foreign to the teaching of the Gospel and the Orthodox ethos to ...
OCA Synod Categorically Rejects Same-Sex Unions and Homosexual Self-Identity
07/21/2022 - We reject any attempt to create a theological framework which would normalize same-sex erotic relationships or distort ...
Reasons Why The Orthodox Church Cannot Baptize Surrogate Children of Homosexual ...
07/20/2022 - by Fr. Antoine Melki – There were many reactions in the news and on social media to the Baptism celebrated by ...
The Beauty of Holiness Carries Surprises
07/15/2022 - by Fr. Gabriel Rochelle – The beauty of holiness is in the face of a nun. Beauty untouched by any artificial, ...
Celebrating Abnormal Behavior Always Makes Things Worse
07/14/2022 - by Anthony Esolen – Some years ago, in Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity, I wrote, as the ninth ...
Met. Seraphim of Piraeus Denounces Heretical Conduct of Elpidophoros on Baptism for ...
07/13/2022 - by Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus – Consequently, this particular Hierarch … preferred the “modern ...

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The Way of the Saints – Certain Characteristics Belong to All Saints
12/12/2023 - by Fr. Thomas Hopko – There are certain characteristics which belong to all of the saints, ...
The Lord Directly Commands That We Rebuke a Sinning Brother
11/29/2023 - by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) – In order to strengthen their shaky “position”, such ...
A Calling to Beauty, A Calling to Holiness
10/10/2023 - by Fr. Gabriel Rochelle – “Beauty will save the world,” said the great Russian novelist ...
Warning to America: Atheists and Leftists Infiltrated Russia’s Schools Mortally ...
09/20/2023 - by Michael Spreng – A century ago, the Russian people did not just wake up to an accidental ...
Orthodox Church Has Mission to Guard the True Faith Against False Prophets, ...
09/07/2023 - by Fr. Basil Ross Aden – A primary mission of the Orthodox Church is to guard the true faith ...
Celebrate Humility and Chastity, Not Pride and Sin
06/11/2023 - by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius – If you want something to celebrate this June, then celebrate ...
June is Orthodox Christianity Month, We Celebrate Humility
06/02/2023 - by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius – June is Orthodox Christianity month. We celebrate humility. We ...
Apostasy in the Orthodox Church Supported by Certain Clergymen and Hierarchs
05/25/2023 - by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) – The enemy of the human race is employing all his efforts and ...
Homosexuality is Sinful and Contrary to Nature, Evidence of Man’s Rebellion ...
05/15/2023 - by Fr. Thomas Hopko – The most direct reference to homosexuality in the New Testament, as we ...
Carrying the Cross of Truth and Righteousness
03/09/2023 - by Fr. Peter Olsen – When we avoid the truth, we drift into the realm of not only falsehood ...
Drifting Away From the Christian Faith
02/28/2023 - by Fr. Luke A. Veronis – Many people in our society have turned away from faith, from faith ...
Sermon on the Nativity of Christ by St John of Kronstadt
12/24/2022 - by St. John of Kronstadt – The Word became flesh; that is, the Son of God, co-eternal with ...
Those Who Worshipped the Stars
12/20/2022 - by Fr. Alexander Shargunov – Astrology was a symbol of all man’s delusions, and that is why ...
The Nativity of Christ as Our Joy and Judgment
12/12/2022 - by Met. Athanasios of Limassol – By their prayerful experience, the holy fathers of the ...
Christians Cannot Watch Indifferently and Allow Evil to Abuse Good and Destroy ...
10/25/2022 - by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) – When a gentle word of persuasion has no effect, when people ...
Focus on God Instead of Ourselves
10/08/2022 - by Fr. James Guirguis – The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (6:22-33) ...
Hidden Source of Heresy is the Pride of the Human Mind
08/07/2022 - by Fr. Boris (Dolzhenko) – Heresy is an aberration of the Faith; it is a distortion of the ...
We Are Called to Proclaim the Good News of the Truth
08/04/2022 - by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) – Today we may not face the heresy of Arius, but there are ...
Baptism – Holy Sacrament of the Orthodox Church
07/30/2022 - by Fr. Thomas Hopko – The practice of baptism as a religious symbol did not begin with Jesus. ...
All Mount Athos Monasteries Denounce Scandalous Conduct of Elpidophoros on Baptism ...
07/28/2022 - Monks and Abbots of Mt. Athos – It is clearly foreign to the teaching of the Gospel and the ...



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