It is my hope that both men and women, and particularly parents, will take note of this important issue, and provide appropriate direction for their children. There is a reason the Orthodox Tradition prescribes certain practices, regarding modesty and it is pedagogical – to teach about ourselves, the world, and each other. By Wendy Shalit […]
Archives for September 2012
The Crisis of Today, the Church of Tomorrow
A word from Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, circa 1970 From the crisis of today the Church of tomorrow will emerge—a Church that has lost much. It will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning. It will no longer be able to inhabit many of the edifices it built in […]
On the Destruction of the Body by Fire
by Abbot Tryphon The first time I ever attended a funeral service where cremation of the body of the deceased had taken place was in Portland, Oregon, many years ago. An Episcopal priest friend had died and had requested his body be cremated. Walking into the church and seeing a small box sitting before the […]
Freedom & Liberty
And now a word from Col. Jeff Cooper It is an uphill struggle, but I wish that we could distinguish more carefully between freedom and liberty. These conditions are not the same, though they are certainly related.
Free Press & Free Pulpit
By Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Senior Editor of Touchstone Magazine, Fr. Patrick is also pastor of All Saints Church in Chicago, IL. This article, posted on OrthodoxyToday.org in June of 2005 is a short, but powerful statement of why Christians, particularly Orthodox Christians, must not weasel out of their obligations to the country, society and […]
A Christian Understanding of Freedom
by Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas and the South (of Blessed Memory) People generally use the word freedom in order to describe two things: the first and perhaps most persistent meaning of the term is simply lack of subjection to any kind of ownership or tyrannical authority, the lack of restriction of one’s actions, the absence […]
Pastors Courageous
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Originally published in July/August of 2005, this article always has kept a special place in my heart. As a priest of “The Church Militant” I’ve always felt that clergy must, first and foremost, be men, and men must be courageous. Moral courage is the only thing that will return virtue […]
Another Family Targeted Over Home Bible Study
It seems that we are no longer allowed even to read the Bible in our homes or gather for prayer anymore. I wonder how many people are allowed to gather without breaking the law. I do have a solution. Check in tomorrow to find out what it is. by Dave Bohon Another U.S. community is […]
The Pulpit Is Responsible
Brethren, our preaching will bear its legitimate fruits. If our politics become so corrupt that the very foundations of our government are ready to fall away, the pulpit is responsible for it.
The Pulpit Is Responsible
If you ever wondered who is responsible for the moral decay, corruption and lack of discrimination in our day, it belongs firmly – FIRMLY – to those who are called to preach. The preachers are wholly responsible for the moral decline in our society. Brethren, our preaching will bear its legitimate fruits. If immorality prevails […]