By Todd Starnes The US Army has forgotten that Christians have rights, too. The U.S. military reportedly ordered soldiers to remove a cross and a steeple from atop a chapel and to board up cross-shaped windows at a remote American forward operating base in Afghanistan. The removal of Christian symbols from the chapel at Forward […]
Orthodox Assembly of Bishops Remembers the 54+ Million Innocent Dead
Abortion isn’t health care because killing isn’t healing. (AOB) – Forty years ago the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision, known as Roe v. Wade, granting a “right” for women of the United States to terminate the lives of their children in the womb. This decision has resulted in some 54 […]
Paratrooper Priests Prepare For Duty
by Alina Lobzina A squad of Orthodox paratrooping priests is fully prepared to help the Russian army in conflict zones after a special training session held in March. For the first time, all priests currently serving with the airborne forces got together for some parachuting exercises and work discussions with their more experienced colleagues. “Many […]
Flying Chapels And Parachuting Priests!
Yes, I’d do it in a heartbeat. From the Russian Airborne Force Press-Service An Air-dropped church will be introduced in the Russian army. Airborne priests and flying churches are set to fortify Russian soldiers’ spirits. Now priests who serve in the Russian Army will have to learn basics of military training to deal with an […]
The West Has Betrayed Christianity, Russia Will Save It – Orthodox Church Official
Countries of the “Russian world” are capable of changing the globe within ten years, believes top cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church Vsevolod Chaplin. By the “Russian world” he means states with a historically strong tradition of Orthodox Christianity which, apart from Russia, include Ukraine, Belarus, Greece, Romania and several others. “Our Orthodox civilization may […]
On Those Orthodox Christians Who Support Abortion and Sodomy
by Fr. Thomas Hopko “In Orthodoxy, communicants in the sacramental mysteries are not only obliged to be steadfast in the Christian faith and perpetually repentant over their failures, they are also obliged to take full responsibility for the Church’s teachings and practices, and to be ready, at least in intention, to defend them unto death. […]
Halki Seminary Returned To The Orthodox
At its meeting today, the Council of Foundations – part of Turkey’s Directorate General for Foundations (VGM) – decided to return to the Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Halki, the Hill of Hope as it is called, 190 hectares of forest. The pine hill is 85 meters in height and located at the top […]
Protecting Victims
From PJ Media. Ann Coulter quotes from the book Negroes With Guns by Robert F. Williams in her column recounting the courageous battles Southern blacks fought to defend themselves against the KKK with the help of the National Rifle Association: In the preface to “Negroes With Guns,” Williams writes: “I have asserted the right of […]
Returning To The Eucharistic Liturgy in Ancient House Churches
by Gabe Martini Many evangelical groups today are proposing that we abandon “traditional” models of “being the Church,” and instead replace that stodginess with what is presumably a more “New Testament” model: that of the “house church” or “cell church.” Essentially, they are promoting that the local Church be a de-centralized assembly, meeting […]
‘Spiritual-but-not-Religious’ Have Higher Risk of Mental Problems
by Al Stefanelli As many spindoctors try to assess ‘what’s wrong’ with our country, I continue to insist that it is spiritual and moral at its core. And what do you know, the largest growing self-identifying ‘religious/spiritual’ category is the most prone to mental illness, anxiety, phobias and drug abuse. No, I’m not surprised. – […]